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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org <mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org> >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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> >> > -- Ralph Palmer Montague City, MA USA palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
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