I tried this, and it worked for me on Windows.

If I cd into the 'tutorial' directory it works.

It also works if I stay in the Csound root directory, but change the Python 
file to say 'tutorial/tutorial2.csd' instead of just 'tutorial2.csd'.

Hope this helps,
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Mooney/Maxine Heller" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: [Csnd] Python Tutorial Not Working


> Hello all--
>
> Tried the Python section of the Csound tutorial today and can't get it to 
> work. Specifically in listing 5.1 the print csound.getCSD() command shows 
> an empty orc, except for the options given by csound.setCommand() which 
> are in  as expected. The score section is there and is 
> complete, with little squares where there are line breaks. The csd file 
> was created with csedit and runs fine from the command line (just a sine 
> playing three notes). Obviously, with the  field empty, 
> csound.perform crashes Idle with the Windows message "pythonw.exe has 
> experienced a problem..." (Maybe it's just pining for the fiords.)
>
> csound.load returns 0. csound.setForPerformance returns True. I tried 
> moving the csd file from where it lives, in another directory, to the 
> Python25 directory and it made no difference. In it's home diretory, 
> double "\\" in the path seemed to find the file, as I've seen mentioned on 
> this list. Single "\" or "/" did not. Tried csound.getOrchstra() and it 
> returned '', which makes sense since there is no content. 
> csound.getScore() returns the score.
>
> Any idea why the contents of  is getting wiped out and how 
> to prevent it?
>
> I'm using Csound 5.07 on a WindowsXP machine.
>
> Thanks--
>
>
> David Mooney:  dmooney@city-net.com
> Maxine Heller:  mheller@city-net.com
> Opaque Melodies:  www.city-net.com/~moko/
>
>
>
> Send bugs reports to this list.
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> csound" 

Thanks, Mike, for the suggestions, but the behavior remains 
unchanged. I followed the 5.1 listing exactly, altering only the 
paths to the csd file.

I'm using a MusicXPC. The folks who put this computer out a couple of 
years ago marketed it as a machine modified to optimize audio work. 
Exactly how they modified appears to fall under the proprietary 
umbrella, but I have encountered strange behavior with other 
software, so I'm inclined the think some of my Csound difficulties are here.

At 08:12 PM 3/24/2008, you wrote:
>I tried this, and it worked for me on Windows.
>
>If I cd into the 'tutorial' directory it works.
>
>It also works if I stay in the Csound root directory, but change the 
>Python file to say 'tutorial/tutorial2.csd' instead of just 'tutorial2.csd'.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mooney/Maxine Heller" 
>
>To: 
>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:14 PM
>Subject: [Csnd] Python Tutorial Not Working
>
>
>>Hello all--
>>
>>Tried the Python section of the Csound tutorial today and can't get 
>>it to work. Specifically in listing 5.1 the print csound.getCSD() 
>>command shows an empty orc, except for the options given by 
>>csound.setCommand() which are in  as expected. The score 
>>section is there and is complete, with little squares where there 
>>are line breaks. The csd file was created with csedit and runs fine 
>>from the command line (just a sine playing three notes). Obviously, 
>>with the  field empty, csound.perform crashes Idle 
>>with the Windows message "pythonw.exe has experienced a problem..." 
>>(Maybe it's just pining for the fiords.)
>>
>>csound.load returns 0. csound.setForPerformance returns True. I 
>>tried moving the csd file from where it lives, in another 
>>directory, to the Python25 directory and it made no difference. In 
>>it's home diretory, double "\\" in the path seemed to find the 
>>file, as I've seen mentioned on this list. Single "\" or "/" did 
>>not. Tried csound.getOrchstra() and it returned '', which makes 
>>sense since there is no content. csound.getScore() returns the score.
>>
>>Any idea why the contents of  is getting wiped out 
>>and how to prevent it?
>>
>>I'm using Csound 5.07 on a WindowsXP machine.
>>
>>Thanks--
>>
>>
>>David Mooney:  dmooney@city-net.com
>>Maxine Heller:  mheller@city-net.com
>>Opaque Melodies:  www.city-net.com/~moko/
>>
>>
>>
>>Send bugs reports to this list.
>>To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body 
>>"unsubscribe csound"
>
>
>
>Send bugs reports to this list.
>To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body 
>"unsubscribe csound"

David Mooney:  dmooney@city-net.com
Maxine Heller:  mheller@city-net.com
Opaque Melodies:  www.city-net.com/~moko/