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MS 3.6.2 linux from chrome(book) 8th gen i5 8 gig. Input mouse click
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The program is a mess. I am sure it is specific to linux from chrome vers. I am working on large(r) orch work. I am now on the 4th mov, the issues are just getting worse. From the beginning of the 4th move the program is supper slow in actions. If I click on open space to drag the page, I click and hold and move pointer and . . . . . . . the page moves. If I roll the mouse button for up or down. . . . . . . . the page moves. These are not totally unusual occurrences, but have become far worse as I have added movements.
I would like to give brief history of 3rd move. 130+ pages, for 1st 40-50 pages above issues plus multiple notes being added regularly happening. About 50-80 pages these issues mostly disappeared. Instead the on screen pallette would suddenly go black. Black in color not just disappear, I think everything was still there, but you could not tell what was chosen. It occurred many times, a different action was made before the black, so nothing seemed obvious as to a reason. I could close program and reopen and continue to work. After about 80 pages something new. For no apparent reason the program simply froze, locked up nothing worked but the pointer. Tried to close work window, tried to quit program, nothing. Multiple clicks on x ING out program would bring up 'program not responding' and that would allow closing. When I then tried to open with a click on icon, nothing. Program would not open. Only after shutting down computer would program load.(sorry never tried warm reboot) This went on till into the 100s meas then all seemed to be working fine.
Now with the 4th move starting out supper slow actions. Also should add notes being input sometimes sound looooong time before releasing. All these issues have gotten worse as the folder for the work has grown in size. I think all these issues are for the linux from chrome vers. of MS.
So how do I delete the extra copies of the score which show up in 'most recent', but not in file folder... where I do know how to delete. And probably, how do I find the 'hidden' copies that the program saves(which I have never seen) I have not found anywhere how to find hidden files in chrome, or are they even in chrome. I see nothing about the hidden files in the manual.
I am sending this to tell you all what I am experiencing. I hope it might give thoughts for ver 4.0 And before you ask NO I am not sending my file, I am sure by itself it would work mostly fine. And please remember any suggestions need to be specific for 'linux from chrome' as I do think this is where the problem arises.
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I suspect that most of the problem is trying to have several very long movements in one file.
In reply to I suspect that most of the… by bobjp
Thanks for the response. Sorry if I confused you. Each movement is different file! Movements are all in one folder. As I tried to imply each new movement (file) is progressively getting more crazy. The 4th is now the worst and I am only 12 pages in. Thanks again for the thought, but it is one movement to a file!
In reply to Thanks for the response… by R. L. F.
Would you be willing to share that file?
Or can you share how you create additional movements? (from a template, as a new score, by save-as from a previous movement,...)?
In reply to Would you be willing to… by jeetee
Jeetee
If I am understanding what you are asking I do new score for each movement as instrumentation for a couple movements are slightly different. I choose instruments one at a time and add to score. I had something I was going to add to my original post to display some of what I was describing, but I did not see any way to add an attachment (afraid I do not do these things often enough)
I do not see how the score will help as I think the movement on its own will work mostly fine. Will the code you look at tell you how long from the time I click and grab the score and move it right or left....the score actually moves? Or roll the mouse wheel up or down....before the score moves. When I click a note to the score how long that note soooounds before it releases so I can add the next note? Or, whether I click my mouse to enter a note.....or the 'program' adds two or three notes at once!? Jeetee as I hope I made clear do not waste time trying to fix this in 3.6 (unless you just want), but this is what I am experiencing and have been experiencing since I started using 3.6, 18 months ago. This time as the moments have gotten longer and therefore the files and the folder holding the files have increased in size the annoying little problems have become worse. I am also sure these problems are mostly confined to the vers. of MS for linux from chrome as each time chrome is updated I can expect an extra 30 sec loading time for MS. Thanks again for your comments.
In reply to Jeetee If I am understanding… by R. L. F.
If each movement starts from a completely new score, then I don't really see how each movement can get progressively slower to edit compared to the previous one, as those files should have no relation then.
