Paul, Thanks for that! I actually use Emacs to begin a LilyPond job and then switch to Frescobaldi.
But … see below. Note that I’m running Linux; if you’re using some other OS, this may not be useful. I was able to get the lilypond-mode.el file to the right place and compile it, using the result of this Google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+install+lilypond-mode+in+emacs&oq=how+to+install+lilypond-mode+in+emacs But when I loaded a LilyPond file in emacs, I got the message: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Autoloading file /home/<name>/.emacs.d/site-lisp/lilypond-mode.elc failed to define function LilyPond-mode") The .el file has 54 instances of “LilyPond” and 345 instances of “lilypond,” so I assume the problem is in there somewhere. I’ll look through lilypond-mode.el and see if I can find a clue – but I’ve only written the simplest .el files, so it may take a while. Fred On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM <lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org> wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:29:38 -0700 > From: Paul Scott <waterhorsemu...@aol.com> > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: installing Emacs mode > Message-ID: <28950bd8-be98-4325-83a1-8deec6ed2...@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I would appreciate some help installing Emacs mode. > > I have been successful before. > > I'm looking at: > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/usage/emacs-mode > > and not quite understanding it. > > TIA for more help, > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > ------------------------------ > > End of lilypond-user Digest, Vol 274, Issue 52 > ********************************************** >
