How to write up a plugin that is dynamically loaded.

Submitted by Anonymous on Saturday, 10 July, 2004 - 11:08

hi,
How do i write up a plugin that can be loaded or unloaded without restarting jedit?

myPlugin.java has the following code
public class myPlugin extends
{
public void createMenuItems(Vector menuItems)
{
menuItems.addElement(GUIUtilities.loadMenuItem("myPlugin"));
}
}

Thanks,

salgavkar

How to use defered loading...

by nol on Sat, 10/07/2004 - 12:35

This is only possible with jEdit4.2.
In the plugin's properties file, set the following property:
plugin.name.activate=defer

The menu disapears when activate property is used.

by Anonymous on Sun, 11/07/2004 - 07:24

Thanks Nol.
The activate property does enable the plugin manager to load unload dynamically. However, it introduces another problem. my plugin is very simple with only one menu item in the menu. This menu item does not appear in the menu when i use activate property in props file. Any reason why?

Oh and the same code shows the menu item when i remove the activate property.

Salgavkar.

plugin menus

by nol on Sun, 11/07/2004 - 23:01

If you haven't already, you should read through the "Writing Plugins" section of the User Guide. It does contain a lot of useful information.

Does your base class (the one that extends EditPlugin) implement the "createMenuItems" method?

Also, what exact version of jEdit are you using?

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