Hi Colin, Thanks very much, I'm still relatively new to all this and never knew about convert-ly. Just so you know, it can be run in batch mode: to convert all the files in a directory you type:
convert-ly -e *.ly I had everything converted in a jiffy! Much obliged. Brent. On 11 June 2011 16:58, Colin Campbell <c...@shaw.ca> wrote: > On 11-06-11 08:38 AM, Brent Annable wrote: > > Hi y'all, > > I'm arranging some Haydn string quartets and found some Lilypond files of > them on Mutopia, but when I go to generate them I get an error saying that > the version is too old (2.6.0) and that only versions 2.7.38 and up are > supported. I'd hate to have to create the whole thing again, so does anyone > know an easy (or at least easier) way around this? I tried simply deleting > the version number from the text file, but somehow Lilypond still "knows". I > can't seem to find an old enough version of Lilypond to download either that > might still support 2.6.0. > > These are the files I'm talking about: > > http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/HaydnFJ/O76/op76-n2/op76-n2-lys.zip > > One possible solution I thought of was to find more recent files providing > string quartet "architecture", and just transfer the Haydn music into that. > But if anyone has a better idea, any help would be much appreciated! > > Brent. > > > > It will be a bit tedious, Brent, but convert-ly seems to do the trick. > I've no idea if it can be run in batch mode, but using a tool such as Jedit > or Frescobaldi should make the process a bit easier. > > Colin Campbell > Bug Squad > > -- > A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind > that startled us. > -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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