If you however started a new movement by saving a copy from an old one, removing content and then adjusting instruments, then there was a chance that something is left behind in the file that could cause these delays (for example older part links).
I'm also not quite understanding why you already say you think "the movement on its own will work mostly fine"? If the movement is a separate file, and that file works fine, then what exactly is the problem situation we should be understanding here?
If you're using the AppImage, that is not specific to a chromebook, but is the same thing as used on all other linux platforms. There are a bunch of users using that, so understanding why your experience with it seems to differ from theirs (if it differs) might help in solving it for you. With a score, we can test out whether we see the same or similar delays on our end.
I'm also not aware of ChromeOS updates making the AppImage slower; so perhaps the first step is to verify which version of MuseScore you're using and how you installed it? (Try Help > About for the MuseScore version information)
In reply to Jeetee If I am understanding… by R. L. F.
Another question I might have is about work flow. Do you have all four movements loaded into MuseScore at once and/or have parts open? Just trying to understand how having just the forth movement open to work on can cause a problem. Especially if you create the scores one instrument at a time. How many instruments are in this score? What font? Sfz fonts can slow things down.
In reply to Another question I might… by bobjp
Bobjp. Not sure I exactly understand all you are asking. I choose all the instruments one at a time as I start a new score, I do not use any template. I think this movement has 21 staves, but that does equal many more voices/instruments since several have 2 parts per staff. Only one movement open at a time, and MS is the only program open....other than what chrome might have running in background. I just use a downloaded orchestra soundfont. Since all this has gotten worse with the forth movement it is obviously something building in MS as I have added movements. That really seems strange.
Jeetees thought to close navigator did make a difference. I know the score moves again easily, but the looong sounding notes does not happen all the time, so I will just have to work with the score further to see if that changes. The only thing I know still is the same, something I did not mention before, the first measure ending barline does not extend down through all the instrument groups as it should. Not every page, but many of them. Why just some and not others?? I have to touch each measure barline going down or if I have a change/addition anywhere on the page it fills them in itself? Yea, I also wonder why all these things. Since dropping navigator has helped I will work with that for awhile and see what happens.
Thanks for your thoughts!
In reply to Bobjp. Not sure I… by R. L. F.
As always, if you attach your actual score and tell us exactly how to reproduce the problem you are seeing (e.g., the issue with barlines), we can assist very quickly and easily. Otherwise, we can only guess, and guesses are not likely to be very helpful.
BTW, large soundfonts can also contribute to slow performance. So removing that and sticking to the default - or at least making sure any other soundfonts you use are equally small - should also help with any slowness issues. But, also, again, it could be the score itself has an issue, which we would only be able to diagnsoe if you attach it.
In reply to Bobjp. Not sure I… by R. L. F.
The barline issue is interesting. I'm not sure what it means.
What downloaded font are you using? If I understand you correctly,you are having problems with some long notes. Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra is one font that has this problem.
It would help if you could post the score.
In reply to The barline issue is… by bobjp
Bobjp. It may be interesting to you,but it's just annoying to me. Sorry about my explaining...when I click in a note, any value, they sometimes sound for 4 or 5 seconds before they release to allow the next note to be added....which might also sound looong. (Try that for a measure of sixteenths....see how 'interesting' it is then!!) If I am understanding you I just use the standard music font from MS. Nothing downloaded. Sorry not exactly remembering soundfont name, but does agean symphonic or something like that sound correct. No it does not work perfect with MS but when does reasonable sounds.
In reply to Jeetee If I am understanding… by R. L. F.
FWIW, I have been running MuseScore 3.6.2 on my Chromebooks ever since it was released (ad each version of MsueScore before that as well going back to when ChromeOS first supported Linux apps), and have always updated ChromeOS as soon as each update becomes available. I have experience no issues whatsoever. So whatever is going on with your specific system is probably unique to your score, your hardware, or other software you have running as well. In order to assist, we'd need more information about all of those in order to figure out what is the unique unusual aspect of your configuration that is causing the problem. I would say any issue is 90% likely to be with the score itself, so that's the first thing to share - a specific score and precise steps to reproduce the problem.
