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Post by ColeValleyGirl » 03 Nov 2022 10:04

Lua code snippets are a niche interest and of no relevance to the majority of KB users.

They are currently accessible via Downloads/Plugins > Snippets which loads this page:
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Do they warrant a place in the menu structure (where I suspect they aren't often found by new authors who don't know they exist); or would it make sense to include that page or a variant of it (with a little more preamble) under the KB topic/sub-topic Plugins/Writing Plugins, simplifying the menu structure for most users and perhaps making them more discoverable by plugin authors?

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Post by NickWalker » 03 Nov 2022 10:15

would it make sense to include that page or a variant of it (with a little more preamble) under the KB topic/sub-topic Plugins/Writing Plugins, simplifying the menu structure for most users and perhaps making them more discoverable by plugin authors?
This sounds like a good idea to me.
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Post by tatewise » 03 Nov 2022 10:30

Yes, that makes sense.
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Post by David2416 » 03 Nov 2022 12:05

Having started to have a go at plugin writing, I did manage to find them, after looking at some existing ones as examples.

Suggestion seems very sensible.

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Re: Navigation: Code Snippets for Plugin Authors

Post by ColeValleyGirl » 06 Nov 2022 17:26

Done. Just waiting for the crawler to verify I haven't broken any links.

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