Re: Lilypond making my Macbook Pro run slow

[Tim McNamara]

On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Marc Mouries wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Tim McNamara <address@hidden> wrote:
> Marc-
> 
> 
> I traced the problem to improperly set permissions for the binary executable 
> LilyEditor in
> LilyEditor.app > Contents > MacOS > LilyEditor.  Your application arrives 
> with permissions set to read and write but not to execute.  Using Terminal to 
> navigate to the MacOS directory inside the app and doing "chmod u+x 
> LilyEditor" fixes the problem, but most Mac users will not know how to do 
> this. What's weird is that it shouldn't launch for you, either, with those 
> permissions the way they are.
> 
> Once it's running, it looks good- very basic but that of course is the point. 
>  There are a couple of nice features including being able to resize the 
> editing window and the file name window at the bottom.  I really like the 
> side by side panes showing the .ly file and the .pdf file- nice touch.
> 
> If you're thinking about continuing development, I'd like to be able to swap 
> them and put the .pdf on the left and the .ly on the right (I'm not sure why, 
> it just feels more natural to me).  One minor bit of polishing is that under 
> File the hide option text is "Hide NewApplication" rather than "Hide 
> LilyEditor."  It would also be nice to have a keyboard command to run 
> Lilypond instead of clicking the button; maybe that's there and I missed it.  
> Also, the application doesn't remember font settings or window sizing between 
> launches; it would be nice to have that as well.  The default font size is 
> too small on my MacBook Pro for my middle aged eyes.
> 
> I could easily see this being my standard editor for LilyPond.  I've used 
> Smultron/Fraise and Emacs mostly; they have their strengths and weaknesses 
> but for the most part they are just somewhere to type the code.  I tried the 
> jEdit (or is it JEdit?) plugin for Lilypond and really didn't like that.  
> Java apps generally aren't great on the Mac.  Yours accomplishes the key 
> things which are syntax highlighting, convenient running of Lilypond to 
> render the score and having the PDF displayed in the same app as the .ly 
> file.  Nice work.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:35 PM, Marc Mouries wrote:
> 
> > Very much like lilyPad I built a simple lilypond editor and added syntax 
> > coloring. You may want to download it and try it
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4tig7qmcpamb1w4/LilyEditor.app
> >
> > -Marc
> 
> 
> Tim,
> 
> I am glad my simple Lilypond editor for Mac is helpful. 
> 
> I implemented your wishes below and made a new version available here: 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/172729/LilyEditor_v0.6.zip
> 
> Changes:
> 
> LilyEditor v0.6 - 2011/07/19
> - added keyboard command to run Lilypond instead of clicking the lilypond 
> button
> - increased font size.
> - changed the text of the File/hide from "Hide NewApplication" to "Hide 
> LilyEditor."
> - added support for the application to remember window position and size 
> between launches

That is seriously nifty, you made these changes in less than 12 hours.  

This should perhaps be considered to be the default editor for the Mac Lilypond 
package... it should at least be linked to from the Lilypond web site.

> remaining wishes:
> - be able to put the .pdf view on the left and the .ly view on the right

I may be alone on this one, I don't know.

> - allow user to set their own font and size

Well, this can already be done under the Format menu but doesn't remember the 
font size chosen between launches.

Mac users should check this out.  There may be some tweaks to recommend but 
it's very good as it stands.