David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> writes: > David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes: > >> When using Emacs, C-h i is just two keystrokes away. No need to >> reserve additional space for the info manual. > > You're right - I didn't think of that, because I didn't have Emacs > when I started using Lilypond. I still haven't made the switch, though > I would prefer to.
Its LilyPond mode is not really on par with AUCTeX's LaTeX support but works reasonably well. For LilyPond file handling alone, Frescobaldi might be a more impressive choice. However, Emacs' info reader is by far the fastest and most convenient browser of LilyPond's documentation (be sure to have the version with graphics installed) and is also helpful for reading the Guile documentation. Scheme, Texinfo and LaTeX modes (with AUCTeX) are also helpful, and its integration with git is quite handy for doing development work (or just maintaining personal repositories). It's also reasonably convenient as a mail/news reader which is helpful when cutting&pasting material to LilyPond's mailing lists. Basically, Emacs is ok as a LilyPond editing environment. Its offerings become more compelling once your LilyPond-related work environment grows beyond just LilyPond itself. It would likely be worth it to have an Emacs window open just for reading the documentation... -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
