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type="guide"
id="pluginmanager2">
As of release 2.1.8 there is a plugin manager. It's available as
- feature extension. Once acticated (after a restart) it brings up a
- new
For updating or installing new plugins (extra channels or + features), there's a user plugin manager. It's available as + feature extension itself.
+ +Once acticated (after a restart) it brings up a new
You can scan for available/new plugins there. And have them downloaded right away. New plugins are just downloaded, not implictly enabled. Reopen the config dialog to see them in the - regular lists.
+ regularAlternative download repositories may be configured. (Little - practical value at the moment and foreseeable future.)
-And you can let the plugin manager handle regular plugins as - well. After reconfiguring existing channel plugins, they get - automatically run, or disabled in the user interface (without - any restart). Which won't work for most feature/core plugins.
+Alternative download repositories may be configured. (Little + practical value at the moment.)
And you can let the plugin manager handle autoactivation + of changed plugin states.
+After reconfiguring existing channel plugins, they get + automatically instantiated or disabled in the user interface. + (Which avoids the usual restart).
This currently doesn't work with feature/core + plugins. Plugin deactivation is mostly visual, but does not undo + menu extensions or undefine callback hooks.
Downloaded plugins are stored in
Currently system-installed core plugins take + precedence over downloaded updates.
+And you'll have to take care to eventually refresh/delete outdated user plugins, + whenever you install a newer Streamtuner2 version.