In reply to FWIW, I have been running… by Marc Sabatella
Marc. I thought you had previously said you used a chromebook. But you did not follow through with what else operating system you use. You are using linux? Which version/distro...which version of MS did you download. These will help me to know what differences there might be. You always seem to think the is a particuly action I do before these things happen. I am sorry but there is not. The looong sounding notes just suddenly happen...I enter a note I enter a note and then the next one sounds long. As for the barlines, I start a score with 100 or so measures. As I enter notes and move to a next page there are first meas barline not connected down the page. The previous page was fine the next page may or may not be fine. Sorry, I have not been keeping a record of when or which pages it is happening on. The only program I have running is MS. I do not keep multiple programs open at one time for these very issues and as for hardware it is a standard chromebook i5. 8gig...nothing special or different. So I have a very hard time believing it is something with my system. When I do occasionally run another program I have no issues whatsoever. Since jeetees thought to close navigator has helped with some issues I can at least work and just deal with bar lines and see if the other issues come back and how far into score before they do. As I originally asked I wish I knew how to delete the extra copies of my file which are in 'most recent' yet are not in my folders anywhere I can find. I think that would also take some of the load. I had something I wanted to include but my device gives me no way to copy/paste or drag n drop, so sorry I can not send anything. At least yet. As always Marc thanks for the response.
In reply to Marc. I thought you had… by R. L. F.
"Recent" is a list, only. Not copies. With your file open in Musescore, hit "save" or even "save as".That may show where your file are. There is no C+P involved in posting a score. Hit the "Choose a file" button and browse to the location you found before.
In reply to "Recent" is a list, only… by bobjp
Bobjp. It may be just a list, but it is showing copies of (a version?) of the file I am working on. It is named with letters and numbers I did not use and if I click on it the score (a version) pops up and could be worked upon. But this crazy name is note anywhere in my folder of movements. These are the extra weight I would like to remove from MS. I tried the chose file button and got nothing...multiple times. Will try again as I send this.
Sorry nothing. I can get the file I want but have no option to bring it in or choose it for here. I will keep trying!
In reply to Bobjp. It may be just a list… by R. L. F.
"Choose a file"/browse to the file/double click. A link (not the actual score) to your file is inserted in your post. Save post as usual.
Does this not work?
In reply to "Choose a file"/browse to… by bobjp
Finally got something to happen. It simple said it could not load file. It was an audio clip and something did not like extension. Chose file is not giving me a list to chose from, but I did apparently find the file I wanted. Thanks for the idea. I got closer.
In reply to Finally got something to… by R. L. F.
I may not have been clear. Sorry. The type of file you should browse to should have a .mscz extension.
The name of your music.mscz
Something like...
Symphony No 1.mscz
In reply to I may not have been clear… by bobjp
Bobjp. Sorry, I was not clear what I was trying to send. It was an audio clip. Still trying to get it converted, if I can. Since my work is not on this device and I can not, as yet, get it there I am not even going to try. I still doubt there would be anything found and it's just a lot of lost work time for me. Sorry! As I have said elsewhere, with jeetee's comment about the navigator, I am at least able to freely work again. It may also have stopped the looong sounding notes, but since that happens when it happens, only more work time will tell. I know it has not stopped the double and triple notes happening with just one click of mouse button! Nor the barlines in the first measure of some pages filling in the instrument sections correctly. And as with all of these things there is no logic to when or which pages it happens upon. I swear I corrected one page and saved and yet when I went back to that page the lines were not fill in again? UGH! If I get my audio converted I will send you a copy to hear what I am mentioning. Thanks for your thoughts on this, helps me think things through, also.
In reply to Bobjp. Sorry, I was not… by R. L. F.
