[PyMOL] Faster installation of plugins during development

[Matthew B. <mp...@pi...>]

Hi,
So i am working on a pymol plugin (shameless plug 
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/clustermolspy/>) and I have been 
annoyed how difficult it is to reinstall my plugin so I can see the 
effect of the changes I have made.

Currently, the process is:
Plugin Menu > Plugin Manager > Install New Plugin tab > Choose File... > 
Navigate to script file (could be 5-8 clicks plus some scrolling) > 
Select plugin directory > Ok > Hit Ok to confirm reinstall > Hit OK to 
acknowledge the reinstall > Close the Plugin Manager > Go to the Plugin 
Menu > Open my Plugin at the bottom.

It's a super long process that really hampers rapid development, which 
is super annoying when trying to tweak GUI elements.

So to my question, is there a faster method for getting the plugin to 
use the new code? I am open to basically any solution.
In my frustration, I've looked into reverse engineering the Plugin 
Manager and making my own little script. But I figured I should ask here 
before doing this.

Thanks,
Matt


I'm using Pymol 1.7.1.7 and Ubuntu 13.10.





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