Copy and paste from one Musescore file into another
How can I do this?
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Open both files in MS. Select the file you wish to copy from and Copy. Click on tab for other file go to location you want the data pasted and paste. These are both normal procedures within MS and the only thing you are doing is selecting a different source file tab and destination file tab to get at the appropriate files.
In reply to Copy and Paste by Zoots
Many thanks
What confuses people is that whereas, in some programs, a user can double-click on another file and open it alongside the existing file, in Musescore the existing file will close and pasting cannot take place because the clipboard has emptied. I've been using notation software since 1994 and it confused me for a while. Logic Pro merely asks if the existing file is to be closed or not.
In reply to What confuses people is that… by John Morton
You just replied to a 5 years old post...
It is very well possible to have more than one score open and copy/paste between them, just not in different instances of MuseScore, but rather as separate tabs inside a single MuseScore instance.
And double clicking one score just openes that in an existing MuseScore instance, and without closing other scores.
In reply to You just replied to a 5… by Jojo-Schmitz
I realise that, Jojo, but Musescore works differently to many other programs, which is why people are confused. This was my point.
In reply to What confuses people is that… by John Morton
To be perfectly clear: i 2017, with the current version of MuseScore (2.1) double clicking a file does not close a currently open one. Nor is the clipbaord emptied. It isn't clear what it is you are doing exactly or what problem you may be experiencing, but double clicking a file will simply open it in a new tab. The clipbaord remains intact, and it is perfectly possible to copy and paste.
Here are precise step by step instructions:
1) open a score by any means you like
2) select something in it
3) press Ctrl+C to copy
4) open another score by any means you like (including double clicking from your file browser)
5) verify the original score is still open in another tab if you are in doubt
6) select the destination location in the new score
7) press Ctrl+V to paste
I just tried this and it works exactly as I am saying.
In reply to To be perfectly clear: i… by Marc Sabatella
I now understand the problem. If I close a file in Musescore the program quits too which is why my clipboard emptied. Unusual way of working but if that's the way the program works, so be it. P.S. your online help can't find me in the UK for some reason. Today I'm French and the last time I was in Serbia.
In reply to I now understand the problem… by John Morton
No, the other way round: when you close MuseScore, it closes your open scores too. Then you close a score though MuseScore stays open, it does not quit.
In reply to No, the other way round:… by Jojo-Schmitz
If I close a file the program quits. Please believe me. My other programs don't do this.
In reply to If I close a file the… by John Morton
Hmm, I'm very sure MuseScore does not quite when you close a score, but maybe it crashes, ISTR we had reports about that.
What version of MuseScore are you using and on which Operating System?
In reply to Hmm, I'm very sure MuseScore… by Jojo-Schmitz
Musescore 2.1 Mac OS Sierra. 24 GB RAM. 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5. All this isn't a problem to me. I can work with it and Musescore is a delight to use.
In reply to Musescore 2.1 Mac OS Sierra… by John Morton
You could try running MuseScore with debug output enabled, the -d option, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook-appendix/command-line-options (and https://musescore.org/en/handbook/revert-factory-settings#instructions-…), this might show whether it quite cleanly on closing a score or crashes
In reply to You could try running… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK but it'll be a while because of workload. You are all probably too young to remember the introduction of System 7 when everyone's fonts stopped working! Apple doesn't give a damn about backwards compatibility and I've learned the hard way not to upgrade ANY Apple product unless I have to (Re: OS Sierra).
In reply to OK but it'll be a while… by John Morton
It's been quite a while ago that I have been accused of being too young ;-) (born in '61), but I never owned any Apple device, so indeed don't remember this problem
In reply to It's been quite a while ago… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry to get off topic, but - with the new musescore.org facelift - I couldn't resist complimenting Thomas for the improved nesting levels (indentations) for subsequent forum replies:
Re:
https://musescore.org/en/node/173731#comment-656006
Very nice!
