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Re: Header title problem or convert-ly problem


From: Trevor Daniels
Subject: Re: Header title problem or convert-ly problem
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:05:32 +0100

Jay

If you enter the name into Run the name of the program is "convert-ly.py".
Are you missing the ".py"?

But both convert-ly and convert-ly.py should work in a Command Prompt window. At least they do here (Windows Vista). This is better than Run
as the window stays open so you can read the output.

Is the convert program being found correctly?  If you open a Command
Prompt window and type just "convert-ly" you should see a few lines
returned giving the usage and options.

If that works ok try again specifying the file and options as before. If the path to the file contains spaces you'll need to surround the full path with double quotes. If your file contains the correct \version you don't
need to specify any options at all.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Hamilton" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond user group" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: Header title problem or convert-ly problem


A: I have tried over and over to follow the docs. AND I have copy and pasted both Mats suggestions and now Simon's . Mats has never worked. Yes the version info is in the file. No it did not work. Simon's suggestion, I renamed the file without the space and in fact after that copy/pasted his version into run and it can't find convert-ly so I browsed to my applications file (on my desktop which is where I install lily from) and convert-ly flashes and there is no new version or file that I can find anywhere and the problem continues to exist.

So I need more hints as either
1] how to change the header so it works the way it did in 2.10
or
2] how to get convert-ly to work on my machine.
Thanks
Jay

Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:18:55 +0300
From: Simon Dahlbacka <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Problem with header/copyright in new 2.12 version
To: address@hidden
Cc: lilypond user group <address@hidden>, Mats Bengtsson
      <address@hidden>
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Jay Hamilton <address@hidden>wrote:

Unfortunately, I have never been able to get convert-ly to work. It's mostly my computer ignorance. My files don't seem to be in simple places
and I never get the parameters correct.
so I have the file in C:\Documents and Settings\Frybyte\Desktop\Hamilton
it's called
my template.ly
it's version 2.10.25
I just tried to follow the instructions from the docs here's what I think
it says to do in run under xp
convert-ly --from C:\Documents and Settings\Frybyte\Desktop\Hamilton\
mytemplate.ly\version 2.10.25 --to C:\Documents and
Settings\Frybyte\Desktop\Hamilton\my template.ly version 2.12.2
That didn't work so what am I not understanding?


As you seem to have spaces in directory and/or filenames the arguments need
to be quoted. Maybe that is your issue?

e.g. convert-ly -e "C:\Documents and Settings\Frybyte\Desktop\Hamilton\
mytemplate.ly"


Sorry for total ignorance.
Jay

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>wrote:

The standard solution to all such compatibility problems is to run the
file through convert-ly, to automatically update the syntax.
(Just remember to specify \version "2.10.0" or something like that in the
file header, so that convert-ly knows what to do.)

 /Mats

Jay Hamilton wrote:

Mats sent me this solution for multiple lines in the copyright and now the bottom is overlapping and in one line. How do I make it work like it
did in 2.10

\version "2.12.2"
\header {
 title = "Positioning your finding"
 composer = "Jay Hamilton"
copyright = \markup { \tiny \override #'(baseline-skip . 0.5)
\center-align
       {  "CC lic 2.5 some rights reserved Jay Hamilton 2009"
   "see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/";
              } }
              }
melody = \relative c'
{
\clef treble
\key c \major
\time 4/4
#(set-global-staff-size 30)
\override Staff.TimeSignature #' style = #' ()
\tempo 4=60
c1
 \bar "|."
}

\score {
\new Staff \melody
\layout { }
\midi { \tempo 4=60 }
}



Yours-
Jay

Jay Hamilton
www.soundand.com
206-328-7694


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Yours-
Jay

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