Re: Newbie problems

[David Kastrup]

James Harkins < address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> When using Emacs, C-h i is just two keystrokes away.No need to reserve
>> additional space for the info manual.
>
> Because C-x b is the most fun in the world...

Uh, no?  C-h i goes to info, q exits it again but keeping position for
the next C-h i.  Does not involve any explicit buffer switching.

> FWIW, I started out by using emacs to edit my Lilypond files, but
> found problems. Auto-indentation was hit or miss, and the
> auto-completion dictionary has some major gaps.

Uh, it is generated from LilyPond's own source files, so you should
probably install a version from your LilyPond source tree and/or
distribution.

> After Frescobaldi 2 came out, I switched and never looked
> back. Frescobaldi's auto- completion is really second to none. It
> seems to be reasonably aware of context in a way that emacs
> Lilypond-mode isn't. This is especially evident when it comes to
> overriding properties, where it presents completion options that are
> appropriate for the object being overridden and does not present
> options that belong only to other objects. This is a massive time
> saver for those of us who are not like David K and do not have the
> entire Lilypond object structure living in our brains :-P

I'm not really the backend knower.  Why do you think I made tweaks much
more powerful (no need to remember grob names) and introduced folderol
like \omit, \hide, \single, \undo...?

All those commands make it unnecessary to remember grob names and
properties related to particular effects.

At any rate, I already stated that the real value Emacs provides is the
ecosystem coming with it.  LilyPond-mode alone is no game-changer.

-- 
David Kastrup