[JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin

Robert Patterson robert at robertgpatterson.com
Fri Jan 27 02:00:25 CET 2023


It works with either RGP Lua or JW Lua, but by default it searches for JW
Lua. I am sure it isn't the best, but there is a documentation page. Let me
know if you need any further clarification after looking it over.

https://robertgpatterson.com/-fininfo/-downloads/jwluamenu.html


On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 6:56 PM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a longtime Finale user, newcomer to RGPLua.
>
> Is this plugin still expected to work? I'm running FinWin25 on Windows 10.
> When I drop it in a plugins folder and start Finale, I get an expected
> dialog that the menu layout file was not found and would I like the plugin
> to create one. When I click Yes and choose the folder to save in (where the
> plugin is), I get an error "JWLuaMenu was unable to find %s. If it is
> installed, try placing JWLuaMenu in the same folder as %s". I note that the
> file wasn't actually saved, so maybe this is the issue
>
> I created an empty file called JWLuaMenuLayout.txt, and when I restarted
> Finale, the plugin was happy.
>
> Next I spent some time populating the layout file the way I want it. I
> have a "Lua" folder in my plugins menu, and my file starts out with
> "MENUNAME Lua". But when I start Finale, I get an error "JWLuaMenu was
> unable to find Lua. If it is installed, try placing JWLuaMenu in the same
> folder as Lua." I don't quite understand this, but the plugin (and the
> layout file, and RGPLuaWin) actually are in the Lua folder.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron.
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