Sorry, wrong list! On 10 July 2013 16:40, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > At the moment, the Template Manager reads the template details from a > fixed list of xml index files. > > It's not particularly easy to add new templates or sets of templates. > > I wonder whether the Template Manager should use a process of > discovery more like the way plugins are detected? > > For example, rather than specifiying a list of files, it could work > from a list of directories. > It would be quite expensive to scan the JMX files themselves, but it > should be quick enough to scan any index xml files it finds. > > If the manager could also load templates relative to the index file, > it would be possible to drop a set of files + index anywhere in the > templates directory tree and have them picked up. > > The Manager should probably not scan every time, but it would be easy > enough to add a Reload button to the dialog. > > I don't think we need to implement this all immediately - it could > wait for the next release. > > Could even consider scanning zip/jar files containing templates plus > their index.
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