[Run] Support Extensions

[dewinterjack]

Is the plugin environment the same as with Wox? The Wox.Plugin package seems to still be present. Can existing wox plugins be used? I can't drag any files into the launcher like I could with wox.

Do you have any guides or tips for creating a plugin otherwise?

[crutkas]

right now we haven't tested that path. is there a plugin you want enabled? would be good to know what some of everyone's favorites are so we can validate.

[dewinterjack]

I’m experimenting with developing my own extensions. I managed to get it working with Wox and it seems that PowerToys Run is using a very similar system. I tried compiling my extension and mimicking the other extensions by placing the folder with the other plugins C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\launcher\Plugins however the launcher isn't starting up.
I'm seeing this in the logs:
2020-05-19 20:44:03.4743|ERROR|PluginConfig.GetPluginMetadata|Didn't find config file <C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\launcher\Plugins\Wox.Plugin.TimeChecker\plugin.json>

[dewinterjack]

I could try to contribute some plugin installation support if this hasn’t been looked into yet.

[crutkas]

right now it is disabled so we can stabilize the core. Else debugging could get progressively hard if we can't account for the base with people

[addrum]

right now we haven't tested that path. is there a plugin you want enabled? would be good to know what some of everyone's favorites are so we can validate.

everything search would be the must have for me including configuring indexed locations etc (even if this is done through everything itself like the wox integration)

[ABS96]

Some of us would appreciate an instant translation plugin, like Gtranslate.

I personally would appreciate default browser's bookmark search. From what I remember when I was using Wox, their various bookmark search plugins were not efficient. Chromium's own omnibox is an excellent tool for bookmark searching.

[calania]

I would personally really like the ability to convert between units, for example, to convert from imperial to metric.

[drew-royster]

Lorem Ipsum Generator would be awesome