[MU4 Task] Footer UX improvements—symbols and urls

[Nick-Mazuk]

There are some nice footer text UX improvements we can make (as suggested by Daniel to me via email):

• Make it easy to insert the ©, ®, ™ symbols
• Style links correctly

We still need to figure out the specifics on how these would work. For instance, we could follow what Microsoft Word does and replace (c) with "©". Or we can have a button to insert the copyright symbol. Or both. Or something else entirely.

This is also a low priority issue.

[Jojo-Schmitz]

the "(c)" for "©" trick is what used to work in MuseScore 1, but got removed and deliberatly. Reason back then: we don't want stuff like this to happen automagically.

I would not mind getting it back though (I never really bought that argument).

But mind: the © is usually not (directly) in header or footer, but in File > Score properties > copyright (and can get in there via the New Sscore Wizard) and gets into header/footer via the $C, $c or $:copyright: macros. And that metatag in Score Properties in turn needs more improvements, like the option to enter multiline copyrights.

See also https://musescore.org/en/node/19780 and https://musescore.org/en/node/279679 And also https://musescore.org/en/node/323913 (for hyperlinks)

[mirabilos]

Do NOT automatically replace anything. Or, if you must, DO make it an opt-in feature.

I would be very angry if my text was automatically changed. (And from what I remember, even in Winword it’s an optional feature.)

[mirabilos]

F2 is good enough, if one hasn’t the symbols on the keyboard.

[Jojo-Schmitz]

I wouldn't know how to disable it in Microsoft products like Outlook, Word, Excel. So it if is option it is on by default and the switch well hidden