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      sketchydog
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      I have several plugins that have been dropped into my proper plugins folder, and I do not et menus for them (and they do not show up in Tools, or Window or Plugins). It seems there is some variation on how the files are dropped into the plugins folder. When a zipfile is unzipped, there could be a folder within (which may contain images and/or a bunch of rb or rbz files. There could also be a rb files OUTSIDE of that folder. If the programmer put specific files into a folder and left some outside of the folder, is that the exact way that they should be in the Plugins folder? Or should everything be pulled outside of folders and dumped into that huge "plugins" mess?

      I've tried Window\Preferences\Extensions\Install Extension...and the ones in question do not appear on that list.

      Thanks

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        Gábor
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        Typically plugins have one .rb or .rbs file in the Plugins folder and have a subfolder where all the other files are stored. When you startup SU those .rb and .rbs files are loaded which are in the Plugins folder (not the ones in the subfolders).

        An easy way to install and keep your plugins up to date is using the Pluginstore plugin: http://sketchucation.com/resources/plugin-store-download

        If you want to install your plugins in other folders than the plugins folder, Fredo's additional plugin folders tool is great help in that:
        http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=000_AdditionalPluginFolders

        I hope it answers your questions.

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          sketchydog
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          @gábor said:

          Typically plugins have one .rb or .rbs file in the Plugins folder and have a subfolder where all the other files are stored. When you startup SU those .rb and .rbs files are loaded which are in the Plugins folder (not the ones in the subfolders).

          An easy way to install and keep your plugins up to date is using the Pluginstore plugin: http://sketchucation.com/resources/plugin-store-download

          If you want to install your plugins in other folders than the plugins folder, Fredo's additional plugin folders tool is great help in that:
          http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=000_AdditionalPluginFolders

          I hope it answers your questions.

          Thanks. What's the difference between an rb and an rbs file?
          Also, technically, is there a difference in the terminology "plugin" and "extension"?

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            Gábor
            last edited by

            @sketchydog said:

            Thanks. What's the difference between an rb and an rbs file?

            .rb is pure Ruby text file. Human readable. .rbs is an encoded (scrambled) Ruby file. Not human readable.

            @sketchydog said:

            Also, technically, is there a difference in the terminology "plugin" and "extension"?

            TIG answered this better than I could:
            http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=477972#p477972

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              sketchydog
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              Thank you Gabor

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