[scribus] Render frame not working in mac OS X

peter linnell plinnell at scribus.info
Mon Aug 2 21:56:54 CEST 2010


On 8/2/10 2:02 PM, a.l.e wrote:
> hi,
>>>> How do I get the render frame to work in Mac OS X? Wanting to use
>>>> Lilypond with Scribus. Tried updating the path command and have made
>>>> sure that the Lilypond application is installed and running but get
>>>> the following message every time I try to use it.
>>>> 'The application "lilypond --pdf" failed to start! Please check the
>>>> path:'
>>> stupid question: is lilypond installed?
>>>
>>> The answer is in the portion of text that you quote: "Tried updating the
>> path command and have made
>>> sure that the Lilypond application is installed and running"
>>
>>> a bit more advanced: can you try to put in the scribus preferences
>>> the full
>>> path to lilypond?
>>>
>>
>> Only to let you know that I too have failed at making render frames
>> work. I
>> get the same message about TeX or LaTeX appications I’ve installed and
>> tried. I have given up, really. I work on a Mac too. I could never try
>> this
>> render frame marvel although I certainly was on the short list of people
>> who, long ago, have asked and documented a RFE for this!
>>
>
> i've tried this morning and i could not get scribus to work with lilypod
> either.
>
> @craig && peter: does the render frame work on your macs?
>
>
> ciao
> a.l.e
>

Hi.

Yes, I tested it extensively:

http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=9307

The linked bug has a work around. Please feel free to test on other macs 
to confirm my workaround.

Peter




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