I understand. But an audio file will not help us. Something in your mscz file( the one you use to work on the music) is causing the problem. If we can see the file then we can figure out why it isn't working properly. And by "we" I mean someone who really knows how MuseScore works (certainly not me). If your files are on another device, hopefully you could transfer the file in question with a flash drive or email to yourself or something. It's even possible if you have a smartphone.
In reply to I understand. But an audio… by bobjp
Was going to let you hear the looong notes. No big deal other than hear what is happening. As to the rest the answer is no for devices, that fit, so afraid still no. I am sending jeetee a post soon which should add to the confusion. But it is what I assumed would be. Sorry for lack of detail short on time. Thanks as always.
In reply to Bobjp. It may be just a list… by R. L. F.
Those strangely named files are the results of previous crashes and the "autosave" files that you must have recovered from but never saved again. They don't in any way affect MuseScore's performance, but if you prefer not to see them in the list of recent files, simply clear the list via File / Open Recent.
Your actual score should be the version with the name you gave it, in the folder you saved it to. I recommend ignoring the files in the recent list if you get to a point where you see multiple versions - that's a sure way to confuse yourself and end up working on and saving the wrong version.
In reply to Those strangely named files… by Marc Sabatella
Marc. Sorry for the length... I am answering multiple of your posts. The files are in the start window when you open program. I rarely refer to recent list from drop down. When program locked up I finally had to quit program to get out, them shut down computer to get app icon to even work. When I started program it gave window for program was not shut down correctly so I click restart and was taken to page I was working on when it locked. I immediately saved program before doing anything else, so I am not sure exactly what you are saying recovered from but never saved. But that's not important, I was measly expressing what was happening to me working in the program. Marc you seem to think when I do (a) then (b) happens... every time! Not true by any means. I am just working on the score entering notes, adding accidentals, whatever and some of these things happen....occasionally. as I mentioned about the pallette turning black in color, it did not happen till I was 50+ measures into score. Just suddenly happen several times during the next 20 or so measures and then never again. Then the locked screen started occurring. As I remember I had just entered a note and moved to do a save or chose something from the pallette and all was locked. So what did I do that was a special action or combination ??....got me. I had an audio file of the looong sounding notes that you can hear my mouse click then the note, then a mouse click the not ....then a click and the note was short sound again as usual. What was I doing before other than entering notes??? So I have a BIG problem trying to describe what lead up to the action. I am sorry I am not sending the score. It is not to be spiteful or uncooperative, but literally I can not. And since, as I tried to convey here I can not give you the info you think is necessary. So from my view it is a lot of complication for you to simply tell me again we can not do what happened. When jeetee said close navigator that did make a big difference. It is unfortunate because it is soon helpful for me. Afraid I do know that I need to be on page 80 and that I am copying a small phrase from page 20 or whoever to paste back on 80. I tried find and timeliness and neither work nearly as well as navigator. Since I work with real mouse they just require moving hands to type or scroll for a long time to get where I need to be. Not nearly as efficient as navigator. But that IS just me. I have found closing navigator for a while confuses MS for a while and I can turn it back on a everything works quickly for a short while. So I may still be able to use it later in the movement. But why it is suddenly slowing things down in the last movement makes not sense. One movement one file should be the same whether it is the 1st or 4th....but there are a lot of notes in the folder now holding these files. That is the only difference between the scoring from 1st movement to last. The last I saw the linux vers in chrome was 10 buster, so I guess I have missed that. Should not make any difference. Am I correct you are using the appimmage for 'all' linux distro on the download page. That is the one I am using. My system does not have any files open other than chrome background files and they probably did not equal a gig. Of course the linux file did not give its size. So MS is the only program running. None of this makes any sense. I can not see how an i5 8gigs are not enough to run MS. Marc as always thanks for your comments, they gave some options for me to consider. My whole point in this was to let you all know what I was experiencing. jeetee suggestion has helped with my work flow. When I finish this movement and go back to some small works I will see if things are more back to normal. Thanks again!
In reply to Marc. Sorry for the… by R. L. F.
