Copying Preferences shortcut data?
Just wondering if it is possible to copy shortcut keys bound through preferences - if there is an ini file that it is stored in? I've started using musescore on a second computer and was wondering if there was an easier method than manually inputing the key binds again.
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see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/revert-factory-settings-0
Welcome on board.
The info *is* stored in a config file, but the specific location is OS-specific. Which OS? For most versions of Windows, it's somewhere under AppData/Local, I think.
Eventually we'd like to add a way to save and load shortcut sets directly from the dialog.
In reply to The info *is* stored in a by Marc Sabatella
Windows 7 - I found the general ini file with Shoichi's link but as far as I can tell the file is just to do with recent opened scores and folder locations for scores, styles and templates (etc.).
I think this correlates to the general tab of preferences, maybe I'm blind but I don't think there is a section related to key shortcuts here.
In reply to Windows 7 - I found the by Dragonsbane
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore2
you should find the file Shortcuts.xml, If I open it with Notepad I see (excerpt):
It is what you are looking for?
In reply to C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData by Shoichi
and in /home/username/.config/MuseScore/
in Kubuntu 15.10
Yeah that's it - Thanks. My bad, I was looking in musescores Roaming AppData folder.
Where is the shortcut XML file on MacOS?
Running MuseScore 2.2.1 on MacOS 10.13.4
In reply to Where is the shortcut XML… by MrDrProfK
If you didn't change any shortcut, there won't be such a file. Else in the same location as for Linux I believe
In reply to If you didn't change any… by Jojo-Schmitz
In that case, where are the initial shortcut bindings stored in the current stable release? It seems that in the latest version of MuseScore 3, they are stored in an XML file. What accounts for this difference? Is this something the community is moving toward, or is this due to a difference in compilation and packaging?
In reply to In that case, where are the… by MrDrProfK
the default shortcuts are built-in in MuseScore. Only if you change/add one they get stored in a file (but then all, even the one unchanged from default)
This is different in master (which will become MuseScore 3 one day) though. Here you'd find them in a MuseScoreDevelopment directory (next to a MuseScore2 directory, where MuseScore 2 stores its settings), and probably will find it in a MuseScore3 directory once it gets officially released
In reply to the default shortcuts are… by Jojo-Schmitz
Are you suggesting that when a version at the head of master becomes a stable release, the XML file for default shortcuts are integrated into the executable?
In reply to Are you suggesting that when… by MrDrProfK
Not sure, I think the new setup assistant asks for which shortcuts to use, so I think they are not builtin anymore in master.