I think Kwrite has the nicest syntax coloring, and for that reason I
installed the Kubuntu desktop on my Ubuntu machine. I don't really like
KDE, though, so most often I end up using Gedit instead, choosing the
LaTeX coloring (not great). I might try Kate with LilyKDE, though.
That sounds promising.
JEdit has a nice Lilypond tool but in my latest install it looks really
bad. I think I must have chosen the wrong Java environment or
something. It's very grainy and cheap looking. I like the pdf preview
function in JEdit, but it's not really necessary for me anymore because
I wrote a shell script that does essentially the same thing.
Emacs, to me, doesn't look good in a graphical environment (I think it's
the same problem as JEdit? Grainy and fuzzy-looking), and the
keybindings are all messed up, too. Every time I hit Alt+f I end up in
the file menu instead of moving forward one word. Maybe there's a way
to turn this off, but in the meantime the only way I can use Emacs is in
a command-line-only environment.
Jon
Wilbert Berendsen wrote:
Op donderdag 5 juni 2008, schreef stefanozanobini:
I'm looking for the best text editor in Linux for Lilypond usage.
I suppose Kwrite is quite good, it gives me clearly the structure of a .ly
file (with colors and bolds), but not always.
Is there a text editor with a specific and complete extensive lilypond
hilighter?
A recent KWrite or Kate (from KDE 3.5.8 or 3.5.9) should have quite good
syntax highlighting. For older Kate versions, you can download the updated
syntax definitions for LilyPond from
http://www.kate-editor.org/syntax/2.5/lilypond.xml . Put the file in
~/.kde/share/apps/katepart/syntax/ (create the directory if it does not
exist) and restart Kate.
There is also a special LilyPond plugin for Kate named LilyKDE (I wrote it
myself :-) with features such as a quick score wizard and "live" note entry
using Rumor and a MIDI keyboard (or your computer keyboard). It runs in Kate
(not KWrite) and it can be found at http://lilykde.googlecode.com/ . LilyKDE
also contains even more up-to-date syntax highlighting.
best regards,
Wilbert Berendsen
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Jonathan Kulp
http://www.jonathankulp.com
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