Re: convert-ly 2.17.6 does nothing

[Thomas Scharkowski]

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> Am 15.11.2012 15:54, schrieb Thomas Scharkowski:
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> >
> > > Thomas Scharkowski wrote
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I noticed a strange behaviour of convert-ly in LilyPond 2.17 today:
> > > > Converting a 2.15.25 file with 2.17.6 gives:
> > > >
> > > >    > convert-ly (GNU LilyPond) 2.17.6
> > > >    >
> > > >    >
> > > >    >
> > > >    > The document has not been changed.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > applying convert-ly to the same file with 2.16.0 gives:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    > convert-ly (GNU LilyPond) 2.16.0
> > > >    >
> > > >    > convert-ly: Processing `'...
> > > >    > Applying conversion: 2.15.32, 2.15.39, 2.15.40, 2.15.42, 2.15.43,
> > > > 2.16.0
> > > >
> > > > This looks like a bug to me.
> > >
> > > my installation shows the line /Applying conversion: … / as well (is that
> > > the bug?)
> > >
> > > how do you use convert-ly? which OS?
> > >
> > > Eluze
> > Hi Eluze,
> > thank you for your questions.
> > I use Kubuntu 12.10 and Frescobaldi 2.0.8.
> >
> > The two examples were produced from the frescobaldi menu.
> >
> > Now I tried convert-ly 2.17.6 from the terminal and it works like expected.
> > This solves my problem but still I do not understand what happened.
>
> Could it be that you have several lilypond versions installed on your
> system?
> In that case the Convert-ly field in Edit>Preferences Lilypond-Settings
> Edit… should be set to the full path of the used lilypond version and
> not only the "LilyPond-Command" field. So all three (Command, Convert-ly
> and Lilypond-book) should contain the full path to the executable.
>
> Cheers,
> Joram
Hi Joram,
thank you for you suggestion, but this is not the reason - the complete 
path to convert-ly was already set.

Thomas