<div dir="ltr">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.)<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 5:07 PM carlvine <<a href="mailto:carlvine@iinet.net.au">carlvine@iinet.net.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>The Script Installation instructions on FinaleLua have always been confusing (IMHO).<div><br></div><div>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).<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 27 Jan 2023, at 12:18 pm, <a href="mailto:jwlua-request@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua-request@jwmusic.nu</a> wrote:</div><br><div><div>Send JWLua mailing list submissions to<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:jwlua-request@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua-request@jwmusic.nu</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:jwlua-owner@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua-owner@jwmusic.nu</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of JWLua digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. JWLua Menu plugin (Aaron Sherber)<br> 2. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Robert Patterson)<br> 3. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Aaron Sherber)<br> 4. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Robert Patterson)<br> 5. Re: JWLua Menu plugin (Robert Patterson)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:54:11 -0500<br>From: Aaron Sherber <<a href="mailto:aaron@sherber.com" target="_blank">aaron@sherber.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a><br>Subject: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin<br>Message-ID:<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><CABCgyHWNV0e25nf9cz3=<a href="mailto:77eAkRUQLtgi42%2BuMOV32my_PnwFXw@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">77eAkRUQLtgi42+uMOV32my_PnwFXw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hi all,<br><br>I'm a longtime Finale user, newcomer to RGPLua.<br><br>Is this plugin still expected to work? I'm running FinWin25 on Windows 10.<br>When I drop it in a plugins folder and start Finale, I get an expected<br>dialog that the menu layout file was not found and would I like the plugin<br>to create one. When I click Yes and choose the folder to save in (where the<br>plugin is), I get an error "JWLuaMenu was unable to find %s. If it is<br>installed, try placing JWLuaMenu in the same folder as %s". I note that the<br>file wasn't actually saved, so maybe this is the issue<br><br>I created an empty file called JWLuaMenuLayout.txt, and when I restarted<br>Finale, the plugin was happy.<br><br>Next I spent some time populating the layout file the way I want it. I have<br>a "Lua" folder in my plugins menu, and my file starts out with "MENUNAME<br>Lua". But when I start Finale, I get an error "JWLuaMenu was unable to find<br>Lua. If it is installed, try placing JWLuaMenu in the same folder as Lua."<br>I don't quite understand this, but the plugin (and the layout file, and<br>RGPLuaWin) actually are in the Lua folder.<br><br>Am I doing something wrong?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Aaron.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/4ec29ef1/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/4ec29ef1/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:00:25 -0600<br>From: Robert Patterson <<a href="mailto:robert@robertgpatterson.com" target="_blank">robert@robertgpatterson.com</a>><br>To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <<a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin<br>Message-ID:<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><<a href="mailto:CAACncetUV23BUm0wvp3FitZ8gVq_-PAqku0xJOMsxHDs7w9qKg@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAACncetUV23BUm0wvp3FitZ8gVq_-PAqku0xJOMsxHDs7w9qKg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>It works with either RGP Lua or JW Lua, but by default it searches for JW<br>Lua. I am sure it isn't the best, but there is a documentation page. Let me<br>know if you need any further clarification after looking it over.<br><br><a href="https://robertgpatterson.com/-fininfo/-downloads/jwluamenu.html" target="_blank">https://robertgpatterson.com/-fininfo/-downloads/jwluamenu.html</a><br><br><br>On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 6:56 PM Aaron Sherber <<a href="mailto:aaron@sherber.com" target="_blank">aaron@sherber.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi all,<br><br>I'm a longtime Finale user, newcomer to RGPLua.<br><br>Is this plugin still expected to work? I'm running FinWin25 on Windows 10.<br>When I drop it in a plugins folder and start Finale, I get an expected<br>dialog that the menu layout file was not found and would I like the plugin<br>to create one. When I click Yes and choose the folder to save in (where the<br>plugin is), I get an error "JWLuaMenu was unable to find %s. If it is<br>installed, try placing JWLuaMenu in the same folder as %s". I note that the<br>file wasn't actually saved, so maybe this is the issue<br><br>I created an empty file called JWLuaMenuLayout.txt, and when I restarted<br>Finale, the plugin was happy.<br><br>Next I spent some time populating the layout file the way I want it. I<br>have a "Lua" folder in my plugins menu, and my file starts out with<br>"MENUNAME Lua". But when I start Finale, I get an error "JWLuaMenu was<br>unable to find Lua. If it is installed, try placing JWLuaMenu in the same<br>folder as Lua." I don't quite understand this, but the plugin (and the<br>layout file, and RGPLuaWin) actually are in the Lua folder.<br><br>Am I doing something wrong?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Aaron.