Command Line Interface

• Aug 12, 2019 - 15:26

Hi

I'm using v2.3.2 and use the CLI quite a lot to convert xml's to pdf, mp3 or svg files.
I play mandolin and really like musescore's facility for adding mandolin tabs to the scores!
I have a mandolin tab template that I use when I open single xml files.

What I would like to be able to do is use the CLI mode 'mscore -o f1 f2' with my mandolin template so that I can get pdf's or svg's with the TAB included. I have an extensive collection of files that I would like to process.

I've checked mscore --help but can't see an option to specify a template.

Anything I've missed? Any help would be great!

Dave

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• Aug 12, 2019 - 15:50

Correct me if I'm wrong but style files govern the layout of the score: page settings (and maybe fonts colours etc)
Nothing to do with instruments or staves etc?

My source files are mostly ABC files. I use abc2xml.py first to convert them to xml and then ...

But thanks for your response.

Musescore is the BEST

Dave

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• Aug 12, 2019 - 16:00

You're not wrong in saying that. But then I'm confused as to what you meant when you said you have a template you using opening XML files - that's the part that doesn't make sense. You can apply a style file when opening a file, but not a template, so it's not clear to me what you really mean there.

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• Aug 12, 2019 - 22:11

Yes I guess I was confused also in describing my use of a template.

However I solved my problem. I wrote a python script which modified the ABC files and adds a second voice - tablature with (mandolin) strings defined.

I can then process these files with abc2xml.py.
A shell script then calls mscore CLI to generate required svg files from these xml’s. I have 1800+ ABC files!

Thanks again

Dave

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