On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 4:27 PM keith Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have any Windows 10 LP2.22.0 successfully run convert-ly? > > I uninstalled LP2.22.0 and reinstalled it in c:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond > Here is my Path variable: > > PATH=C:\Program Files > (x86)\LilyPond;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;c:\sysinternals;C:\Program > Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Wireless WLAN > Card;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI > Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program > Files\Git\cmd;C:\Ruby26-x64\bin;C:\Users\K2L2\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps > > lilypond.exe is recognized as a program > > lilypond-book and convert-ly do not have “.exe” extension and are only > recognized as files. > > Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin > > > 01/10/2021 04:40 AM 27,690 lilypond-book > > 01/10/2021 04:50 AM 9,106,393 lilypond.exe > > 01/10/2021 04:40 AM 14,196 convert-ly > > Typing lilypond invokes the lilypond program: > > c:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin>lilypond > > GNU LilyPond 2.22.0 > > Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE... > > Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE. > > LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. > > For more information, see https://lilypond.org > > Typing convert-ly fails: > > c:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin>convert-ly > > 'convert-ly' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > operable program or batch file. > > Note the ">" is my prompt character. > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:39 PM Michael Hendry <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> > On 12 Jan 2021, at 20:12, keith Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I just installed lilypond 2.20.0 and tried running convert-ly to update >> > old versions of scores. >> > >> > I get the following error messages: >> > >> > C:\LilyPond220\usr\bin>convert-ly -e alice2.ly >> > 'convert-ly' is not recognized as an internal or external command, >> > operable program or batch file. >> > >> > How do I get convert-ly to run? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Keith Luke >> >> Could the problem be the “>” sign in the path reported in the error message? >> >> > C:\LilyPond220\usr\bin>convert-ly -e alice2.ly >> >> "C:\LilyPond220\usr\bin\convert-ly -e alice2.ly” looks more promising. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael Hendry
I believe there's a problem in the Windows distribution where certain utilities did not get the extensions they needed. In particular, "convert-ly" should be "convert-ly.py". Simply renaming the file should do the trick. -- Knute Snortum
