RE: Convert-ly problem

[Palmer, Ralph]

Duh. I feel stupid, but only slightly. I restarted, and convert-ly works
as it's supposed to. (I do not usually shut down my computer unless
prompted, even at night, because I have to access it from home as part
of my job duties.) Thanks, Mats, and I apologize for taking everyone's
time; I'm glad you mentioned logging off after installation.

Ralph

-----Original Message-----
From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:11 AM
To: Palmer, Ralph
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Convert-ly problem

I hope you have logged off and on again since you installed LilyPond.
Start a command prompt, enter the command set PATH and send me a copy of
the result. (You can copy and paste from the command prompt, if you
first right-click on the blue border at the top of the window, select
"Properties", mark "QuickEdit Mode" and press OK. Then, you can select
any text in the window and press Enter to copy it.)

   /Mats

Palmer, Ralph wrote:
> Thanks, Mats.
>
> I still have some .ly files in 2.8 which I need to convert, so it is 
> pertinent. I was able to change directory to a folder containing a .ly

> file, but convert-ly is still not working. Windows doesn't seem to 
> recognized convert-ly as a program; and, in fact, it has a .py (is 
> that
> python?) extension. I'm attaching .pdf screen shots of the command 
> prompt session and of my LilyPond\...\usr\bin  directory. Do I need to

> modify or run convert-ly.py somehow to create an executable? Or am I 
> missing something relating to python? LilyPond\...\usr\lib\python2.4 
> does exist.
>
> Thank you to you and everyone involved in helping create and maintain 
> LilyPond and the LP community.
>
> Ralph
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Ralph Palmer
> Energy/Administrative Coordinator
> Keene State College
> Keene, NH 03435-2502
> Phone: 603-358-2230
> Cell: 603-209-2903
> Fax: 603-358-2456
> address@hidden
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:58 AM
> To: Palmer, Ralph
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Convert-ly problem
>
> The short answer is that there haven't been any syntax changes between

> 2.10.0 and 2.10.7, so there's no need to run convert-ly.
>
> Anyway, the procedure is:
> - Start a command prompt: Start Menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> 
> Command Prompt
> - Change working directory to the folder where you have your .ly
files.
>   For example, if you have them in the folder "lily" in "My 
> Documents", do cd "My Documents\lily"
>   (Note that you can save key strokes by typing in cd My
>   and then press TAB to expand that to My Documents)
> - Run the command itself:
> convert-ly -e myfile.ly
>
>    /Mats
>
> Palmer, Ralph wrote:
>   
>> Greetings -
>>
>> I guess I have a couple of questions and maybe a problem.
>>
>> I'm running Windows XP Pro V.2002 SP2.
>>
>> I downloaded <lilypond-2.10.6-1.mingw.exe>. I tried to run it and got

>> a message saying I needed to uninstall the old version. I uninstalled

>> the old version (2.10.0), rebooted, and ran 
>> <lilypond-2.10.6-1.mingw.exe> without any problem. I was trying to 
>> run
>>     
>
>   
>> <convert-ly> on my old files (question #1 : was that necessary when 
>> moving to a new release but same version, i.e., 2.10.0 --> 2.10.6?) 
>> but I couldn't get it to work - at all.
>>
>> So, question #2 : has anyone successfully run convert-ly on a WinXP 
>> Pro box? If so, would you be willing to share the process? I tried 
>> Open with
>>   
>>     
>>> convert-ly ; I tried using the command prompt and 1) navigating to 
>>> the
>>>     
>>>       
>> convert-ly directory and running it from there, with no path and with

>> a path, and 2) navigating to my *.ly folder and running convert-ly 
>> from there. I was able to get convert-ly to open from the C:\Program 
>> Files\LilyPond\usr\bin folder, but I couldn't get it to recognize a 
>> file name.
>>
>> And now, the problem : while I was working on this, I took a look at 
>> my executables, and I've got a "lilypond-windows.exe" as well as a 
>> "lilypond.exe". I've always used the "lilypond.exe" to run LilyPond 
>> against a .ly file, and I'm assuming that's what I should be using
>>     
> now.
>   
>> When I checked the file properties of both lilypond-windows.exe and 
>> lilypond.exe, I found the file version to be "2.10.0.1" in both
cases.
>>     
>
>   
>> I don't know if 2.10.6 was installed, because I ran lilypond.exe 
>> against "danse macabre.ly" (which I had tried (unsuccessfully) to 
>> update with convert-ly.py), and got an error in the log :
>> "Parsing...
>> error: Incorrect lilypond version: 2.6.0 (2.7.38, 2.8.4)
>> error: Consider updating the input with the convert-ly script"
>> >From this, it looks like I'm not running 2.10.6. Does this seem
>>     
>>> familiar
>>>       
>> to anyone, and does anyone have a suggestion for checking more 
>> dependably for the version number?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ralph
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Ralph Palmer
>> Energy/Administrative Coordinator
>> Keene State College
>> Keene, NH 03435-2502
>> Phone: 603-358-2230
>> Cell: 603-209-2903
>> Fax: 603-358-2456
>> address@hidden
>>
>>
>>
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>
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>       Signals, Sensors and Systems
>       Royal Institute of Technology
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        Mats Bengtsson
        Signal Processing
        Signals, Sensors and Systems
        Royal Institute of Technology
        SE-100 44  STOCKHOLM
        Sweden
        Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463                         
        Fax:   (+46) 8 790 7260
        Email: address@hidden
        WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe
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