Re: installing lilypond-mode for emacs on Linux

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Ah, I'm sorry, I must make one correction. The equals sign was
missing. The location flag looks like this:

--prefix=/usr/

HC


On 4/8/22, Hwaen Ch'uqi <hwaenchuqi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Of course, this also assumes that you have downloaded the
> documentation with the `--documentation' flag.
>
> HC
>
>
> On 4/8/22, Hwaen Ch'uqi <hwaenchuqi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings Paul,
>>
>> I  don't know if this will help, but this is what I do to get
>> lilypond-mode working on emacs. The one caveat is that I only have one
>> version installed. First, when installing the .sh file, I use the flag
>> `--prefix /usr/'. This ensures that the bin file is in the directory
>> where I want it - namely, /usr/bin. Then, in my .emacs file, I include
>> the following lines:
>>
>> (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/lilypond/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/")
>> (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list
>> "/usr/lilypond/usr/share/info/")
>> (autoload 'LilyPond-mode "lilypond-mode")
>> (setq auto-mode-alist
>>       (cons '("\\.ly$" . LilyPond-mode) auto-mode-alist))
>> (add-hook 'LilyPond-mode-hook (lambda () (turn-on-font-lock)))
>>
>> As you can see, this also directs emacs where to search for the
>> texinfo files. But when calling Info with `C-h i', you probably will
>> still not see the lilyond manuals. That is because the dir file within
>> that info directory is empty. So, as root, I put the following lines
>> in that file:
>>
>> LilyPond
>> * LilyPond Changes: (lilypond-changes). New features in 2.22.2 since 2.20
>> * LilyPond Contributor's Guide: (lilypond-contributor).
>> * LilyPond Essay: (lilypond-essay).
>> * LilyPond Extending: (lilypond-extending).
>> * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals).
>> * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning).
>> * LilyPond Music Glossary: (music-glossary).
>> * LilyPond Notation Reference: (lilypond-notation).
>> * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets).
>> * LilyPond Usage: (lilypond-usage).
>> * LilyPond Web: (lilypond-web).
>>
>> Everything before the period in each line must stay in that format.
>> After the period, you can write whatever description you like.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Hwaen Ch'uqi
>>
>>
>> On 4/8/22, Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4/7/22 16:17, David Kastrup wrote:
>>>> Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/7/22 15:08, David Kastrup wrote:
>>>>>> Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/7/22 14:15, David Kastrup wrote:
>>>>>>>> Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 4/7/22 13:02, David Kastrup wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've forgotten too much.  I see the instructions for activating
>>>>>>>>>>> lilypond-mode and am not remembering enough to get it to work.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> TIA for any help,
>>>>>>>>>> cd elisp
>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>> sudo make install
>>>>>>>>> I'm not finding a makefile.
>>>>>>>> Have you tried?
>>>>>>> Yes.  I've looked for many files like elisp and lilypond-mode in my
>>>>>>> attempts.
>>>>>>>>     There is GNUmakefile which will get picked up by, well,
>>>>>>>> GNU Make.
>>>>>>> I hadn't thought of GNUmakefile but according to updatedb and locate
>>>>>>> there are only two clearly unrelated GNUmakefiles on this computer.
>>>>>> Which begs the question: just what have you installed where and how
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> regard to LilyPond?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have Lily 2.22-2 and 2.23.6 installed.
>>>> Where and how?
>>>
>>> 2.22.2: Debian install
>>>
>>> 2.23.6: .sh file from LilyPond web site.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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