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<tmdoc-title|Example of a plug-in with <value|scheme> code>
<paragraph*|The <verbatim|world> plug-in>
Consider the <verbatim|world> plug-in in the directory
<\verbatim>
\ \ \ \ $TEXMACS_PATH/examples/plugins
</verbatim>
This plug-in shows how to extend <TeXmacs> with some additional
<value|scheme> code in the file
<\verbatim>
\ \ \ \ <example-plugin-link|world/progs/init-world.scm>
</verbatim>
In order to test the <verbatim|world> plug-in, you should recursively copy
the directory
<\verbatim>
\ \ \ \ $TEXMACS_PATH/examples/plugins/world
</verbatim>
to <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH/plugins> or <verbatim|$TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/plugins>.
When relaunching <TeXmacs>, the plug-in should now be automatically
recognized (a <menu|World> menu should appear in the menu bar).
<paragraph*|How it works>
The file <verbatim|init-world.scm> essentially contains the following code:
<\scheme-fragment>
(define (world-initialize)
\ \ (menu-extend texmacs-extra-menu
\ \ \ \ (=\<gtr\> "World"
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ("Hello world" (insert-string "Hello world")))))
\;
(plugin-configure world
\ \ (:require #t)
\ \ (:initialize (world-initialize)))
</scheme-fragment>
The configuration option <scheme-code|:require> specifies a condition which
needs to be satisfied for the plug-in to be detected by <TeXmacs> (later
on, this will for instance allow us to check whether certain programs exist
on the system). The configuration is aborted if the requirement is not
fulfilled.
The option <scheme-code|:initialize> specifies an instruction which will be
executed during the initialization (modulo the fulfillment of the
requirement). In our example, we just create a new top level menu
<menu|World> and a menu item <menu|World|Hello world>, which can be used to
insert the text ``Hello world''. In general, the initialization routine
should be very short and rather load a module which takes care of the real
initialization. Indeed, keeping the <verbatim|init-<em|myplugin>.scm> files
simple will reduce the startup time of <TeXmacs>.
<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2002|Joris van der Hoeven>
<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
Documentation License".>
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