Thanks, this highlighter is making my work easier too and increased my understanding of how lp language works.
> One question : Do you know how to use convert-ly under windows ? Is this a > separate program I cannot find or it is a command to add with > lilypond(-windows).exe I did not find ? The doc is only dealing with unix > or > Mac. I have not had the need for conversion yet because my scores worked fine the last time I upgraded. It is a command line just like lp, see section 12.3 of the current manual. Make sure you've backed-up your files before conversion and that the version number is present in the files you are converting. Rick Thibaut Chevalier-2 wrote: > > Thanks for the information, I have just downloaded ConTEXT and installed > your highlighting file and user commands and everything is working very > nice. I had endless problems with jEdit so I am glad you told about > ConTEXT. > I also find ConTEXT far better, particularly to access the different > opened > files (with the explorer on the left or the tabs). > > One question : Do you know how to use convert-ly under windows ? Is this a > separate program I cannot find or it is a command to add with > lilypond(-windows).exe I did not find ? The doc is only dealing with unix > or > Mac. > > And one suggestion : You should add in your text at the top of the .chl > file > to turn on the option : "Capture console output" for the compile user key > (F9...), else we don't know what happens (because the windows console > auto-close at the end of the compilation). > > Anyway thanks very much for your work on the highlighting ! > > > Thibaut. > > > > On 24/07/06, Rick Hansen (aka RickH) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I just created and uploaded a syntax highlighting file for the ConTEXT >> editor. >> >> www.context.cx >> >> http://www.context.cx http://www.context.cx >> >> Look in the "forum" section for the highlighting file I uploaded and some >> instructions at the top for setting up the Function keys to do compiles, >> views, midi, etc. >> >> After using jEdit for a while I found ConTEXT to be far, far, far >> superior >> on the Windows platform. ConTEXT editor is light and very fast, whereby >> jEdit would take 30 seconds or more to open large or many files (over 1 >> meg). (But Java apps generally do run slow on Windows.) Also the jEdit >> highlighter misses a lot of reserved words. >> >> I have included every LilyPond user-public reserved word I can find >> through >> version 2.8.5. Also it will highlight imbedded Scheme code separately >> making LP proper much easier to read and keep separated from Scheme. It >> also separates Context objects from Layout objects, hilights strings, >> comments, markup commands, properties, action words like \set and >> \override >> differently, etc. I came up with several thousand LP reserved words and >> categorized them all, I also tested this hilighter with all the LP >> regression and input files. >> >> The only minor highlighting glitch I found with ConTEXT is that string >> ending quotes cannot be on a line by themselves (they must end the string >> immediately, or if they are on their own line they must be preceeded with >> a >> space and not the carriage return) Other than that, this editor is >> pretty >> simple and pretty darn good at hilighting LP syntax. I've also had about >> 100 files open simultaneously with no performance problems in it. >> >> As new versions of LP arise I'll add reserved words as needed to the >> highlighting file. >> >> After installing ConTEXT, just download "LilyPond.chl" from the forum >> area >> and copy it to: >> >> "C:\Program Files\ConTEXT\Highlighters" >> >> Close and Re-Open ConTEXT. >> >> Now whenever you open up .LY files in ConTEXT they will be syntactically >> highlighted. >> >> Then read the blurb I wrote at the top of the LilyPond.chl file to show >> how >> to set up your F9 and F10 keys to compile and view your music in the >> ConTEXT >> command shell. >> >> Have fun >> Rick >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/A-new-freeware-LilyPond-editor-for-Windows-tf1993431.html#a5470863 >> Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/A-new-freeware-LilyPond-editor-for-Windows-tf1993431.html#a5504112 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
