Maurits Lamers <mauritslamers <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for replying so quickly!
>
> Op 6 dec. 2013, om 15:31 heeft Julien Rioux <jrioux <at> lyx.org> het
volgende geschreven:
>
> > On 06/12/2013 8:42 AM, Maurits Lamers wrote:
> >
> > It's missing the converter from the lilypond format to the latex format.
This converter is a python script
> called lilypond-book (it might have a .py extension or not, depending on
the OS) and it comes installed
> with lilypond.
>
> I know lilypond-book, I have used it manually for years, and didn't know
that there was a LyX module for it, so
> I decided to try it out.
> It would be very helpful though if the error message was more clear by
telling me there was something wrong
> with lilypond-book. To me a package is a TeX thing, such as styles and
document classes, not a lilypond
> script, so it is a bit cryptic :)
> A small entry on the wiki might also be helpful.
>
> >
> >> I have tried to put lilypond-book and lilypond in the PATH, checked on
permissions, but nothing seems to
> make a conversion to PDF available in the Edit menu.
> >> Running TexLive 2013, Lyx 2.0.6, Lilypond 2.16.1.
> >>
> >
> > First thought: Did you reconfigure LyX? (menu Tools > Reconfigure)
>
> Yes, over 10 times already since this morning, but for some reason it
still seemed unable to find
> lilypond-book. I didn't understand why it was there, it was in the path
and everything, until I decided to
> try to run it.
>
> Lilypond has instructions on how to make the commands available on the
command line, which consist of
> creating new executable bash scripts which point at the actual Lilypond
scripts. I didn't understand why
> to make scripts when there is also something like symbolic links, of which
I (incorrectly) assumed would
> amount to the same.
> Running the script manually gave back an error of not finding some
libraries, which explain perfectly why
> the module didn't want to load.
>
> After creating the actual script to point to lilypond-book and
reconfiguring LyX, suddenly things worked.
> Thanks again for replying!
>
> cheers
>
> Maurits
>
>
I am having the same problem.
Could you explain where I can find these scripts please? or how I can make
them?
Many thanks,
Tommy
