On 10/13/2017 06:09 AM, Helge Hafting wrote: > Currently, the editor for lilypond files (.ly) is a plain text editor. > But the lilypond textual file format has a special editor called > frescobaldi. It understand the format, and provides a graphical view > of the music in addition to the text view. This makes it easier to > work with lilypond music. Frescobaldi exists on linux, mac and > windows, and is popular for working with lilypond. > > So this patch specifies frescobaldi as the preferred editor for > lilypond files. If it is not present, the usual text editors are > fallback alternatives. > > I have compiled, installed, and tested that LyX discovered the > frescobaldi editor, and invoked it correctly for external editing. > > I don't know if this is the right time, but it is a low-risk patch. It > only touches configure.py. No file format change, and people who don't > want to use frescobaldi probably don't have it. (And if they do, they > are free to select vim/emacs/notepad instead.)
It can certainly go to master. I don't see why we shouldn't do it for 2.3.x myself, so I'd give it the necessary +1, but I guess I feel like Scott should probably chime in on this. Richard
