Hi Rick,
Actually the file is convert-ly.py - it's a python script.
I use abc2ly, another python script. Try just "cd C:\Program
> Files\LilyPond" or cd into whatever folder the music file is in and
try the command there. After some initial struggles, I found that both
work with abc2ly. You shouldn't have to type "python" or do anything
else fancy. I had trouble at first because I was trying too hard.
I don't have 2.10 yet, and I don't have any old Lilypond files that
really need converting, but I tried with a couple of random .ly files
and at least didn't get any error messages. Here are screen prints from
my command window:
C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>cd C:\Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\LilyPond
C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\LilyPond>convert-ly
hodie.ly
convert-ly.py (GNU LilyPond) 2.8.5
Processing `hodie.ly'...
Applying conversion:
Note I keep Lilypond on my desktop so I can mouse a file into it to work
on. Of course I have to move the resulting files to another folder
afterward. It turns out to work just as well from the music folder:
cd C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\musicfiles\gibbons
C:\Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\musicfiles\gibbons>convert-ly
cantus.ly
convert-ly.py (GNU LilyPond) 2.8.5
Processing `cantus.ly'...
Applying conversion:
Good luck!
Bonnie
Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:
Ok...
I must be missing something very simple, but I've been beating a dead horse
for the past few weeks trying to get convert-ly and other utilities to run
on Windows XP.
From te command prompt I change directory to "C:\Program
Files\LilyPond\usr\bin" which is where lilyponfd is installed, but when I
enter convert-ly on the command line Windows says it is not recognized as a
command. Probably because there is no file extension on the file named
convert-ly?
Shouldn't this program be named convert-ly.exe? So that it will run when
you tell it to run like any other program. I must be missing something very
simple as I am using the instructions in section 13.3 of the manual, so I
thought it's time to just ask someone how to do it.
Thanks
Rick
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