The start center list and the list in File / Recent are the same. They aren't "places" where files are stored; they are just lists of recent files. Your actual scores live in whatever folder you chose when you first saved them. You can clear these lists of recent files with no worries - clearing the list never removes any of your actual files. They remain right where you saved them.
As for how the autosave files got into the list, without going back in time and standing over your shoulder to watch, I obviously can't say for sure. I can just say that in general, the only time you ever see autosave files in the list is if you recover after a crash, and then something else goes wrong. To be safe, if you see the autosave files in the list, best to clear your recent files list immediately to void the risk of confusion.
I'm not sure why you feel you cannot give us the information you need in order for us to be able to help you further, but if you should ever change your mind, we stand ready.
In reply to The start center list and… by Marc Sabatella
Marc Thanks again for the response. I do realize what the lists are for and how to clear Everything! I would like to keep many of what are there as that is quick access to the file(s). In the start center I have two odd named versions of the file I am working on, 4th movement. Unless there was a crash and recovery sometime while my back was turned, this movement/file has not had such, but there are those two files sitting there. They are not in the folder anywhere so they can not be deleted. If I were to click on them from the start menu I would have a potential file, of some version of the piece, to work on. So, in my mind this is resources being consumed by the program that 'may' be part of all the problems, if just removing navigator makes such a difference. Yeah, why are they showing up if how you describe their presence is how they are suppose to come about? I repeat there have been no crashes of this file!!
So, is the only way to rid these is to open them up save them to my folder, then go into the folder and delete them there? And will they actually disappear from then start and recent menus? I was hoping to avoid this approach. That's not what I consider a standard procedure. I find that's where more problems start to occur. Since we both have similar/same chromebooks same OS and same linux and I assume the same appimage of MS, the version for all linux, and that you did not chose a debian version more specific...I do not see why these things happen differently. Sorry that 'can not', at this time, does not convey a reason to you. Thanks for the info, it helps me think things through....and probably confuse more!
In reply to Marc Thanks again for the… by R. L. F.
You wrote:
I have two odd named versions of the file I am working on...
and elsewhere:
But this crazy name is not anywhere in my folder of movements.
Look here, where they may be found and deleted:
https://musescore.org/en/node/52116#2.-Autosaved-version
Note the Linux OS directory location for the files.
They can be opened just like any other MuseScore .mscz file, so you can inspect each one before deletion to verify - because the odd names provide no clue as to contents. You may even find some really outdated scores there.
In reply to You wrote: I have two odd… by Jm6stringer
Jm6stringer. Thanks for the comment, afraid it did me no good. I admit to not being skilled at linux. I can only do what I am shown. When I type in .local/ etc. I get back no such directory or file. I went through every folder in linux scores and no files with the odd names showed up. Since MS is the only linux program with files/folders I think I checked everywhere. Since I have never found the auto saved or any hidden files I am sure I am missing something. Thanks for trying.
In reply to Marc Thanks again for the… by R. L. F.
It's exactly this sort confusion that will be eliminated if you simply clear the list. The list will automatically repopulate itself over time as you open files normally.
But if you prefer taking the scenic route, you could certainly delete them each from your computer. if you want to remove files, then deleting them is absolutely the standard approach, not sure what alternative approach you might even be proposing?
Again, though, these files in no way whatsoever affect MuseScore's performance. There is no possible way that could happen. Navigator affects performance for obvious understandable reasons - it takes CPU resources to calculate and draw all those miniature representation of the score and have to redraw them all on each and every edit. Nothing remotely like that happens for files you aren't actively working on - your CPU literally never looks at a single byte of them even once. At most they take up a small amount of disk space, so if you're concerned about that, then indeed, this could be a reason to delete them.
If you click one of those files and it opens, then it is absolutely positively on your computer in some folder - there is no other possible way it could be opened. Might not be the folder you originally saved the score to, but it has to be in some folder - there is simply no other place a file can be stored on a computer. If it's there, in it's a folder, period.
