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  1. <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Reloading the Plugin</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.65.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.2 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="plugin-implement.html" title="Chapter 18. Implementing a Simple Plugin"><link rel="previous" href="plugin-implement-building.html" title="Compiling the Plugin"><link rel="next" href="plugin-tips.html" title="Chapter 19. Plugin Tips and Techniques"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Reloading the Plugin</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plugin-implement-building.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 18. Implementing a Simple Plugin</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="plugin-tips.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="plugin-implement-reloading"></a>Reloading the Plugin</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
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  2.   Once you have compiled your plugin using the 4.2 API you will need to reload
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  3.   it to test it. Follow these steps to reload your plugin without restarting jEdit: 
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  4. </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
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  5.    From the Plugins menu open the Plugin Manager.
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  7.     On the Manage tab uncheck Hide libraries. This will 
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  8.     allow you to see plugins that are not loaded.
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  9.   </p></li><li><p>
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  10.     Find the plugin on the Manage tab and uncheck it. This will unload the plugin.
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  11.     You will get a warning if this plugin does not support dynamic reloading. 
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  12.     If you get that warning you will need to restart jEdit to reload the plugin 
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  13.     until the plugin is converted over to the 4.2 API. 
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  15.     Recheck the plugin to reload it.
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  16.   </p></li></ul></div><p>
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  17.   The jEdit web site contains a macro and an Ant task that can be used as an alternative 
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  18.   method for dynamically reloading plugins. 
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  19. </p><p>
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  20.   If you have reached this point in the text, you are probably serious
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  21.   about writing a plugin for jEdit.  Good luck with your efforts, and
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  22.   thank you for contributing to the jEdit project.
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