Re: Error on running convert.ly

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John McWilliam" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Error on running convert.ly


> I have recently had the following problems and as yet have not received any
> suggestions for solving this:
>
> - point and click no longer works for me
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #t)
>
>    \relative c'' {
>        \key c \major \time 4/4
>        \pointAndClickOn
>
>        a b c d |e f g a
>
>    }%end relative
>
> - convert-ly gives an error when I try to run it on old files.
>
> convert-ly.py (GNU LilyPond) 2.18.2
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin\convert-ly.py", line 409, 
> in
> ?
>    main ()
>  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin\convert-ly.py", line 383, 
> in
> main
>    f = f.decode (sys.stdin.encoding or "utf-8")
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
> UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 45-47:
> invalid data
>
> Does any one have any suggestions?


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Phil Holmes