The NoteEdit MusicXML export patch

There is a bug in NoteEdit which concerns the export of multivoice staves into MusicXML. As a result NtEd has problems importing such files.

To solve the problem, download the noteedit-2.8.1mxmlexport.patch and the NoteEdit-2.8.1 source

Place both in (for instance) /tmp. Perhaps it is a good idea to uninstall an existing NoteEdit installation. Then:

         tar -xvzf noteedit-2.8.1.tar.gz
         cd noteedit-2.8.1
         patch -p1 < /tmp/noteedit-2.8.1mxmlexport.patch
         ./configure --prefix=<path_to_KDE>
         make
         make install (as root)

Whereby <path_to_KDE> must be replaced by the KDE directory. To find it out type:

         kde-config --prefix

If this fails then change the configure step:

         ./configure --prefix=<path_to_KDE>  --without-libs

Unfortunately the  --without-libs option limits the functionallity. If you therefore want 2 NoteEdits - one with full functionallity, one with correct MusicXML export - omit the make install step and do the following:

         cd noteedit-2.8.1
         ./admin/locinst.sh

Then set the environment variable KDEDIRS to the noteedit-2.8.1 directory. If you have a (t)csh:

         setenv KDEDIRS $cwd

If you have a bash or sh:

         export KDEDIRS=`pwd` (No Apostrophs!!! Backticks ``!!! Search your keyboard!!!)

To determine your shell type:

         echo $SHELL

Then start the (not installed) NoteEdit locally:

         ./noteedit/noteedit