P.S. Here maybe pushing its limits... ;-)
In reply to If I close a file the… by John Morton
As I said, if you use the big "X" icon for the whole program, or if you use File / Exit, then yes, the program quits. So presumably you are using one of those methods. But MuseScore does not quit if you close the score only, using the "X" for just the score, or File / Close. Try this:
1) start MuseScore
2) File / Open
3) open a score
4) click the "X" for that score, right below the note input toolbar.
Result: the score closes but MuseScore remains open.
In reply to As I said, if you use the… by Marc Sabatella
As I said above, if I close a FILE the program quits. It really does. This, as I said, is unusual, amongst Mac programs, at least.
In reply to As I said above, if I close… by John Morton
And as mentioned above too, this is unsual for MuseScore too, and the only explanation it that MuseScore crashes on closing a score, which is why a debug output might clear things up
In reply to As I said above, if I close… by John Morton
Di you try the precise series of steps I listed above, absolutely no deviation from that script whatsoever? And MuseScore still quit when you closed the score you loaded at step 3? If so, please attach the specific score you tried to load, because as Jojo says, maybe it is corrupt and causing a crash on exit. Only way to know would be for one of us to try it as well.
To be perfectly clear, here is 'X" I am mentioning that you are supposed to click:
Notice my mouse pointer hovering next to the "Close tab" button for a score entitled "Tremolo_placement", which is the currently open score. And here is what MuseScore should look like after you close that score:
Notice that the original Untitled score MuseScore started out with is now displayed. If I close that as well, MuseScore remains open, but now with no score at all loaded:
In reply to I now understand the problem… by John Morton
If you close a file by clicking the "x" for that score (the tab for the score right below the note input toolbar), then the program stays open. If there are other scores open in other tabs, you will see them; if there are no other scores open, then the score will just be blank. Only if you click the "x" for the whole program (top right corner of the window) does the program close.
Or, if you use the menu, File / Close will close only the current score, File / Quit closes the program.
In reply to If you close a file by… by Marc Sabatella
Going back to the beginning, I had done what I've been doing since late 1988 on programs: copied a selection and then clicked the cross (which is top LEFT on a Mac). Only then does the program close. As I said, if this is how it works it's fine with me, I can hock with it. I knew about the tabs created, when extracting parts, for example, but I truthfully hadn't noticed, after several years of use, that Musescore also creates tabs between unconnected files. As you say, if I click the tab cross the program remains open. Thanks to all for their time, John Morton.
In reply to Going back to the beginning,… by John Morton
You're welcome, glad we were able to solve this for you!
For the record, there are basically two different ways programs that work with multiple files can work. Either they have separate windows for each file, or they have separate tabs for each file within one window. In general, programs that work the first way will allow you to "X" the entire window for one file while still keeping other windows open. That was the more common model in the 80's and 90's. Programs with separate tabs for each file will generally close when you hit the "X" for the window. This has become the more common model over the past 10 years or so. For instance, the browser you are using to read this posting probably does it that way, but probably didn't start doing that until the early 2000's.
FWIW, while I appreciate the multiple tabs for many situations, I do find myself often having so many tabs opn in my web browser that I will deliberately also separate some of them out to different windows. So I might have four Chrome windows open, each with half a dozen or more tabs. I wonder how easy / useful it would be to get MuseScore to do this as well?
In reply to You're welcome, glad we were… by Marc Sabatella
I'm not sure that comparisons with a web browser and an applications program are helpful and none of my other programs quit on closing including, for example, Finale (which I rarely use now) but I take your point and thanks for your help. I really should have noticed the tabs on unconnected files, not merely on parts extraction. John Morton.
In reply to I now understand the problem… by John Morton
Regarding the language of musescore.org, it depends on your browser language settings and not your location.
In reply to I now understand the problem… by John Morton
If you are using a VPN product (eg: h0tsp0t sh13ld) , your connection location will change automatically whenever you open a new session.
This can happen if the proxy product (VPN) changes the headers sent by the browser on the fly. (eg: lang = sr_sr instead of lang = en_uk).
In reply to If you are using a VPN… by Ziya Mete Demircan
I changed it all the first time it happened but the changes didn't last and I have no problems with other sites, only Musescore's forum.