Re: mac os x, lilypondtool, jedit, a puzzle

[Brett Duncan]

Stan Sanderson wrote:
> In the interest of improving a great tool, I ask...
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only one using jEdit with LilyPondTool on Mac OS 10 
> (10.4.11, PPC). I've had a dialogue with Bertalan Fodor (author of 
> LilyPondTool) concerning its use on the Mac OS. He doesn't have access 
> to a Mac and consequently finds answering my question difficult.
>
> So, is there anyone using the Mac version of LilyPondTool who has found 
> a way of successfully invoking convert-ly?
>
> The problem appears to be related to differences in how the Mac and 
> Windows versions use Python. From what Bertalan has suggested, 
> LilyPondTool translates "convert-ly" to "<local path to 
> Python>/convert-ly.py --edit <lilypond file name>".
>
>  From the jEdit Activity Log...
>
> 9:36:26 AM [notice] AWT-EventQueue-0: '/Users/ssanders/Desktop/test1.ly'
> 9:36:26 AM [notice] AWT-EventQueue-0: command: convert-ly 
> [Ljava.lang.String;@98ba6f
> 9:36:26 AM [error] AWT-EventQueue-0: java.io.IOException: 
> /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin//python: not found
> 9:36:26 AM [error] AWT-EventQueue-0:  at 
> java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
>
> The same results are observed if the .py suuffix is included on the 
> convert-ly command.
>
> I can invoke "lilypond --version" successfully from the jEdit Console so 
> the path to Lilypond appears to be correct. Invoking "convert-ly 
> --version" (or convert-ly.py" produces an error message.
>
> I have not found a way to communicate with the contents of 
> /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ (other than lilypond 
> itself) when using LilyPondTool.
>
> Any solutions?
>
> Stan

Up until now, I had not tried invoking convert-ly from inside jEdit, but 
had been happy to update directly with Lilypond.app. But this thread got 
me curious, so I tried it - and it works fine for me. (I'm running OSX 
10.4.11 Intel.)

In jEdit, under Plugin Options: LilyPondTool: Commands, I have the path 
for convert-ly as "LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/convert-ly" 
(without the quotes, of course). I have both the jEdit and Lilypond apps 
in the same directory (my Applications folder).

Brett