Invoking a plugin
Executive summary: In MuseScore 2.0, how do I actually invoke a plugin like "colornotes"? I've associated a shortcut (ctrl-shift-c) with colornotes in the plugin manager, then selected several notes and pressed "ctrl-sh-c", and nothing seems to happen.
As a start towards bringing the "ShapeNote" plugin into MS2.0, I thought I'd try to look at some examples. I've viewed the code for the "colornotes", and tried to use it as described above, but the notes do not get colored.
As a related question: suppose that I edit "colornotes" (using Plugin Creator) bit by bit as a way to experiment with writing plugins. What do I need to do to invoke my edited version? If I save my edits and press ctrl-sh-c, will it invoke the newly edited version? Or do I need to do some sort of reload, or restart MS2, etc.?
In short: how do I get started using plugins and editing them?
Comments
Oops, your seem to be right, shortcuts don't seem to work for plugins.
In reply to Oops, your seem to be right, by Jojo-Schmitz
OK -- glad it wasn't just me! If I want to invoke a plugin NOT using a shortcut, how do I do it?
In reply to OK -- glad it wasn't just me! by spike7638
From the Plugins Menu, after having enabled it in Plugin Manager
Or from the Plugin Creator, load and run
I've reported the shortcut issue: #49486: Shortcuts for Plugins don't work
In reply to From the Plugins Menu, after by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks!
For those like me who aren't used to the system, here's a little more detail: to the left of each plugin name in the plugin manager is a rounded square icon, which turns out to be a checkbox; clicking on it produces a checkmark, and once you've done so, your plugin will appear in the plugin menu (or a sub-menu of it). By selecting that item in the menu, you cause the plugin to be run.
In reply to Thanks! For those like me who by spike7638
Oops, yes, a bad omission in the handbook...
http://musescore.org/en/node/36051
In reply to From the Plugins Menu, after by Jojo-Schmitz
It is fixed...