Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

[Stan Sanderson]

Aye, there's the rub. Again, any Mac users worked this out?

On May 3, 2008, at 5:40 PM, James E. Bailey wrote:

> It looks as though jedit is looking for python in the lilypond  
> path. And then looking for convert-ly to be there. convert-ly is  
> actually in /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ so  
> if you can tell jedit to look there for convert-ly, problem solved
> Am 03.05.2008 um 16:54 schrieb Stan Sanderson:
>
> > In the interest of improving a great tool, I ask...
> >
> > I'm sure I'm not the only one using jEdit with LilyPondTool on Mac  
> > OS 10 (10.4.11, PPC). I've had a dialogue with Bertalan Fodor  
> > (author of LilyPondTool) concerning its use on the Mac OS. He  
> > doesn't have access to a Mac and consequently finds answering my  
> > question difficult.
> >
> > So, is there anyone using the Mac version of LilyPondTool who has  
> > found a way of successfully invoking convert-ly?
> >
> > The problem appears to be related to differences in how the Mac  
> > and Windows versions use Python. From what Bertalan has suggested,  
> > LilyPondTool translates "convert-ly" to "<local path to Python>/ 
> > convert-ly.py --edit <lilypond file name>".
> >
> > From the jEdit Activity Log...
> >
> > 9:36:26 AM [notice] AWT-EventQueue-0: '/Users/ssanders/Desktop/ 
> > test1.ly'
> > 9:36:26 AM [notice] AWT-EventQueue-0: command: convert-ly  
> > [Ljava.lang.String;@98ba6f
> > 9:36:26 AM [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: java.io.IOException: / 
> > Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin//python: not found
> > 9:36:26 AM [error] AWT-EventQueue-0:  at  
> > java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
> >
> > The same results are observed if the .py suuffix is included on  
> > the convert-ly command.
> >
> > I can invoke "lilypond --version" successfully from the jEdit  
> > Console so the path to Lilypond appears to be correct. Invoking  
> > "convert-ly --version" (or convert-ly.py" produces an error message.
> >
> > I have not found a way to communicate with the contents of / 
> > Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ (other than  
> > lilypond itself) when using LilyPondTool.
> >
> > Any solutions?
> >
> > Stan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Stan