jEdit with the LilyPondTool plugin practically does all of that already.
James Worlton
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Kees van den Doel <kvand...@shaw.ca>wrote:
> If lilypond came with a rudimentary GUI I think it would at least octuple
> the number of people trying it out.
>
> Something simple like a window with File/compile menus, a text editor pane,
> compile messages at bottom,
> and a score preview. No more features needed, it's just to get people who
> don't know what a shell or
> a text editor is to try it out. They can then start the "lilypond program",
> open various example files, change a few notes, and they're hooked!
>
> Kees
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Lowe <james.l...@datacore.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:41 am
> Subject: Re: No Work!
> To: Robert Ley <robert...@gmail.com>
> Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
>
> > > I don't see a log for Lilypond and the finder log doesn't have
> > anything for Lilypond in it. Can you suggest where to look?
> > > RDL
> >
> > Please can you confirm a few things because it really is not clear.
> >
> > 1. Can you save the example file to the desktop with a file name?
> >
> > 2. If you can save the file and you choose the 'compile >
> > typeset'
> > option, the log window should pop up...does this happen or not?
> >
> > 3. if the log window does pop up then can you cut and paste from
> > this
> > window?
> >
> > 4. If you cannot do step 1, can you open a new text file, make
> > it plain
> > text and then type { a b c d e f } save it as a test.ly (not
> > test.ly.txt) and then compile the file? Does this work?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > At the moment you are still not giving us everything, only bits
> > and pieces.
> >
> > James
> >
> > PS Please remember to 'reply-all' when emailing.
> >
> >
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