Re: adding a language (lilypond)

On 12/11/2011 08:07 PM, Federico Bruni wrote:
> I've read the docs.
> Very informative but I miss the most basic thing: how can I add a language?
>
> I tried the following (no success):
>
> - in src/lang.map I added:
> ly = lilypond.lang
>
> - I added src/lilypond.lang and put just one line:
> comment start "%"
>

The procedure you followed is correct.

> Then I run again make and make install, but the changes I made are not
> copied to /usr/local. I mean: lang.map misses my edit and there's no
> lilypond.lang

mh... that should not happen... are you sure that make install complete 
successfully...  and that (after make install) you're actually running 
the installed source-highlight executable (please try 'which 
source-highlight').  Note also that source-highlight starts searching 
for its files in the current directory.  You may want to check the lang 
files source-highlight is actually handling by running it with the 
command line option --lang-list

Please, also consider that, when developing a new language, and in 
general, you can avoid installing: you can use the command line option 
--data-dir of source-highlight to force it to use the files (.lang, .map).

Finally, if you add a .lang file in the lang.map file, if you want to 
install it, you'll also have to modify Makefile.am by adding your .lang 
file to the installed ones (you can take a look at src/Makefile.am).

hope to hear from you soon!

cheers
	Lorenzo

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