Getting close, I think -
"
So, the first line should actually read:

(setq load-path (append (list
("/usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp")) load-path))

if "/usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" is the (apparently
appropriate) result of a $locate  on /emacs/site-lisp?

Ralph


On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:13 PM, David Stocker
<dstoc...@thenotesetter.com>wrote:

> In the file /init.el/ paste in the following lines:
>
> (setq load-path (append (list (expand-file-name "~/emacs/site-lisp"))
> load-path))
>
> (autoload 'LilyPond-mode "lilypond-mode" "LilyPond Editing Mode" t)
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.ly$" . LilyPond-mode))
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.ily$" . LilyPond-mode))
> (add-hook 'LilyPond-mode-hook (lambda () (turn-on-font-lock)))
>
> And in the first line where it says /expand-file-name "~/emacs/site-lisp"/
> paste in the full path to your /emacs/site-lisp folder in your LilyPond
> installation. It will be /home//user//lilypond/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp if
> you installed LilyPond in your home folder. Don't forget to change /user/ in
> the path.
>
> Save the file and try opening a .ly file with emacs. If it works, the code
> will turn pretty colors and there will be a 'lilypond' menu at the top
> amongst the others.
>
>
>
> Ralph Palmer wrote:
>
>> Dave -
>>
>> Okay, in home/rpalmer/, I've got a .emacs.d. The only thing that contains
>> is auto-save-list (a directory), which is empty. I'll create the init.el
>> file in ~/.emacs.d.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Ralph Palmer 
>> <palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com<mailto:
>> palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Dave,
>>
>>    Does it make any/much/a significant difference that I'm running
>>    8.10? I would think anything that worked under 8.04 should work
>>    under 8.10.
>>
>>    Ralph
>>
>>
>>    On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM, David Stocker
>>    <dstoc...@thenotesetter.com <mailto:dstoc...@thenotesetter.com>>
>>    wrote:
>>
>>        It shouldn't be this hard to set up lilypond-mode for emacs
>>        under Ubuntu 8.04.
>>
>>        Ralph, check in your home folder and see if there is a folder
>>        called .emacs.d and if there is a file in that folder named
>>        init.el
>>
>>        It should be there. If not, create that file and folder. We're
>>        going to get this working.
>>
>>        Dave
>>
>>        Valentin Villenave wrote:
>>
>>            2009/3/4 Ralph Palmer <palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
>>            <mailto:palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com>>:
>>
>>                I tried M-x lilypond-mode, and got an emacs error
>>                message that lilypond-mode
>>                couldn't be found.
>>
>>
>>
>>                Anyone have a suggestion?
>>
>>
>>            Mmmh... jEdit?
>>
>>            OK, I'm out :)
>>
>>            Regards,
>>            Valentin
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    --    Ralph Palmer
>>    Montague City, MA
>>    USA
>>    palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com <mailto:palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ralph Palmer
>> Montague City, MA
>> USA
>> palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com <mailto:palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com>
>>
>


-- 
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Montague City, MA
USA
palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
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