<br>_______________________________________________<br>JWLua mailing list<br><a href="mailto:JWLua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">JWLua@jwmusic.nu</a><br><a href="http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu</a><br><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/11293a3b/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/11293a3b/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:12:59 -0500<br>From: Aaron Sherber <<a href="mailto:aaron@sherber.com" target="_blank">aaron@sherber.com</a>><br>To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <<a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin<br>Message-ID:<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><CABCgyHW56HwkmFHucvhFuVLoUto0HV_dm1mY_hUTGZZY-=<a href="mailto:2cMg@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">2cMg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hi Robert,<br><br>That's the page I've been following. As I understand it, using "MENUNAME<br>Lua" should make the plugin look in the "Lua" submenu for items to<br>organize, and because I'm not using "USEMAINMENU", it should organize them<br>within that same submenu. But it seems like the plugin is not seeing that<br>submenu.<br><br>I have RGPLua installed, but not JWLua.<br><br>It's kind of a shame, because there are so many excellent RGPLua plugins,<br>but they're not really usable all dumped into a single list.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Aaron.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/5088acb1/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/5088acb1/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:16:41 -0600<br>From: Robert Patterson <<a href="mailto:robert@robertgpatterson.com" target="_blank">robert@robertgpatterson.com</a>><br>To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <<a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin<br>Message-ID:<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><<a href="mailto:CAACncestGGY7SJY8nBy8cwzUUugV8ZxPzHy0TyDASkuxMGechg@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAACncestGGY7SJY8nBy8cwzUUugV8ZxPzHy0TyDASkuxMGechg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>For RGP Lua, you need "MENUNAME RGP Lua". It is searching for a menu<br>*containing* that menu item.<br><br>On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:14 PM Aaron Sherber <<a href="mailto:aaron@sherber.com" target="_blank">aaron@sherber.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Robert,<br><br>That's the page I've been following. As I understand it, using "MENUNAME<br>Lua" should make the plugin look in the "Lua" submenu for items to<br>organize, and because I'm not using "USEMAINMENU", it should organize them<br>within that same submenu. But it seems like the plugin is not seeing that<br>submenu.<br><br>I have RGPLua installed, but not JWLua.<br><br>It's kind of a shame, because there are so many excellent RGPLua plugins,<br>but they're not really usable all dumped into a single list.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Aaron.<br>_______________________________________________<br>JWLua mailing list<br><a href="mailto:JWLua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">JWLua@jwmusic.nu</a><br><a href="http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu</a><br><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/f2aab9c7/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/f2aab9c7/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:17:19 -0600<br>From: Robert Patterson <<a href="mailto:robert@robertgpatterson.com" target="_blank">robert@robertgpatterson.com</a>><br>To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <<a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Menu plugin<br>Message-ID:<br><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><CAACncevLq5Z=<a href="mailto:1omDdVewA01GUha%2B09Uj9TduLpHYecKeO4KcMA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">1omDdVewA01GUha+09Uj9TduLpHYecKeO4KcMA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>P.S. There are some links to sample layout files on the page.<br><br>On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:16 PM Robert Patterson <<br><a href="mailto:robert@robertgpatterson.com" target="_blank">robert@robertgpatterson.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">For RGP Lua, you need "MENUNAME RGP Lua". It is searching for a menu<br>*containing* that menu item.<br><br>On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:14 PM Aaron Sherber <<a href="mailto:aaron@sherber.com" target="_blank">aaron@sherber.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Robert,<br><br>That's the page I've been following. As I understand it, using "MENUNAME<br>Lua" should make the plugin look in the "Lua" submenu for items to<br>organize, and because I'm not using "USEMAINMENU", it should organize them<br>within that same submenu. But it seems like the plugin is not seeing that<br>submenu.<br><br>I have RGPLua installed, but not JWLua.<br><br>It's kind of a shame, because there are so many excellent RGPLua plugins,<br>but they're not really usable all dumped into a single list.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Aaron.<br>_______________________________________________<br>JWLua mailing list<br><a href="mailto:JWLua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">JWLua@jwmusic.nu</a><br><a href="http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu</a><br><br></blockquote><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/c0d672a1/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/attachments/20230126/c0d672a1/attachment.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>JWLua mailing list<br><a href="mailto:JWLua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">JWLua@jwmusic.nu</a><br><a href="http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of JWLua Digest, Vol 99, Issue 1<br>************************************<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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