[JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin

Sat Jan 28 14:54:55 CET 2023

Carl, I suggest you make this change in a PR and request a review from
Nick. He's the one that wrote that part of the documentation. (I believe
it's one of the markdown pages in the docs directory.)

On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 5:07 PM carlvine <carlvine at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> The Script Installation instructions on  FinaleLua have always been
> confusing (IMHO).
>
> I propose a simpler solution as attached, recommending only RGP with
> system-specific details (this is obviously the Mac one). (Can’t remember
> how to go in and edit a Documentation page on the website).
>
> Carl
>
> [image: Lua_Simple_Install.jpg]
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>   1. JWLua Menu plugin (Aaron Sherber)
>   2. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Robert Patterson)
>   3. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Aaron Sherber)
>   4. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Robert Patterson)
>   5. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Robert Patterson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:54:11 -0500
> From: Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com>
> To: jwlua at jwmusic.nu
> Subject: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin
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> 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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> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:00:25 -0600
> From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
> To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin
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> 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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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:12:59 -0500
> From: Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com>
> To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin
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> Hi Robert,
>
> That's the page I've been following. As I understand it, using "MENUNAME
> Lua" should make the plugin look in the "Lua" submenu for items to
> organize, and because I'm not using "USEMAINMENU", it should organize them
> within that same submenu. But it seems like the plugin is not seeing that
> submenu.
>
> I have RGPLua installed, but not JWLua.
>
> It's kind of a shame, because there are so many excellent RGPLua plugins,
> but they're not really usable all dumped into a single list.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron.
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> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:16:41 -0600
> From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
> To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin
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> For RGP Lua, you need "MENUNAME RGP Lua". It is searching for a menu
> *containing* that menu item.
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:14 PM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> That's the page I've been following. As I understand it, using "MENUNAME
> Lua" should make the plugin look in the "Lua" submenu for items to
> organize, and because I'm not using "USEMAINMENU", it should organize them
> within that same submenu. But it seems like the plugin is not seeing that
> submenu.
>
> I have RGPLua installed, but not JWLua.
>
> It's kind of a shame, because there are so many excellent RGPLua plugins,
> but they're not really usable all dumped into a single list.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron.
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:17:19 -0600
> From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
> To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin
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> P.S. There are some links to sample layout files on the page.
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:16 PM Robert Patterson <
> robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:
>
> For RGP Lua, you need "MENUNAME RGP Lua". It is searching for a menu
> *containing* that menu item.
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:14 PM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> That's the page I've been following. As I understand it, using "MENUNAME
> Lua" should make the plugin look in the "Lua" submenu for items to
> organize, and because I'm not using "USEMAINMENU", it should organize them
> within that same submenu. But it seems like the plugin is not seeing that
> submenu.
>
> I have RGPLua installed, but not JWLua.
>
> It's kind of a shame, because there are so many excellent RGPLua plugins,
> but they're not really usable all dumped into a single list.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron.
> _______________________________________________
> JWLua mailing list
> JWLua at jwmusic.nu
> http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu
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