Double vision in musescore.
I've been happily running version 1.2 on my 32 bit laptop with ubuntu 12.04 for a few years now, and a few days ago tried the pdf conversion. The first attempt didn't work, but my second try worked flawlessly.
While reading the forum, I discovered that my version had been replaced by 1.3, and there was a ppa that I should install to keep it up to date.
I used terminal to install the ppa, and then found that I had two copies of any music that I subsequently opened.
There may have been no connection between the two events, and I can't swear to the accuracy of my memory (age !).
I've tried removing the software, then reinstalled via the Ubuntu software centre the 1.3 version, but I still have the same problem.
I haven't looked at the possibility of removing the ppa, as I don't know how to, as yet.
Here's a screen shot.
Any help or suggestions gratefully received.
John
Comments
Could serve?
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/revert-factory-settings#Instructions-f…
In reply to Could by Shoichi
Deep bow of greatest respect.
Thank you Shoichi, that was an instant solution.
John
In reply to Deep bow of greatest by grey1beard
keep an eye on the news: https://musescore.org/en/node/50486
and ... buona musica!
For the record, the "double vision" you describe is simply the result of your somehow having turned on the option Display / Documents Side by Side. So if you accidentally do it again, that's how to turn it off - no need to uninstall or revert to factory settings.
In reply to For the record, the "double by Marc Sabatella
maybe just that :http://musescore.org/en/node/38436#more
In reply to For the record, the "double by Marc Sabatella
I hope not to open a can of worms here, but I don't understand how two instances of the same page from the same file can be construed as two 'documents'.
Being fumbled fingered and befuddled brained, I feel the possibility of my messing up the basic settings of the software a more likely explanation.
If just changing the 'view' was the cause, and I did try changing back from side by side to stack, it doesn't explain the duplication.
Closing one closed both, and any other file I opened also appeared in two side by side copies.
In conclusion, my new installation of 1.3 works perfectly, and I look forward to 2.0 .
John
In reply to I hope not to open a can of by grey1beard
It's an language thing. It means 2 instances of the same thing.
Generally you would, while in one of the 2 documents, click on another tab to change it,
In reply to It's an language thing. It by xavierjazz
Hi xavierjazz.
"Generally" is your key word.
But "closing one closed both" is, I think, the key phrase in my last post, a behaviour
that seems to lack any previously volunteered explanation.
I just messed up.
John
In reply to I hope not to open a can of by grey1beard
But actually, having the same score open in two different windows is kind of nice sometimes - could make certain copy & paste operations easier, for example. Or just to look at one section of the score for reference while working on another. I should think of this more often; I probably don't get as much value out of this feature as I could!
In reply to But actually, having the same by Marc Sabatella
Marc, if I use side by side or stacked, with the same score or different, the changes are reflected on both. For a comparison I think is preferable to save the same score with two different names (eg. A / a1) or there is a risk of a little confusion.
Or am I wrong?
In reply to Marc, if I use side by side by Shoichi
I don't understand what you mean that the changes "are relfected on both" if the scores are different - how could changes to one score affect another?
But then viewing the *same* score in both windows, yes, changes in one window are relfected in the other. Thast's totally necessary for the sorts of things I was describing to work correctly - you would need to be able to work freely in both windows confident that you are affecting the same score. If you want two different copies of the score, you can do a save as and load the copy into one window.
In reply to I don't understand what you by Marc Sabatella
Sorry if I explain bad. I try with the usual image:
There is a chance to see only two different scores side by side?
Maybe an improvement in future versions?