Given what is out there in open source land for MFC capable programmers, I have to admit to the DIY vice myself. However when I wake up and realize that I don't particularly want to be 'there', I'm thankful for the editor I use most--- EditPlus http://www.editplus.com/index.html It has everything I need for almost any language I care to work in and is 'in my face' the least of any editor I've ever used--- going back more than 30 years. Of course YMMV and I'll admit to having a favorite in the ever popular vim/emacs wars (I won't say which ;-) ) But if you are looking for something greater than notepad and less than our favorite pair, I'd recommend a try out...
--hsm On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Ed Ardzinski <ed_ardzin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > All interesting comments - way back when I first encountered Lilypond (3 > years ago or so?) I just decided to write my own editor and stuff it full of > commands to enter code fragments I find useful (and some other things - open > Acrobat Reader, call LP on a file, a few other things). Every few months I > dust off my MFC skills and make some improvements. As satisfying as this > route makes me feel, I would NEVER ever suggest this for anyone else, or > even suggest that anyone else use my editor! ;-) > > As for a more general topic of using a text editor for any purpose, this > Windows programmer type likes basic notepad the best. I've use many others > that have had thier benefits and drawbacks, but notepad was just a chore to > use for LP. Context was mentioned and I think I recall hearing about the LP > plug-in for code highlighting - I might have to give tha a try. I would say > using Wordpad would have it's benefits with drag and drop (which was > essentially my starting point for a DIY editor for Lilypond), so I don't > think there is really a "right answer" as much as there is a text editor > that you will fell comfortable with. Saving as plain text with an .ly > extension is (should be) a pretty easy thing to do in any text editor. :-) > > ________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
