Fw: LilyPond - Can't get convert-ly to work

[Trevor Daniels]

Missed copying this to bug-lilypond ...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: LilyPond - Can't get convert-ly to work


> Tony
> 
> OK, thanks.  It seems you have a more recent version of the python 
> interpreter installed on your system than the one used by and distributed 
> with LilyPond, and this is taking precedence.  This might have been installed 
> by some other application.
> 
> So you will need to run convert-ly by passing it to the python interpreter 
> distributed with LilyPond.  To do this, instead of just entering 
> "convert-ly", you'll need first to enter
> 
> cd "C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/bin"  (in this case, with the quotes)
> 
> then you should find that convert-ly works.  You'll need to specify full 
> paths to the LilyPond code you need to convert, unfortunately.
> 
> Trevor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Warren" <address@hidden>
> To: "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: LilyPond - Can't get convert-ly to work
> 
> 
>> Hello Trevor
>> 
>> Lilypond is 2.18.2
>> 
>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
>> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>> 
>> C:\Users\Tony Warren>python
>> Python 3.4.1 (v3.4.1:c0e311e010fc, May 18 2014, 10:38:22) [MSC v.1600 32 
>> bit (I
>> tel)] on win32
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>>
>> 
>> Thanks for your help
>> 
>> Tony
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/10/2014 22:56, Trevor Daniels wrote:
>>> Hi Tony
>>>
>>> Could you please say which version of LilyPond you are using, so we can be 
>>> sure we're looking at the right code.
>>>
>>> And then please enter the command "python" (without the quotes of course) 
>>> at the Command Prompt and say what the output is.  You can then enter 
>>> "CTRL-Z"  "Enter"  to get your usual command prompt back.
>>>
>>> Trevor
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tony Warren" <address@hidden>
>>> To: <address@hidden>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:13 PM
>>> Subject: LilyPond - Can't get convert-ly to work
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I'm not top posting.
>>>> % I know nothing of Python. Help please. See below:
>>>>
>>>> %{
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
>>>> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>>>>
>>>> C:\Users\Tony Warren>convert-ly -h
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>   File "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin\convert-ly.py", line 52, in 
>>>> <module>
>>>>     import lilylib as ly
>>>>   File "C:\Program 
>>>> Files\LilyPond\usr\share\lilypond\current\python\lilylib.py",
>>>> line 238
>>>>     print log[0]
>>>>             ^
>>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>>
>>>> %}
>>>> %{
>>>> Always get this message, administrator or not, command line options or not,
>>>> supplying file for conversion or not. Help a newbie, please.
>>>> %}
>>>>
>>>>
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