Where are my Plugins?
I followed the manual - checked the boxes, then they showed in the 'menu' but when I click to run, it just brings up a small dark gray window with the plugin name inside. I know what your first question is going to be, and here's the answer: I looked in all three of my possible 'User' sub-directories, including the default in Preferences - there is nothing there. I even did "Reload Plugins" which indicated a successful completion, but they're still not there. (Screenshots will confirm)
Maybe after I update to 3.5, it will work, but I'm wondering if there's any help now for this.(?)
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Comments
Are you sayiung you believe you downloaded plugins into that folder? Or are you trying to find the pre-loaded ones? Those are not in your user folder, but in the program folder.
In reply to Are you sayiung you believe… by Marc Sabatella
Just trying for now to run a pre-loaded one - shouldn't I just have to 'click' it?
In reply to Just trying for now to run a… by gldodge
Yes - after enabling it in the Plugin Mnagaer, click it in the Plugins menu itself. Not in a folder listing. Which plugin are you trying to run?
In reply to Yes - after enabling it in… by Marc Sabatella
That's what I did - clicked Plugins > then HelloQml, and Scorelist - but each one only brings up a small dark gray window with its name in the center (For scorelist, it was showing the word 'score' twice, now showing 3 times!
Would you like a screen shot?
In reply to That's what I did - clicked… by gldodge
As far as I know those are just demo plugins, so you can study the source. They aren’t supposed to do anything useful. What happens if you run one of the “real” plugins?
In reply to As far as I know those are… by Marc Sabatella
Which one would you like me to enable & run?
(The handbook tells what those two are supposed to do - which would be useful)
In reply to Which one would you like me… by gldodge
Don’t see that the Handbook mentions any visible output at all - they are as I said, demos for you to study.
The plugins that actually do something are color notes, note names, and ABC import. Create score is hardly useful in itself but at least you can easily see its results if it works.
In reply to Don’t see that the Handbook… by Marc Sabatella
Sorry for the delay - I didn't realize this was the answer to my question about what to run --
So, the 'colornotes' works, the ABC brings up an Input window, so apparently it works.
Here's my question now: Since this path is different, like you mentioned earlier, what's the
significance of the "Plugin" path in Preferences??
In reply to Sorry for the delay - I didn… by gldodge
It’s where MuseScore looks for plugins. Both the built in folder where the program is installed (where are the ore installed plugins are) and your own plugins folder (where you would download or create your own).
In reply to It’s where MuseScore looks… by Marc Sabatella
-- I'm still confused - can you re-phrase that maybe? I'm still not understanding why there are no files in the default dir. showing in Pref's
In reply to -- I'm still confused - can… by gldodge
Presumably because you haven’t downloaded or created any. As I said to begin with, the preinstalled plugins are not in your own user folder, they are in a folder within the application installation folder.
In reply to Presumably because you haven… by Marc Sabatella
Marc - are you still there?
Did you get my reply to this last post?
I can re-phrase it if you still don't understand my dilemma.
In reply to Marc - are you still there?… by gldodge
Are you talking about some post other than the one I answered in https://musescore.org/en/node/308692#comment-1017060? I don’t see anything else I didn’t address.
To be as clear as I can: there are two folders where MuseScore looks for plugins. One where the built in plugins live, and one where you download or create your own. I assume you are only looking in the second folder if you aren’t seeing the built in plugins.
In reply to Are you talking about some… by Marc Sabatella
My screenshots (disabled now for some reason, but I can still provide them)
showed "where the built-in plugins live," which shows in preferences, right?
My question was: Why are there no 'built-in' plugins showing in that folder?
In reply to My screenshots (disabled now… by gldodge
Screenshots are broken, the site had an issue the other day.
The built-in plugins are not shown there because they live in a different folder. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins#installation
In reply to My screenshots (disabled now… by gldodge
The built in plugins are already installed, that's what "built in" means. So there is no preference to specify where they live - they are where they are, as described in the Handbook section on plugins. The preference allows you to specify where your plugins live.
In reply to The built in plugins are… by Marc Sabatella
I'm getting old, guys --
I could have sworn that I read that new plugins should go into the \ProgramFiles... directory, so
I just had it backwards. Thus, my confusion the whole time! I understand now. I appreciate your patience.
So, here's probably a silly question: Do you recommend downloading 3.5 ?
In reply to I'm getting old, guys -- … by gldodge
or is it still in an 'experimental' phase
In reply to or is it still in an … by gldodge
Many of us have been using the prerelease builds of 3.5 for months already, it's got tons of improvements and bug fixes. The only reason I would suggest waiting is if you happen to do a lot of playback of scores in continuous view and need to hear the repeats, that doesn't work right. Doesn't affect me at all, and the hundreds of bugs fixed and other improvements make it worthwhile anyhow.
In reply to Many of us have been using… by Marc Sabatella
Sounds good - Thanks