Currently, the editor for lilypond files (.ly) is a plain text editor.
But the lilypond textual file format has a special editor called
frescobaldi. It understand the format, and provides a graphical view of
the music in addition to the text view. This makes it easier to work
with lilypond music. Frescobaldi exists on linux, mac and windows, and
is popular for working with lilypond.
So this patch specifies frescobaldi as the preferred editor for lilypond
files. If it is not present, the usual text editors are fallback
alternatives.
I have compiled, installed, and tested that LyX discovered the
frescobaldi editor, and invoked it correctly for external editing.
I don't know if this is the right time, but it is a low-risk patch. It
only touches configure.py. No file format change, and people who don't
want to use frescobaldi probably don't have it. (And if they do, they
are free to select vim/emacs/notepad instead.)
Helge Hafting
diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index e9b789085e..c55580e190 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ def checkFormatEntries(dtl_tools):
\Format r R "R/S code" "" "" "%%" "document,menu=export" ""
\Format knitr Rnw "Rnw (knitr)" "" "" "%%" "document,menu=export" ""
\Format knitr-ja Rnw "Rnw (knitr, Japanese)" "" "" "%%" "document,menu=export" ""
-\Format lilypond ly "LilyPond music" "" "" "%%" "vector" "text/x-lilypond"
\Format lilypond-book lytex "LilyPond book (LaTeX)" "" "" "%%" "document,menu=export" ""
\Format lilypond-book-ja lytex "LilyPond book (pLaTeX)" "" "" "%%" "document,menu=export" ""
\Format latex tex "LaTeX (plain)" L "" "%%" "document,menu=export" "text/x-tex"
@@ -665,6 +664,11 @@ def checkFormatEntries(dtl_tools):
\Format text4 txt "Plain text (catdvi)" "" "" "%%" "document" ""
\Format textparagraph txt "Plain Text, Join Lines" "" "" "%%" "document" ""
\Format beamer.info pdf.info "Info (Beamer)" "" "" "%%" "document,menu=export" ""''' ])
+ #Lilypond files have special editors, but fall back to plain text editors
+ checkViewerEditor('a lilypond editor',
+ ['frescobaldi', 'xemacs', 'gvim', 'kedit', 'kwrite', 'kate',
+ 'nedit', 'gedit', 'geany', 'leafpad', 'mousepad', 'xed', 'notepad'],
+ rc_entry = [r'''\Format lilypond ly "LilyPond music" "" "" "%%" "vector" "text/x-lilypond"''' ])
#Spreadsheets using ssconvert from gnumeric
checkViewer('gnumeric spreadsheet software', ['gnumeric'],
rc_entry = [r'''\Format gnumeric gnumeric "Gnumeric spreadsheet" "" "" "%%" "document" "application/x-gnumeric"
