Per the original error message I posted, it was trying to use version 3.8 of the Homebrew version. But I tried linking version 3.8, and then version 3.9, and even 3.6, still got errors. But in each case, python on the system side had no trouble importing encodings.
> On Oct 12, 2021, at 4:25 PM, Jonas Hahnfeld <hah...@hahnjo.de> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, dem 12.10.2021 um 16:15 -0400 schrieb Jim Weisbin: >> >> >>> On Oct 12, 2021, at 4:13 PM, Jonas Hahnfeld <hah...@hahnjo.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Am Dienstag, dem 12.10.2021 um 16:02 -0400 schrieb Jim Weisbin: >>>> I was under some pressure to get this working for a client, who >>>> was unfortunately on Mac OS Catalina. I tried importing xml files >>>> with many many different combinations of Lilypond and >>>> Frescobaldi. The only combination I could get to work was with >>>> Frescobaldi 3.1.2 and an "unofficial" build of Lilypond from this >>>> link https://gitlab.com/marnen/lilypond-mac-builder/- >>>> /releases/v2.20.0.build20200311175017 >>>> (Fresocobaldi 3.1.3 also failed with errors). >>>> >>>> That combination "worked", but there were too many spurious >>>> details in the output, such as many "stems up" directives that >>>> should not have been there. >>>> >>>> In the end we were able to get things working on another computer >>>> running Mojave, with Frescobaldi 3.1.3 and an official build of >>>> Lilypond version 2.18. Later builds also failed to import >>>> musicxml files. >>>> >>>> In the end that combo seems to work, but completely fails to >>>> import lyrics, with no errors reported. >>>> >>>> I'm no Python expert, but I have done a bit of Python >>>> programming. I tried different versions of Python, but I can see >>>> that the Lilypond application has a Python executable built in. >>>> So does the system's Python ever come into play, and if so, why? >>>> Does Frescobaldi depend on it? Different versions of python on >>>> the system seemed to have no effect on the output errors. >>> >>> Yes, official binaries come with a Python interpreter that should >>> also be used for the script. However, if you install LilyPond from >>> MacPorts, then it is probably going to use whatever Python is >>> installed next to it... >>> >>> Jonas >> >> I tried the Macports version, but that produced errors as well. > > Well yes, that was what the original message said, right? You should > try to locate which Python version LilyPond / Frescobaldi tries to use, > start the interpreter and do "import encodings". If that fails, please > report it to MacPorts so they can fix it on their side. > > Jonas Jim Weisbin | C.T.O. | Human | Post Human | 27 West 20th Street | Suite 801 | New York, NY | 10011 | (917) 375-2272 | 2046 Broadway | Santa Monica, CA | 90404 | www.humanworldwide.com <http://www.humanworldwide.com/> _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
