Template problems
I created a template in MuseScore 0.9.x under Windows XP. It worked as I had expected, even after upgrading to MuseScore 1.0. Upon getting a new computer running Windows 7 Home Premium, I downloaded and installed MS 1.0 and now I can't edit the type face for the instruments in the score. Changing the faces in the style sheet doesn't touch them in the score; and I can't click on them as I could under XP and edit them directly. Moreover, when I try to edit and save the file, I get this error message:
renaming temp. file to failed:
Bad file descriptor
Yet, if I go to Save As and save the file, it saves normally after asking if I want to overwrite the file. Neither of these conditions give me warm fuzzies. Any ideas, please?
The latest copy of the file is attached.
Thanks,
KM
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| Jazz Ensemble.mscz | 3.4 KB |
Comments
See the first section of the Release Notes:
http://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook/release-notes-musescore-1.0
Instrument names are not ordinary text; they are generated when you add an instrument or change its name. So the way to change the font is to change the style, then erase and retype the name. Sometimes you need to save, close, and reopen the file. It's a bit awkward, but once you have the template set the way you want, you never have to think about it again. And the good news is, things seem like they are better with respect to text style in the next version.
No idea on the file save issue - guessing you either tried to save a file that was write-protected, or a temporary disk glitch or something.
In reply to See the first section of the by Marc Sabatella
OK, I see how that's done. Really awkward that I have to change each and every instrument. And 12-point type looks pretty small on this monitor; I hope it comes out better in print.
I don't think the file is write-protected if I can save over it using Save As. And the error is consistent. It'll be interesting to see what happens when I try to use this template on a composition. Which brings up another question: If you look at the file, you'll see a lot of air between the title and the first staff. There should be a simple way to close up that space, make it look more centered on the page; I haven't found it. Can you assist with this layout change?
Thank you very much.
KM
In reply to A *bit* awkward? by km2002
I found it very awkward too. So I downloaded the prior version of MuseScore (0.9.6.3) and I create and save my templates in it. Version 1.0 then has no problems pulling up files created with 0.9.6.3.
The next stable version promises to have a fix.
In reply to A *bit* awkward? by km2002
I say a "bit" awkward because this is something you won't do very often. I figure that's true because it's painful enough that you'll vow never to go through that again, and create a template with the text styles already set the way you like, and use that template as a basis for future scores :-)
12-point font on its own *is* plenty big, but a lot of fonts are resized according to the scale given in Layout->Page Settings. Value larger than the default there (1.7-ish) cause fonts to be upsized, smaller values cause fonts to be downsized. So if you're creating a score with lots of instruments, and you've reduced this value to fit them all on the page, then you might find 12-point kind of small. But you pretty much have to live with small type when cramming a lot of staves onto one page; larger staff names would actually look out of place.
As for the space between title and first staff, those kind of things are controleld by Style->Edit General Style->Page. These settings *are* applied immediately; no need for any of this save/close/reopen, retype staff name workaround stuff. In your particular example, I think what is going on is your one system has exceeded the specified fill threshold, so it's spacing the system to the bottom of the page. Increasing the fill threshold stops that from happening, and then the "music upper margin" can come into place to directly control the distance between title and first staff. This is another of those things you fiddle until you like, then save it as part of a template.
OK, thanks; I never understood what that fill threshold was for or how it worked. Had to push it all the way to 100%; but that achieved the desired result. Now if I can only figure out why I have to click File > Save As to get the template file to save changes... At least the composition I've been writing based upon the template is working properly (except that I'm getting random forced closures from the program while I try to write in it...).
Thanks, all.