On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 6:28 AM Immanuel Asmus <[email protected]> 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. -- Knute Snortum
