Hello, I would like to ask a question about using Lilypond with Emacs. According to the online documentation it is possible to use Lilypond with Emacs:
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/text-editor-support.html#emacs-mode The problem is that I cannot get it to work and I would appreciate if you could kindly give me a hand. *My working environment*: - OS: Windows 10 (64 bits) - Lilypond version: 2.20.0-1 - Emacs version: 23.3 (64 bits) In Lilypond installation directory I found the following files: - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-font-lock.el* - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-indent.el* - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-init.el* - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-mode.el* - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-song.el* - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-what-beat.el* - D:\MyPrograms\LilyPond-2.20.0-1\usr\share\emacs\site-lisp\ *lilypond-words.el* What I did, was to copy all of these files in the following directory C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Roaming\.emacs.d\my_scripts This the directory in my *.emacs.d* configuration directory where I put all *.el* scripts that are to be read and loaded by Emacs. Once a Lilypond file (.ly) has been opened in Emacs, I run the following commands respectively in order to enable Lilypond in Emacs: - M-x load-library lilypond-mode - M-x lilypond-mode This gives me the syntax coloring, but that's all, and when I try to compile the file by doing *"C-c C-b" (Lilypond-command-buffer) *I get the following error message: *-*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "c:/Users/MyUserName/AppData/Local/Temp/" -*-Compilation started at Sun Jul 26 16:07:03cd c:/Users/MyUserName/AppData/Local/Temp/; lilypond "c:/Users/MyUserName/AppData/Local/Temp/emacs-lily".lyThe filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.* *Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Sun Jul 26 16:07:03* However if I open a Windows command line (cmd.exe) and I copy/paste from the above, the following line from Emacs compilation buffer: * lilypond "c:/Users/MyUserName/AppData/Local/Temp/emacs-lily".ly* When I run this command it works like a charm without any problem, it compiles and produces the corresponding output PDF file. So I don't really understand what's happening in Emacs while compiling Lilypond files. Besides, I don't get any autocompletion at all for Lilypond in Emacs. So if anyone has succeeded in running Lilypond with Emacs in a Windows environment, I'd be so grateful if you could kindly make some clarification and indicate what's wrong with my configuration. Thanks in advance.
