Re: lilypond-invoke-editor can't find editor.scm in Windows

[James Lowe]

Federico

On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:19:13 +0100 (BST), "James Lowe" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Federico
> 
> Sorry I wasn't concentrating *at all*!
> 
> Ignore my reply.
> 
> I'll test with lilypond-invoke-editor.
> 
> and let you know.
> 
> James
> 
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:17:45 +0100 (BST), "James Lowe" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Federico
> > 
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:20:53 +0200, Federico Bruni <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Il giorno lun 23 lug 2018 alle 10:36, James Lowe <address@hidden> 
> > > ha scritto:
> > > > Federico,
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:13:09 +0200, Federico Bruni 
> > > > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >>  Hi all
> > > >> 
> > > >>  The lilypond-invoke-editor installed in Windows returns the 
> > > >> following
> > > >>  error:
> > > >> 
> > > >>   > guile.exe 'C:\Program Files
> > > >>  (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin\lilypond-invoke-editor'
> > > >>  textedit://C:/Users/test/Documents/test.ly:10:9:10
> > > >>  lilypond-invoke-editor (GNU LilyPond) 2.19.82
> > > >>  ERROR: no code for module (scm editor)
> > > >> 
> > > >>  It seems it cannot find the editor.scm file?
> > > >> 
> > > >>  The file is in 'C:\Program Files
> > > >>  (x86)\LilyPond\usr\share\lilypond\current\scm'.
> > > >>  How can I tell Windows where to find it?
> > > >> 
> > > >>  I'm using Windows 10.
> > > > 
> > > > I believe we set the path to the bin dir
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi James
> > > 
> > > "We set" means what? AFAIK the Windows installation does not add any 
> > > path to the system environment variables, if this is what you meant.
> > > I had to manually add the bin/ directory to the Path in order to launch 
> > > lilypond.exe without the prefix.
> > 
> > Yes you are correct. I forgot that we changed that many moons ago.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Try setting the path explicitly for the SCM dir.
> > > > 
> > > > You can do it via the UI or using the 'setx' command
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I've tried adding the usr/share/scm dir to the path, but didn't work.
> > > 
> > > Then I skimmed through the lilypond-invoke-editor script and I figured 
> > > out that setting the LILYPOND_DATADIR to "C:\Program Files 
> > > (x86)\LilyPond\usr\share\lilypond\current" would help, but it didn't.
> > 


see

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-02/msg00102.html

I think this might help.

I was able to get a guile prompt with this workaround (the problem reported 
here in 2012 still persists in 2018 :( )

e.g

C:\Users\Joe user>set GUILE_LOAD_PATH=..\..\PROGRAM FILES 
(x86)\LILYPOND\USR\SHARE\GUILE\1.8

James