Re: Errors with midi2ly and musicxml2ly

[Aaron Hill]

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On 2019-11-20 12:05 pm, Артем Тартаковский wrote:
> ср, 20 нояб. 2019 г. в 20:18, Aaron Hill <address@hidden>:
> > On 2019-11-20 9:40 am, address@hidden wrote:
> > > There are more python2 vs python3 issues in those scripts than just
> > > that one. You can try to check ( and fix) using the 2to3 script.
> >
> > Fair point.  I was only intending to address Артем's question on that
> > specific bit of syntax.
> >
> > > Or use Python2 to run the scripts.
> >
> > That is probably the best advice, until such time as folks get around 
> > to
> > fully addressing all of the porting/compatibility issues.
>
> How can I do this in command prompt (or somewhere else)?

You will have to look up instructions specific to your operating system 
for installing and using Python 2 and Python 3 side-by-side.

And I cannot comment at all regarding the 2to3 script mentioned.


On 2019-11-20 12:57 pm, Артем Тартаковский wrote:
> There is another problem with musicxml2ly. It gives me an error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "musicxml2ly.py", line 3297, in ?
>     main()
>   File "musicxml2ly.py", line 3279, in main
>     basefilename = args[0].decode('utf-8')
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
> UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 35-36:
> invalid data

I am afraid my knowledge of Python is limited to only what I can find 
via web searches.  I do not use Python in my day-to-day work, so 
hopefully there are others on the list that can offer more insightful 
guidance.


-- Aaron Hill