Re: unable to use convert.ly

[Knute Snortum]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 6:28 AM Immanuel Asmus <iasmus@freenet.de> wrote:

Hello,

I recently updated to Lilypond 2.24.1 and tried to automatically convert a file from version 2.22.2. I tried the following:

• Opened a file in Frescobaldi, chose „update with convert-ly". The version numbers are found, but the OK button is greyed out and won’t do anything.
• So I tried „save as file“. This created an empty .txt file, but no .ly file (at least not in the original directory) nor did it change the original .ly file.
• I opend the power shell (I’m on Win 10) from the folder where my .ly files are, typed convert-ly -e *.ly (I tried as well with a specific file name) and hit enter. I got the message (in German, I’ll roughly translate it):Fehler beim Ausführen des Programms "convert-ly.py": Program not foundIn line:1 char:2
  +  convert-ly -e *.ly
  +  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
  In line:1 char:2
  +  convert-ly -e *.ly
  +  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed
  
• I copied convert-ly.py into the folder where the .ly files are located and tried again. Same result.
• I added my lilypond folder to the path variables. Still same result.
  
• I tried different locations to extract the .zip file: First, I extracted it to Program Files (x86)\Lilypond. Then I tried Users\[my account]\AppData\Local. Last I tried directly C:\. Same result.

I uninstalled the previous lilypond copy. Maybe that was my mistake?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Immanuel

I'd be interested in seeing your .ly file.  Does it have an odd character at the beginning?  Maybe you could attach it to your reply.

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Knute Snortum