change mscore.exe to MuseScore2.exe

[Jojo-Schmitz]

to diffentiate better from a possible parallel installation of MuseScore 1.x

I have not yet managed to get it to create an mscore.exe though, any hints?

[AntonioBL]

I think you should modify mscore\CMakeLists.txt to change the name of the application. Lines 197-208 variable "ExecutableName".

[Jojo-Schmitz]

Hmm, thanks, but this isn't it, not alone at least (and I hadn't found that spot because I was searching for 'mscore.exe', stupid me). But there is MSCORE_OUTPUT_NAME, found thanks to your hint.
Let's try...

OK, using this in QtCreator for the cMake step, along with a change what exe to run works for me:
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=build/mingw32.mingw.cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../win32install -DMSCORE_OUTPUT_NAME=mscore2

[thomasbonte]

Why not make it musescore2.exe

[Jojo-Schmitz]

OK, it is MuseScore2.exe now...

[mgavioli]

Would it not be the case to change to MuseScore2 the name of the executable on other platforms too?

[Jojo-Schmitz]

Probably, I just wouldn't know how and where and can't test it.

[chenlung]

(I don't have a big understanding of this, so bare with me if I miss anything.)

I think it should be just musescore.exe (or maybe MuseScore.exe), leaving mscore.exe for the 1.x series.

From what I remember of observations, versions numbers don't tend to be included in file names, although it might present a problem if we didn't do so - e.g. the user retains 2.0 and has the upgrade (e.g. to 2.1, or 3.0) installed alongside. It might be deviating, but wouldn't an automatic uninstall occur when installing the new version anyway (or either 'forced', or 'recommended')? Maybe there is a setting in order to have both installed.

It should perhaps all be lower case too - I can't really think of mixed case examples (please correct if wrong). Is there a custom in command lines to input using the former?

[Jojo-Schmitz]

MuseScore.exe or musescore.exe, for Windows this is just cosmetic, as here the file systems are not case sensitive, just case preserving. And so far this PR is Windows only.
I'd expect a MuseScore 2.1 to not coexists with a 2.0, but would expect 2.x to coexist with 3.x, just like 1.x does with 2.0.
It is too late to do any renaming for 1.x, but to be safe from collisions with a 3.x, MuseScoreX.exe, with X being the major version, might make sense?

[chenlung]

My primary OS is now Mac, but it used to be Windows - I sometimes pop on the PC. :)

[Jojo-Schmitz]

Or maybe just mscore for Linux/Mac and mscore.exe for Windows for 1.x, but mscoreX for Linux/Mac and mscoreX.exe for Windows? Again with X being the major version, of course.
I guess the more important part is to make the desktop icons and entries in the start menus of the various OSs different enough, also the 'open with' dialog (at least on Windows), so users can tell them apart.

[lasconic]

See 03bf869