If it has a name like scx1584, then there absolutely positively was a crash while that file was open - maybe you weren't actively working on it, but it was open There is simply no other possible way for that to happen.
To find the location of any such file after opening it, see File / Score Properties. Most likely, it's in your autosave folder - see https://musescore.org/en/node/52116. So once you find one such file, you'll probably see many more, and you can optionally delete them all at once.
In reply to Marc. I thought you had… by R. L. F.
I use three different Chromebooks currently. All are on the current version of ChromeOS and the basic default Linux distribution that comes with them (debian 11.2 "bullseye"). I'm using the standard AppImage downloaded from this site - the only officially-supported way to run MuseScore on Linux.
Anyhow, when I say it's important to attach a score and steps to reproduce a problem, it's nothing personal. This is standard advice we give to everyone who describes a problem that we are not able to reproduce. And what you are describing is a problem I cannot reproduce nor can anyone else. So it is absolutely 100% certain that the issue is unqieu to your system, your score, or the precise sequence of steps you are following. That is why we need more information - if it were not unique to one of those three things, everyone would see the same problem, and we just don't.
So, if you say something is happening for you but we can't see it happen ourself on our own scores, there is absolutely nothing anyone can do until you show us exactly how to reproduce the problem by attaching your score and giving us precise steps to follow. Then we can begin to help.
If you happen to have the navigator open by any chance, close it; it more than doubles the amount of work MuseScore has to do for each action.
In reply to If you happen to have the… by jeetee
Thanks jeetee. I will definitely give that a try. Will let you know if it works/helps.
In reply to If you happen to have the… by jeetee
Jeetee. Thanks for the navigator suggestion. It did free up the score movements. I still do not know on other things as they occur when they decide to and I have not noticed anything that is the same before it starts. Any thoughts as to how to move around score without navigator. No problem now, but when copying parts later jumping from 20 to 80 pages will not be fun!! Thanks again for your thoughts...at least I can work more smoothly for now.
In reply to Jeetee. Thanks for the… by R. L. F.
The "Find" command comes into mind, together with the TimeLine for large distance jumping around: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/viewing-and-navigation#navigate
In reply to The "Find" command comes… by jeetee
jeetee I looked into both find and timeline.. in my mind neither is of any use. Find gives a box to choose a measure number. I do not find trying to recall 2 or more measure numbers (57 and 383 etc.) better than just a couple of page numbers.(30....80) and navigator is right there, no extra movements. As for timeline I found it totally useless for me. I work with notes not bar graphs and you apparently still have to remember measure numbers to move about. Then hope the bar graph you stopped at is correct.
I still do not see why navigator is presenting a problem now! I am at the beginning of this movement, this is still a small file. This is why I say something beyond this file is the problem, the accumulated versions of the file which are showing up somehow? (Post with Marc) Or, strangly, larger files in the folder for this work. I have Never had problems of this magnitude before, but this is by far the largest work I have tried with MS since vers2.x, and my system then did not have even a quarter of the memory. This is why I say this movement by itself would probably work fine. I have been toying with the idea of moving this file/movement to another folder to see what effect that might have? Since your suggestion to remove navigator freed up the movements of the pages, I can at least continue working! Big thanks for that thought. Thanks again for your thoughts...the one was reeeally helpful.
In reply to jeetee I looked into both… by R. L. F.
If you would only finally be willing to attach the score file of that movement (mscz) then we can at last try to figure out why you're getting this slow behavior on a seemingly brand new file; because it is not normal at all.
Do read the documentation for "find" again, if you prepend the number with "p" you'll navigate straight to that page; so no need to start memorizing measure numbers if you're used to pages.
A file listing in recent files/start center is completely irrelevant to the performance of the opened score.
The navigator in itself isn't causing the issue, it's just almost doubling the drawing work MuseScore has to do. Because that tiny score display in it is in fact a tiny duplicate score being drawn. A full copy of the score, thus every edit action you do has to happen twice if you have the navigator open.
