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#386 explanation of Plugin folder

Milestone: 5.8-6.0 - user manual

Status: closed-fixed

Owner: Jean-Christophe Helary

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Priority: 5

Updated: 2025-02-09

Created: 2022-12-22

Creator: Hiroshi Miura

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Current manual explains plugins folder in user preference folder as "alternative" place.
Now OmegaT has a plugin installation feature and it installs plugins to the folder.

It should be recognized as plugins folder for USER.
A plugin folder where OmegaT.jar exists, is the plugin folder for SYSTEM.

We can use ~/.omegat/plugins as primary place for plugins now,

App_ConfigurationFolder.xml

<varlistentry id="configuration.folder.extra.contents.plugin">
  <term id="configuration.folder.extra.contents.plugin.title">plugins/</term>
  <listitem>
    <para>This folder provides an alternative location for manually
    installed OmegaT extension plugins. See the <link
    linkend="dialogs.preferences.plugins"
    endterm="dialogs.preferences.plugins.title"/> preference for
    details.</para>
  </listitem>
</varlistentry>

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 We can  use  ~/.omegat/plugins as primary place for plugins now, 

+App_ConfigurationFolder.xml
 ~~~
 &lt;varlistentry id=&#34;configuration.folder.extra.contents.plugin&#34;&gt;
   &lt;term id=&#34;configuration.folder.extra.contents.plugin.title&#34;&gt;plugins/&lt;/term&gt;

Jean-Christophe Helary - 2022-12-22

Ok, so you mean that the folder in the application distribution is not the main install location now, is that correct ?

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Hiroshi Miura - 2022-12-22

Yes, it will be correct for ordinary (new) users who use GUI to install plugins.

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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2022-12-22

Do you want me to modify the doc ?

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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2023-01-21

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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2023-02-15

status: open --> open-fixed
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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2023-02-15

https://github.com/omegat-org/omegat/commit/dbff4bbfedc9171ac45f60156bcbdf28fd6a07ea

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Jean-Christophe Helary - 2025-02-09

status: open-fixed --> closed-fixed
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