James Harkins <jamshar...@gmail.com> writes: > Steven Arntson <steven <at> stevenarntson.com> writes: > >> I may be getting in over my head with this question. I'm a new user of > Lilypond, >> transitioning away from Musescore. I've >> been using Frescobaldi a bit, and am impressed with it so far. >> >> However, I see there's an Emacs mode available through org-babel called >> "Arrange Mode". I'm a user of Emacs (though far from an expert!), and I >> love the environment. >> >> Does anyone have familiarity with both, who could highlight a few of the >> differences? Frescobaldi has many features I doubt I'll use much (such >> as the Quick Insert menu). Mainly what I like about it is the >> integration of the windows--text entry, music display, lilypond >> messages, and MIDI playback. I wonder if that could be done with a >> dedicated Emacs instance. > > I would cast my vote for Frescobaldi, actually. > > I went through a phase of trying to do everything in Emacs -- org-mode, > e-mail (Wanderlust), LilyPond-mode, sclang-mode for SuperCollider. Now > I use > Emacs only for org-mode -- and by itself, that's a good enough reason to > keep Emacs around. (I'm not kidding -- it's the best organizer/authoring > tool I've ever seen.) > > For me, the thing that seals the deal in favor of Frescobaldi is its > syntax-aware autocompletion. It's pretty good at hiding completion options > that are not appropriate in that location -- good enough that, if I > expect a > completion menu and one doesn't appear, that's often a red flag to recheck > the syntax. > > LilyPond-mode may have grown since I stopped using it, but at the > time, its > completion tables left out a lot of valuable keywords, and it provides > basically no on-the-fly assistance with syntax. > > Plus, the integrated PDF viewer with point-and-click to jump to the bit of > code responsible for a glyph, and which also highlights the glyph coming > from the text cursor's location, saves HOURS of navigation time. Really, > seriously. > > My opinion is that Emacs-purity isn't worth losing the conveniences of > Frescobaldi. > > hjh
That's exactly the sort of thing I've been wondering about. Clicking on the noteheads to see the same spot in the txt file has been a big benefit for me already, and I can tell my productivity would suffer for losing it. Much as I miss the emacs keybindings (and am always opening a print dialog when I try to move the cursor down a line) there seem to be many advantages to sticking with Frescobaldi. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
