MC IDE - developer tool additions - sugggestion

[Richard Gaskin]

Robert Brenstein wrote:

>> The Plugins menu will still be operational, but holding the Shift key 
>> down when selecting an item will open it as toplevel and with 
>> lockMessages set to true.
> 
> This part I am not so sure about. Since you mentioned that Plugin 
> Manager allows to set plugins to auto-start, I presume it has some GUI 
> that lists all the plugins. My idea would be to use that interface to 
> activate/deactivate plugins aside from setting/removing auto-start. 
> Opening them as toplevel with or without lockMessages could be also 
> handled there (option to lockMessages could be just a checkbox).
> 
> Fewer things to remember and more intuitive to use IMHO. The shift-key 
> trick you suggest could be implemented as a shortcut if you think it is 
> still worth it.

Agreed, there should be an explicit way to do things, just as Apple 
provides with the Extensions Manager.

> When eventually stacks gain systematic versioning (I believe this 
> will/has to come sooner or later), plugin version could also be 
> displayed in the plugin list. Displaying file moddate could be 
> considered for now.

Agreed.  Ideally such version properties would also be readable by the 
Standalone Builder, the Rev App Builder, and any other place version 
info is used.

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