Steven Arntson <ste...@stevenarntson.com> writes: > Thorsten Jolitz <tjol...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Steven Arntson <ste...@stevenarntson.com> writes: >> >>>> I would say try the above, i.e. restore ob-lilypond.el and set the >>>> variable in you init file. Alternatively you could delete the >>>> ob-lilypond.elc and the do M-x byte-compile-file on the modified >>>> ob-lilypond.el, but I would not recommend mess around in libraries for >>>> customizations. >>> >>> I reverted the change to ob-lilypond.el and did as you suggested, adding >>> >>> (setq ly-nix-ly-path "/usr/local/lilypond") >>> >>> It's now looking in the right place, but still won't tangle the file >>> when I run ly-tangle. The message in the minibuffer is: >>> >>> ly-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: resource temporarily >>> unavailable, /usr/local/lilypond >>> >>> The use of "temporarily" is certainly intriguing! I quit out of emacs >>> and restarted, but am still getting the message. >> >> hmm ... does it work without emacs? >> did you try to use lilypond from the commandline? > > Yes, it's working from there. I'm befuddled. I tried changing the path > to "/usr/local/lilypond/bin" and also "/usr/local/lilypond/usr/bin" > thinking maybe the system needed a little more guidance, but neither of > these worked.
what if you simply move the liliypond binary to where ob-lilypond expects it or set a symlink to "/usr/bin/lilypond"? -- cheers, Thorsten