Ah, I'm sorry, I must make one correction. The equals sign was missing. The location flag looks like this:
--prefix=/usr/ HC On 4/8/22, Hwaen Ch'uqi <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, this also assumes that you have downloaded the > documentation with the `--documentation' flag. > > HC > > > On 4/8/22, Hwaen Ch'uqi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Greetings Paul, >> >> I don't know if this will help, but this is what I do to get >> lilypond-mode working on emacs. The one caveat is that I only have one >> version installed. First, when installing the .sh file, I use the flag >> `--prefix /usr/'. This ensures that the bin file is in the directory >> where I want it - namely, /usr/bin. Then, in my .emacs file, I include >> the following lines: >> >> (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/lilypond/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/") >> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list >> "/usr/lilypond/usr/share/info/") >> (autoload 'LilyPond-mode "lilypond-mode") >> (setq auto-mode-alist >> (cons '("\\.ly$" . LilyPond-mode) auto-mode-alist)) >> (add-hook 'LilyPond-mode-hook (lambda () (turn-on-font-lock))) >> >> As you can see, this also directs emacs where to search for the >> texinfo files. But when calling Info with `C-h i', you probably will >> still not see the lilyond manuals. That is because the dir file within >> that info directory is empty. So, as root, I put the following lines >> in that file: >> >> LilyPond >> * LilyPond Changes: (lilypond-changes). New features in 2.22.2 since 2.20 >> * LilyPond Contributor's Guide: (lilypond-contributor). >> * LilyPond Essay: (lilypond-essay). >> * LilyPond Extending: (lilypond-extending). >> * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). >> * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). >> * LilyPond Music Glossary: (music-glossary). >> * LilyPond Notation Reference: (lilypond-notation). >> * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). >> * LilyPond Usage: (lilypond-usage). >> * LilyPond Web: (lilypond-web). >> >> Everything before the period in each line must stay in that format. >> After the period, you can write whatever description you like. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Hwaen Ch'uqi >> >> >> On 4/8/22, Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 4/7/22 16:17, David Kastrup wrote: >>>> Paul Scott <[email protected]> writes: >>>> >>>>> On 4/7/22 15:08, David Kastrup wrote: >>>>>> Paul Scott <[email protected]> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/7/22 14:15, David Kastrup wrote: >>>>>>>> Paul Scott <[email protected]> writes: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 4/7/22 13:02, David Kastrup wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Paul Scott <[email protected]> writes: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I've forgotten too much. I see the instructions for activating >>>>>>>>>>> lilypond-mode and am not remembering enough to get it to work. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> TIA for any help, >>>>>>>>>> cd elisp >>>>>>>>>> make >>>>>>>>>> sudo make install >>>>>>>>> I'm not finding a makefile. >>>>>>>> Have you tried? >>>>>>> Yes. I've looked for many files like elisp and lilypond-mode in my >>>>>>> attempts. >>>>>>>> There is GNUmakefile which will get picked up by, well, >>>>>>>> GNU Make. >>>>>>> I hadn't thought of GNUmakefile but according to updatedb and locate >>>>>>> there are only two clearly unrelated GNUmakefiles on this computer. >>>>>> Which begs the question: just what have you installed where and how >>>>>> with >>>>>> regard to LilyPond? >>>>> >>>>> I have Lily 2.22-2 and 2.23.6 installed. >>>> Where and how? >>> >>> 2.22.2: Debian install >>> >>> 2.23.6: .sh file from LilyPond web site. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
