What

This repository provides scripts to clean up SVG files produced by Musescore and copies them in a way that they can be used directly inside a web project using partials (e.g. foundation-cli).

The scripts perform the following tasks:

• Resizing the SVG to match the drawing (cutting away unneeded space)
• Removing style information that can also be provided as CSS.
• Removing unnecessary tags and most whitespaces.
• Copying the result to an intermediate file
• On user interaction: Moves the result file to the target directory configured in the script itself.

Why

For the MidicaPL tutorial in https://github.com/truj/midica.org I need to include a lot of SVGs as example scores. As midica.org is a foundation project using handlebars, the SVGs are all included as partials.

I began with Musescore 2 and created a small perl script doing the cleanup and copy tasks. Later I switched to Musescore 3.

The exported SVGs need different CSS styles, depending on the Musescore version. That's why we have 2 scripts now.

Requirements

• Unix-like OS
• Perl
• Musescore (Version 2 or 3)
• Inkscape
• Web project supporting partials (e.g. foundation) - like midica.org

Getting started

• git clone git@github.com:truj/musescore-svg2web.git
• Open clean_m2.pl and/or clean_m3.pl with a text editor and adjust the line beginning with my $TARGET_DIR = ... to your needs. This is the directory where you want the cleaned SVGs to be copied into.
• Create your score with Musescore. Adjust the size:
  • Musescore 2: right-click > page settings. Then change the width.
  • Musescore 3: Format > page settings. Then change the width.
• Export your svg file from Musescore and save it in the same directory like clean_m2.pl or clean_m3.pl
• If you use Musescore 2 to export the SVG, you need clean_m2.pl for the cleanup. If you use Musescore 3, you need clean_m3.pl.
• Call the script and provide the SVG's filename as the only parameter.
• Depending on some circumstances, inkscape may open the save dialog. In this case, click on save, and inkscape closes again.
• After the script has created the intermediate file, it shows the move command it wants to perform. Type upper-cased 'Y' and enter, if you agree. Then the file will be moved.
• In your web project, add a SASS or CSS file containing the needed classes. Otherwise your SVG looks crippled because the style information is missing.

Get inspiration by the following SASS file: https://github.com/truj/midica.org/blob/master/src/assets/scss/pages/midicapl.scss

What you need is something like this:

svg {
	margin: 0.5rem;
	polyline {
		&.StaffLines {
			stroke: #000000;
			stroke-width: 0.40000001;
			fill: none;
			stroke-linejoin: bevel;
			&.v3 {
				stroke-width: 2;
			}
		}
		&.BarLine {
			...
		}
		...
		...
	}
}

Limits

• The source SVG file must be in the same directory as the script itself. (Should be trivial to fix but I won't do that unless someone needs it.)
• Only cares about the SVG elements and classes that I've been using in Musescore for midica.org so far. If I need more classes, I will add them when needed. If you need more, tell me or add them yourself (and tell me as well).
• Configuration of the target directory is hard-coded in the scripts themselves. Not good practice, but I don't care as long as nobody needs a cleaner solution.