And I use a Python program which invokes Lilypond as needed then fetches and displays the engraving in a window and fetches the MIDI for further use; see attached screenshot. Probably not what Lilypond was designed for, but works well for me.
Cheers Cam Farnell On 2025-09-27 19:33, Charlie Ma wrote:
I tried Frescobaldi. On Mac it took some effort to get it all working, and over time underlying dependencies started to drift. So in truth I didn’t use it for very long. Not an expert. Now I much prefer emacs and pdf viewer. Simplicity. I have particular preferences in formatting and organizing my ly files, which seemed easier without Frescobaldi in the way. On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM Ivan Kuznetsov <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM Jeff Kopmanis <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >[...] > > I think Frescobaldi is almost essential in productive Lilypond... > being able to engrave/compile at the touch of a button to refresh your views is key. Nope. I use the vi editor, unix makefiles and a pdf viewer that immediately refreshes when the displayed file changes.
