mscxyz 0.0.5

A command line tool to manipulate the XML based *.mscX and *.mscZ files of the notation software MuseScore.

mscxyz

usage: mscx-manager [-h] [-b] [-g GLOB] [-p PICK] [-c CYCLE_LENGTH] [-v]
                    {clean,meta,lyrics,rename,export,help} ... path

A command line tool to manipulate the XML based *.mscX and *.mscZ files of the
notation software MuseScore.

positional arguments:
  path                  Path to a *.mscx file or a folder which contains
                        *.mscx files. In conjunction with the subcommand
                        "help" this positional parameter accepts the names of
                        all other subcommands or the word "all".

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -b, --backup          Create a backup file.
  -g GLOB, --glob GLOB  Handle only files which matches against Unix style
                        glob patterns (e. g. "*.mscx", "* - *"). If you omit
                        this option, the standard glob pattern "*.mscx" is
                        used.
  -p PICK, --pick PICK  The --pick option can be used to run multiple
                        mscxyz.py commands in parallel on multiple consoles.
                        If you like so, using this option a "poor man's
                        multithreading" can be accomplished. Multicore CPUs
                        can be used to full capacity. By default every fourth
                        file gets picked up. The option "-p N" begins the
                        picking on the Nth file of a cycle. The corresponding
                        option is named "-c" or "--cycle-length".
  -c CYCLE_LENGTH, --cycle-length CYCLE_LENGTH
                        This option specifies the distance between the picked
                        files. The option "-c N" picks every Nth file. The
                        corresponding options is named "-p" or "--pick".
  -v, --verbose         Make commands more verbose. You can specifiy multiple
                        arguments (. g.: -vvv) to make the command more
                        verbose.

Subcommands:
  {clean,meta,lyrics,rename,export,help}
                        Run "subcommand --help" for more informations.
    clean               Clean and reset the formating of the *.mscx file
    meta                Synchronize the values of the first vertical frame
                        (title, composer, lyricist) with the corresponding
                        metadata fields.
    lyrics              Extract lyrics. Without any option this subcommand
                        extracts all lyrics verses into separate mscx files.
                        This generated mscx files contain only one verse. The
                        old verse number is appended to the file name, e. g.:
                        score_1.mscx.
    rename              Rename the *.mscx files.
    export              Export the scores to PDFs or to the specified
                        extension.
    help                Show help. Use "mscxyz.py help all" to show help
                        messages of all subcommands. Use "mscxyz.py help
                        <subcommand>" to show only help messages for the given
                        subcommand.

Subcommands

mscx-manager rename

usage: mscx-manager rename [-h] [-d] [-f FORMAT] [-a] [-n]

Tokens you can use in the format string (-f, --format):

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --dry-run         Do not rename the scores
  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
                        Format string.
  -a, --ascii           Use only ASCII characters.
  -n, --no-whitespace   Replace all whitespaces with dashes or sometimes
                        underlines.

mscx-manager help

usage: mscx-manager help [-h] [-m] [-r]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -m, --markdown  Show help in markdown format. This option enables to
                  generate the README file directly form the command line
                  output.
  -r, --rst       Show help in reStructuresText format. This option enables to
                  generate the README file directly form the command line
                  output.

mscx-manager lyrics

usage: mscx-manager lyrics [-h] [-e EXTRACT] [-r REMAP] [-f]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -e EXTRACT, --extract EXTRACT
                        The lyric verse number to extract or "all".
  -r REMAP, --remap REMAP
                        Remap lyrics. Example: "--remap 3:2,5:3". This example
                        remaps lyrics verse 3 to verse 2 and verse 5 to 3. Use
                        commas to specify multiple remap pairs. One remap pair
                        is separated by a colon in this form: "old:new": "old"
                        stands for the old verse number. "new" stands for the
                        new verse number.
  -f, --fix             Fix lyrics: Convert trailing hyphens ("la- la- la") to
                        a correct hyphenation ("la - la - la")

mscx-manager meta

usage: mscx-manager meta [-h] [-j] [-s]

# XML structure of a meta tag:

    <metaTag name="tag"></metaTag>

# All meta tags:

    - arranger
    - composer
    - copyright
    - creationDate
    - lyricist
    - movementNumber
    - movementTitle
    - originalFormat
    - platform
    - poet
    - source
    - translator
    - workNumber
    - workTitle

# XML structure of a vbox tag:

    <VBox>
      <Text>
        <style>Title</style>
        <text>Some title text</text>
        </Text>

# All vbox tags:

    - Title
    - Subtitle
    - Composer
    - Lyricis

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -j, --json  Additionally write the metadata to a json file.
  -s, --show  Show all metadata.

mscx-manager export

usage: mscx-manager export [-h] [-e EXTENSION]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -e EXTENSION, --extension EXTENSION
                        Extension to export. If this option is omitted, then
                        the default extension is "pdf".

mscx-manager clean

usage: mscx-manager clean [-h] [-s STYLE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s STYLE, --style STYLE
                        Load a *.mss style file and include the contents of
                        this file.