No comprehensive list of plugins with explanations of what they do

[helpdata]

Just spent the last hour trying to find a full list of all NPP plugins with explanations of what each one does. There should be a readme.txt file somewhere with this information.

[chcg]

@helpdata This repo contains the input for the pluginAdmin window visible in N++ in json format containing a description for each plugin. The input therefore is: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList/blob/master/src/pl.x64.json and https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList/blob/master/src/pl.x86.json where the raw data is available in text form. Do you have other needs?

[akoppa]

If you mean a plugin list in plain English like is normal for any software project available for a general public: the answer is NO.

[helpdata]

I agree with akoppa. Digging into a json file is not an adequate answer.

[chcg]

So your expectation is something like https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode or https://github.com/emacs-tw/awesome-emacs#awesome-emacs?

There are currently no plans for that, but I think it should be possible to transform the json input to a markdown file with the plugin name + description + homepage to have at least the basic informations.

[mattesh]

What about a generator to build it from those files? Any language preference?

[chcg]

@mattesh Currently python is used to parse the json input against a schema and check that the downloads are usable. So python probably would be a good choice to create some markdown file from the x32 and x64 input files.

[mattesh]

... Python -> md sounds good, but. Please, don't expect smthng tomorrow ;-D

[mattesh]

What about this: get_pl.py takes one parameter x**.json and prints the ready made table w/o header and footer. Description "\r\n" gets replaced by <br> and "|" by & vert;

Two tables of this format would be printed:

1. Plugin Name = ij.display-name
2. Author = ij.author
3. Homepage = ij.homepage
4. Version and link = "[" + ij.version + " - " + json_file.arch + " bit](" + ij.repository +")"
5. Description = " <details> <summary> " + first_two_lines(ij.description) + " </summary> " rest_of_text(ij.description) +"</details>"

List of Plugins 32 bit

|Plugin name | Author | Homepage | Version and link | Description | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 3P - Progress Programmers Pal | Julien Caillon | [3P - 32 bit](https://jcaillon.github.io/3P/) | [1.8.6](https://github.com/jcaillon/3P/releases/download/v1.8.6/3P.zip) | <details> <summary> [Requires .NET framework v4.6.1]<br>Designed to help writing OpenEdge ABL (formerly known as Progress 4GL) code. It provides :</summary> <br>- a powerful auto-completion<br>- tool-tips on every words<br>- a code explorer to quickly navigate through your code<br>- a file explorer to easily access all your sources<br>- the ability to run/compile and even PROLINT your source file with an in-line visualization of errors<br>- more than 50 options to better suit your needs<br>- and so much more!<br>Visit https://jcaillon.github.io/3P/ for more details on the plugin </details> |

[mattesh]

Hi, what do you think about this? https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList/compare/6f40c133...mattesh:e709d1935a plugin_list_x64.zip

Only point to clarify would be how to copy it into stable place when commit was taken into the master. Regards, Mattes

[chcg]

Plugin List - 64 bit

(version 1.1.7)	Plugin name	Author	Homepage	Version and link	Description
3P - Progress Programmers Pal	Julien Caillon	https://jcaillon.github.io/3P/	1.8.6 - 64 bit	[Requires .NET framework v4.6.1] Designed to help writing OpenEdge ABL (formerly known as Progress 4GL) code. It provides : - a powerful auto-completion - tool-tips on every words - a code explorer to quickly navigate through your code - a file explorer to easily access all your sources - the ability to run/compile and even PROLINT your source file with an in-line visualization of errors - more than 50 options to better suit your needs - and so much more! Visit https://jcaillon.github.io/3P/ for more details on the plugin
AnalysePlugin	Mattes H.	https://sourceforge.net/projects/analyseplugin	1.12.43.0 - 64 bit	AnalysePlugin will help you to search for more than one search pattern at a time. Great for analysing log files.. Last changes and How to use you will find in Help... in Plugins Menu.

[chcg]

@mattesh Lokes usable to me. In your example there is an |---| to much. Only drawback seen here is the collapsed description data which makes it difficult to search.

[mattesh]

@chcg the solution would be a small script snippet. But we seem to be not allowed to add this directly on github. We may be able embed some html script on the server: from here. However, my limited tests did not show a solution to combine script with markdown code.

Do you have already an idea how we would make this lists visible in some place? e.g. in plugin docs? Regards, Mattes

[chcg]

@mattesh My first thought was to add the md files to the artefacts of a release, but then they are not immediately visible from within the browser. Maybe just add it with the release the repo and link it from the readme.

[mattesh]

isn't it at the time when a new release is created, when the list need to be generated and pushed into https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/npp-usermanual ? See more in the other thread.

[chcg]

First test versions from appveyor CI: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList/blob/master/doc/plugin_list_x86.md and https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppPluginList/blob/master/doc/plugin_list_x64.md from current master. Still needs some automatic checkin which might be easier done by github action.

[chcg]

Updated manually with each tagging.