Martín, I didn’t read the documentation before, and I’m on OSX, so I can’t try.
It looks like you need the setup for GNOME *and* the environment variable. Did you try to do what the docs say? Hraban > Am 31.10.2020 um 18:21 schrieb Martín Rincón Botero > <martinrinconbot...@gmail.com>: > > Dear Henning, > > thank you for your answer. I don't think I understand correctly. I open a > terminal and type export LYEDITOR=atom, hit Enter and then write something > like lilypond myfile.ly? If it works (I just tried that and it didn't), I add > the export line to .bashrc and then follow the steps in the Manual for Gnome > 3 (I'm using Ubuntu 18.04)? > > Am Sa., 31. Okt. 2020 um 18:03 Uhr schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm > <lilypon...@fiee.net>: > > > Am 31.10.2020 um 17:45 schrieb Martín Rincón Botero > > <martinrinconbot...@gmail.com>: > > > > I went over the Usage Manual for trying to configure Point & Click so that > > I can use it with Atom (as much as I like Frescobaldi, its poor performance > > with large scores makes it unusable after a certain number of lines of > > code). The usage manual > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.20/Documentation/usage/configuring-the-system-for-point-and-click > > says to "simply" write this line export LYEDITOR=atom, but doesn't say > > where. After that I suppose I can go to the GNOME 3 steps and follow them, > > but since those steps don't mention any particular editor, I guess I should > > first know what to do with said export line. > > Try if it works in your shell (e.g. bash) before you call lilypond. > > If it works, you should add it to the startup file of your default shell, > e.g. .bashrc or .bash_profile > > Hraban > > > -- > www.martinrinconbotero.com
