Re: How to Import MIDI and ETF files in LilyPond

[Mats Bengtsson]

Luc wrote:
> under windows xp I get errors too with midi2ly when the filename contains
> spaces like in yours - see yourself:
>
> C:\>midi2ly "C:\Dokumente und
> Einstellungen\user1\Anwendungsdaten\Bach-Brandenbu
> rg 3 - 1- Oktav Seite1.mid"
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Programme\LilyPondDevel\usr\bin\midi2ly.py", line 991, in ?
>     main()
>   File "C:\Programme\LilyPondDevel\usr\bin\midi2ly.py", line 989, in main
>     convert_midi (f, o)
>   File "C:\Programme\LilyPondDevel\usr\bin\midi2ly.py", line 810, in
> convert_mid
> i
>     str = open (in_file).read ()
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Dokumente'
>
> So a solution could be to move that file to another directory and replace
> the spaces in the filename by underscores or so.
>   
Isn't it easier to use the folder where the file is placed, as the 
working directory:
cd "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\user1\Anwendungsdaten\"
then there should be no need to move the files around. You still might 
have to rename
the file to avoid the spaces in the file name itself, though.

   /Mats
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