Re: convert-ly error

[Knute Snortum]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 4:27 PM keith Luke <kkll00b@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Have any Windows 10 LP2.22.0 successfully run convert-ly?
>
> I uninstalled LP2.22.0 and reinstalled it in c:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond
> Here is my Path variable:
>
> PATH=C:\Program Files 
> (x86)\LilyPond;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;c:\sysinternals;C:\Program
>  Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Wireless WLAN 
> Card;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI 
> Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program 
> Files\Git\cmd;C:\Ruby26-x64\bin;C:\Users\K2L2\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
>
> lilypond.exe is recognized as a program
>
> lilypond-book and convert-ly do not have “.exe” extension and are only 
> recognized as files.
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin
>
>
> 01/10/2021 04:40 AM 27,690 lilypond-book
>
> 01/10/2021 04:50 AM 9,106,393 lilypond.exe
>
> 01/10/2021 04:40 AM 14,196 convert-ly
>
> Typing lilypond invokes the lilypond program:
>
> c:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin>lilypond
>
> GNU LilyPond 2.22.0
>
> Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...
>
> Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
>
> LilyPond produces beautiful music notation.
>
> For more information, see https://lilypond.org
>
> Typing convert-ly fails:
>
> c:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin>convert-ly
>
> 'convert-ly' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>
> operable program or batch file.
>
> Note the ">" is my prompt character.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:39 PM Michael Hendry <hendry.michael@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> > On 12 Jan 2021, at 20:12, keith Luke <kkll00b@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I just installed lilypond 2.20.0 and tried running convert-ly to update 
>> > old versions of scores.
>> >
>> > I get the following error messages:
>> >
>> > C:\LilyPond220\usr\bin>convert-ly -e alice2.ly
>> > 'convert-ly' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> > operable program or batch file.
>> >
>> > How do I get convert-ly to run?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Keith Luke
>>
>> Could the problem be the “>” sign in the path reported in the error message?
>>
>> > C:\LilyPond220\usr\bin>convert-ly -e alice2.ly
>>
>> "C:\LilyPond220\usr\bin\convert-ly -e alice2.ly” looks more promising.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael Hendry

I believe there's a problem in the Windows distribution where certain
utilities did not get the extensions they needed.  In particular,
"convert-ly" should be "convert-ly.py".  Simply renaming the file
should do the trick.

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Knute Snortum