We can keep theorizing and sprouting philosophies about what or why on those scores and your system; but if your really want help then please share the score. At least that way we can load it and either see the same issue (and debug it) or exclude the score as possible cause for the sluggishness.
In reply to If you would only finally be… by jeetee
Not normal for sure. It maybe irrelevant....or not. I did get the file moved to its own folder. And everything is working smoothly. Navigator snaps to the new page or back, score freely and easily moves back and forth. I have not worked with it enough to know if notes sound long, probably will that has been consistent in all movements, occasionally. But, as I thought on its own things work much as normal. So what would you have found in file if things were working as expected. (The main reason it was not worth my time to try to send it.) Oh...I did get to add to the strangeness, as I was entering a few test notes on a page the first measures of the following page were in view. As I entered a note the first measure barline broke to individual measures, then a next note and they formed to instrumental sections, another note back to individual measures. Even odd... that's why I sometimes find a page broken up and others as they should be. I am sure it is any addition to score that changes on following page and any on the page corrects the lines. I added accidentals and things changed.
So whether the extra files are irrelevant or not by putting that score in folder by itself changed things mostly back to what I have come to expect!! There are 5 files in the original folder totalling about 500k, as I remember. So whatever the compression ratio I still do not see how just those files are enough to chock 8 gigs. Sorry, but this ends things for me. All of the comments have helped. I will check 'find' further. Thanks!
In reply to Not normal for sure. It… by R. L. F.
Understood. You are happy with mostly normal. The problem is that there is still something wrong. And you being happy with it doesn't help the next person that has a similar problem. We've all seen how people scan posts for a problem like their's. Then complain when there is no solution.
You shouldn't have to put up with mostly normal. And if there is a problem with MuseScore itself, it needs to be fixed.
But, glad we where able to help you a little.
In reply to Understood. You are happy… by bobjp
bobjp. Mostly normal are issues that have been with me for over a year+ of using MS 3.6.2. I have reported some. Since noone else was having them, and as Marc and I have conversed with apparently the same or similar setups and he has had none of the same issues, yes I am happy with knowing I can at least work knowing how to get around some of them. As I surmised and did, just removing the file to its own folder allowed things to return to 'my' normal. So to me there is something going on in the background of MS. My sending a file that on its own is working OK does not seem of much help and I am not sending the whole folder. I gave approximate size of that folder, so if anyone else wishes to do something similar they can. I do assume it is with linux on chrome version of MS, but again that's just my guess. There is only one program on my system with problems, so I am quit comfortable saying it does not arise from there! So yes I am satisfied. Thanks for your thoughts on all this...I have to get back to working!
In reply to bobjp. Mostly normal are… by R. L. F.
Fair enough.
In reply to Jeetee. Thanks for the… by R. L. F.
The TRimeline and Find command are very useful indeed for jumping to specific places in large scores. But just to be sure you also know about the standard gestures and commands that work on all programs:
The Navigator should never be needed at all, and indeed isn't really recommended.
In reply to The TRimeline and Find… by Marc Sabatella
Marc. Thanks for info. Have not used timeline or find before. Navigator has 'always' been perfect for me. Just click on a page number and I am where I want to be. Do not understand why that would not be recommended....other than issues with large number of pages seeming to slow things down. When I am copying a part from page 20 to page 80 a simple click on navigator pages is essential! Guess I will check them out. I work with mouse so have not made it a necessity to learn gestures other than a few. Thanks as always.
In reply to Marc. Thanks for info… by R. L. F.
It's not recommended because
But, if you do happen to know that the place you want to jump to is on page 80 - not sure how you'd figure that out, I'd almost almost need to jump based on something more meaningful like rehearsal mark or the sort of useful info shown in the timeline like which instruments are playing or which tempo marking is in effect - again, Ctrl+F is just as fast if not faster than having to find page 80 in the Navigator.
If you use a physical mouse, then the scroll wheel does the same things I mentioned for two-finger swipe. Again, this is common across all programs and all systems, not just MuseScore, and not just on Chromebooks.