Installing Plugin
I have added addstaff.js to the plugin folder at C:\Program Files\MuseScore 2\plugins
When I open up musescore and look at the plugin manager I don't see it listed. Does that mean its not installed? How can I tell if it is installed?
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It means it is not compatible.
We're still working on getting the plugins (and the plugin manager) into a more user friendly environment; but in the meantime, take this as a quick rule of thumb
Plugins consisting of files ending in .js or .ui are only compatible with MuseScore 1.x
Plugins consisting of files ending in .qml are compatible with MuseScore 2.x
Some plugins come distributed in .zip files; If so, you'll have to unzip them before MuseScore can use them correctly.
In reply to It means it is not by jeetee
OK thanks. Apparently the instructions I am trying to follow are way out of date.
In reply to OK thanks. Apparently the by Peter Pitchford
Which instructions where you following? There are none on https://musescore.org/en/project/addstaff. I'd say a plugin that doesn't mention to be for 2.0 most probably is for 1.x and as such incompatible with 2.0.
see also https://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins
FWIW, this plugin only barely served a function in 1.3, and it really doesn't any more. If you want to add a staff, it is at least as easy to do so without resorting to a plugin - just go to Edit / Instruments (or press "I") and then add the staff yourself.