Padre::PluginManager - Padre plug-in manager

The PluginManager class contains logic for locating and loading Padre plug-ins, as well as providing part of the interface to plug-in writers.

The constructor returns a new Padre::PluginManager object, but you should normally access it via the main Padre object:

  my $manager = Padre->ide->plugin_manager;

First argument should be a Padre object.

Stores a reference back to the parent IDE object.

Returns the user plug-in directory (below the Padre configuration directory). This directory was added to the @INC module search path.

Returns a hash (reference) of plug-in names associated with a Padre::PluginHandle.

This hash is only populated after load_plugins() was called.

Returns a hash (reference) with the names of all plug-ins as keys which define a hook for the context menu.

See Padre::Plugin.

Gets a Padre::Current context for the plugin manager.

A convenience method to get to the main window.

Scans for new plug-ins in the user plug-in directory, in @INC, and in .par files in the user plug-in directory.

Loads any given module only once, i.e. does not refresh if the plug-in has changed while Padre was running.

For all registered plug-ins, unload them if they were loaded and then reload them.

The alert_new method is called by the main window post-initialisation and checks for new plug-ins. If any are found, it presents a message to the user.

Returns the plug-in names (without Padre::Plugin:: prefixed) of all plug-ins that the editor attempted to load but failed. Note that after a failed attempt, the plug-in is usually disabled in the configuration and not loaded again when the editor is restarted.

Given a plug-in name such as Foo (the part after Padre::Plugin), load the corresponding module, enable the plug-in and update the Plug-ins menu, etc.

Given a plug-in name such as Foo (the part after Padre::Plugin), disable the plug-in, unload the corresponding module, and update the Plug-ins menu, etc.

Reload a single plug-in whose name (without Padre::Plugin::) is passed in as first argument.

Given a plug-in name or namespace, returns a hash reference which corresponds to the configuration section in the Padre database of that plug-in. Any modifications of that hash reference will, on normal exit, be serialized and written back to the database file.

If the plug-in name is omitted and this method is called from a plug-in namespace, the plug-in name is determine automatically.

When developing a plug-in one usually edits the files belonging to the plug-in (The Padre::Plugin::Wonder itself or Padre::Documents::Wonder located in the same project as the plug-in itself.

This call and the appropriate menu option should be able to load (or reload) that plug-in.

Called by Padre::Wx::Editor when a context menu is about to be displayed. The method calls the context menu hooks in all plug-ins that have one for plug-in specific manipulation of the context menu.

Padre, Padre::Config

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