Re: convert-ly

[JxStarks]

Some progress (cheers!):

Re-naming the file to convert-ly.py enabled my system to treat it like an executable file. However, now it says it can't open the files:

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C:\Users\Jerry\Documents\RPC\Music\Christmas>convert-ly.py -e *.ly
convert-ly.py (GNU LilyPond) 2.22.1

convert-ly.py: error: *.ly: Unable to open file
convert-ly.py: warning: There was 1 error.

C:\Users\Jerry\Documents\RPC\Music\Christmas>

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There are 34 LilyPond files (all ending with .ly) in this folder. However, the multi-word names are separated by dashes, as in "It-Came-Upon-A-Midnight-Clear.ly". Does this confuse convert-ly?

Am I missing something else?

Jerry

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:44 PM Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

At 15:18 31/05/2021 -0700, Knute Snortum wrote:
>Then rename convert-ly to convert-ly.py. Windows won't be able to
>know that it's a Python program otherwise.

*Again*, I don't have this problem: I'm just trying to encourage
accurate responses to others. Did you not notice that I suggested
this renaming earlier? (Yes: really, I did!) You cannot "check that
... convert-ly.py ...[is] in that folder" when it isn't.

Brian Barker