VSCode makes an absolutely excellent editor, with the VSLilyPond plugin

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  • VSLilyPond

    VSCode Extension for LilyPond

  • Recently, VSCode popped up a helpful dialog informing me there's plugins for editing *.ly files. I installed VSLilypond, and wow, its great. Automatic compile on save, synctex like features (click note to find where it is in source, run command on source to find respective note in PDF output), and more.

  • entr

    Run arbitrary commands when files change

  • Previously, I used VSCode or Vim or any other editor, and the entr program to update on save and generate a PDF preview. It worked, but wasn't that much fun. jEdit didn't really work for me and I always found Frescobaldi and friends a pain (they aren't great text editors).

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