LILYPOND-INVOKE-EDITOR(1)

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version 2.26.0 · 9 versions
, in alpine 3.24

🎀 LILYPOND-INVOKE-EDITOR 🎀

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for lilypond-invoke-editor, which ships as part of GNU LilyPond 2.26.0. she's a tiny little helper program and honestly she's iconic for it 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lilypond-invoke-editor textedit://FILE:LINE:CHAR:COLUMN

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one argument, four little pieces separated by colons, and she's off 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

lilypond-invoke-editor (GNU LilyPond 2.26.0) — say it with me.

her whole job, her one singular main character moment: visit a file and position the cursor. literally that's it. you hand her a textedit:// URI and she opens up that file and drops the cursor exactly where you told her to. no cap, no extra steps, just cursor placement excellence 🫶

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -h, --help — shows this help. your classic "wait what do you do again" button, she's got you 😌
  • -v, --version — shows the version. so you can confirm she's the 2.26.0 girlie you think she is ⭐

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

the full documentation for lilypond-invoke-editor is maintained as a Texinfo manual (yes, Texinfo, she's old school like that 🎀). if the info and lilypond-invoke-editor programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info lilypond-invoke-editor

should give you access to the complete manual. lowkey worth running, genuinely 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie. this was lilypond-invoke-editor (GNU LilyPond 2.26.0), May 2026, section LILYPOND-INVOKE-EDITOR(1) — go forth and place some cursors 💅✨🌸

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