12.6 Editor support
There is support from different editors for LilyPond.
- Emacs
- Emacs has a lilypond-mode, which provides keyword
autocompletion, indentation, LilyPond specific parenthesis matching
and syntax coloring, handy compile short-cuts and reading LilyPond
manuals using Info. If lilypond-mode is not installed on your
platform, then read the
installation instructions.
- VIM
-
For VIM, a vimrc is supplied, along
with syntax coloring tools. For more information, refer to the
installation instructions.
- JEdit
-
The jEdit editor has a LilyPond plugin.
This plugin includes a DVI viewer, integrated help and viewing via
GhostScript. It can be installed by doing <Plugins > Plugin
Manager>, and selecting
LilyTool
from the <Install> tab.
All these editors can be made to jump into the input file to the source
of a symbol in the graphical output. See Point and click.