I love the plugin manager. Its ease of use is exemplary. One suggestion would be to add a catalog system that would allow you to select what you want (Isotaami, FTV, etc.) and, in doing so, automatically add the project to the corresponding tab. It would suggest the appropriate version of the addons…

[image] PLegoux: I love the plugin manager. Its ease of use is exemplary. Are you serious? The plugin manager, enhanced or not, far from easy to use. A big part of that is that few of the plugins provide emough information to allow the user to assess whether that particular plugin would be …

One feature that would be very useful to me would be: When you upgrade to a new gramps version, there would be a checkbox that would allow you to load all the equivalent matching plug-in/grampets that you had in the previous version.

[image] trlvn: A big part of that is that few of the plugins provide emough information to allow the user to assess whether that particular plugin would be valuable to them or not. To take a random example, consider the “Family Tree” report. Prior to installing it, the user has no idea what the …

[image] Davesellers: One feature that would be very useful to me would be: When you upgrade to a new gramps version, there would be a checkbox that would allow you to load all the equivalent matching plug-in/grampets that you had in the previous version. I wonder? Perhaps if you copied the g…

I apologize that I haven’t looked at 6.0.x yet. I have some housekeeping to do before I want to install it. TBH, though, the 6.0 Report Selection dialog shown above isn’t great. The thumbnail and the description are useful but space is wasted on the other 5 columns. (What does the column contain…

[image] trlvn: TBH, though, the 6.0 Report Selection dialog shown above isn’t great. Its a mockup that just re-uses the wiki’s addon table row. Just in the idea stage now with minimal time invested. One of shortcomings of the current plugin docs is that NONE of them (including the wiki) cons…

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