Yeah pdf-tools is a good way to view PDFs within emacs. You can install it from the emacs package manager.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024, 1:41 PM Kenneth Flak <kennethf...@protonmail.com> wrote: > Aha, getting closer! This is all very helpful. I suspect I'm still > missing a couple of pieces of the puzzle, but I'm getting > something out of xpdf. I still need to figure out what/how this > whole pdf-tools thing is all about, though. Displaying pdfs inside > emacs, perhaps? > > Best, > K > > "Ben Bradshaw" <bleeding.fl...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Welcome to emacs, where hackish is normal ;) I did get point and > > click, basically by following the GNOME settings on this page > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/usage/configuring-the-system-for-point-and-click > > I had to do that even though I'm not using GNOME or a DE at > > all. You don't have to use pdf-tools (although I agree with > > Immanuel it is > > very good and you probably want it) but I got it working in both > > zathura and xpdf as well. > > > > I did have one caveat, it seems I need to open the pdf in > > zathura manually instead of using emacs C-c C-c menu. I haven't > > tried it with > > pdf-tools yet, so maybe that's just a zathura thing. If you get > > lilypond-invoke-editor errors it may be that. > > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:25 AM Immanuel Litzroth > > <immanuel.litzr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I posted a message a while back to get point-and-click +preview > > working > > in emacs a while back. It was titled "Point an Click & emacs", > > it requires > > pdf-tools -- which you want anyway :-) > > greetz, > > i > > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 9:18 AM Kenneth Flak > > <kennethf...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks a lot, Ben! This seems to work very nicely indeed > > (although > > a bit on the hacky side ;-)) > > > > Did you get point-and-click working by any chance? > > > > Best, > > Kenneth > > > > "Ben Bradshaw" <bleeding.fl...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > For me on Arch, I have to do this in my emacs init file: > > > (autoload 'LilyPond-mode "lilypond-mode") > > > (setq auto-mode-alist > > > (cons '("\\.ly$" . LilyPond-mode) auto-mode-alist)) > > > (setq auto-mode-alist > > > (cons '("\\.lyi$" . LilyPond-mode) auto-mode-alist)) > > > > > > (add-hook 'LilyPond-mode-hook (lambda () > > > (turn-on-font-lock))) > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 12:50 PM Gilles Sadowski > > > <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > Le jeu. 4 juil. 2024 à 17:05, Kenneth Flak > > > <kennethf...@protonmail.com> a écrit : > > > > > > > > "Kenneth Flak" <kennethf...@protonmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > > Sorry, forgot to add subject... Still getting used to mu4e > > > > :-D > > > > Kenneth > > > > > > > > > Hi list, > > > > > > > > > > I've started learning me a bit of emacs, and I would > > > > > love > > > > > to get > > > > > lilypond working with it as well... However, the > > > > > installation > > > > > instructions in the documentation left me a bit > > > > > baffled. It > > > > > *seems* I should be able to just require the lilypond > > > > > files, as > > > > > they are nicely tucked away in > > > > > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp. However, this doesn't do > > > > > much > > > > > for > > > > > me... Could someone hold my hand a little bit to get > > > > > this > > > > > set > > > > > up? > > > > > I'm on Arch Linux, using emacs 29.4. > > > > > > On Debian/GNU Linux, it works "out of the box", perhaps due > > > to: > > > > > > $ ls -l /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50lilypond-data.el > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185 Nov 17 2014 > > > /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50lilypond-data.el > > > > > > HTH, > > > Gilles > > > > -- > > -- A man must either resolve to point out nothing new or to > > become a slave to defend it. -- Sir Isaac Newton > >
