Re: Editors? Emacs bindings for Frescobaldi?

[Brett McCoy]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:28 AM, James Harkins <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm in search of the "best of both worlds" ly editor.
>
> I've gotten started with Frescobaldi. Autocompletion is invaluable, and the 
> integrated PDF view and help browser is a real lifesaver.
>
> But, I use Emacs for just about everything else. So I had a look at LilyPond 
> mode.
>
> + Documentation is available by help - info. I could C-x 5 2 to have the help 
> window open alongside the editing window, close enough.
>
> - The index frame from Frescobaldi's HTML view makes navigation a few million 
> times easier.
>
> + Emacs keybindings.
>
> +/- Autocompletion is a bit less helpful without the kate-style pop-ups, but 
> still nice.
>
> - PDF display is treated as a compilation process. To view a new rendering, 
> I'm forced to close the old viewer window first (!). (Also a bit of 
> sloppiness in the Emacs variable handling -- since I don't have xpdf on my 
> system, I changed the appropriate variable to "evince" but the change did not 
> take effect until after quitting and restarting Emacs.)
>
> The PDF display thing is almost a dealbreaker. The integration is simply much 
> better in Frescobaldi.
>
> Has anyone created Emacs keybindings for the Frescobaldi editor (or, 'kate' 
> in general)?

I've used both the emacs lilypond mode and Frescobaldi. I like the
emacs mode because, well, it's emacs, but in the end, though, I think
I prefer using Frescobaldi just because it has more music-related
features than emacs (and the newer kmid playback is great, too). I was
thinking recently what would really make Frescobaldi rock even more is
customizable keybindings, I would love to have emacs keybindings.

-- 
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
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