Re: Python scripts on WindowsXP, was: abc2ly on Windows XP

[Trent Johnston]

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From: "Dewdman42" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: Python scripts on WindowsXP, was: abc2ly on Windows XP


>
> Trent,
>
> When I first installed 2.9.9 I had this problem a lot too.  I found that
if
> I ran the script as follows from the windows command line:
>
>    python C:\my_full_path\musicxml2ly.py [options]
>
> That it worked fine.  The trick was using the full path name of the python
> script.  Don't ask me why.  I'm sure this must be an environment issue and
> I'm willing to bet that setting something in the ENV will fix this issue,
> perhaps an addition to PATH or some python related env variable.  I
honestly
> don't know.  But using the full path of the py script seemed to solve that
> issue.  I also had to run it from the lilypond dir...I didn?t try anywhere
> else yet.  I really think that trying all the different versions of
lilypond
> is not the answer for you.  It?s a windows env thing.  Unfortunately, it
> seems the windows version of Lilypond is really just a minimal port..the
> software seems to work, but some installation issues and env issues such
as
> this are, I believe, fixable under windows, but will require some
sleuthing.
> It would definitely be nice if the windows lilyond installer took care of
it
> already.
>
> -steve
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Hi Scott,

Thanks for your hint. I think there are still problems with the scripts
themselves 2.9.10 python scripts don't work well in both Windows and Linux
versions.

I'll send a bug report.

Trent