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Plugget run startup code without a plugin

Goal

The goal is to run startup code, without creating an (Unreal) wrapper plugin for each tool.
e.g. startup code could be to set up unreal-qt

Notes

This is an idea / brainstorm, startup code is not yet implemented in the plugget manifest.
Plugget does run a Unreal plugin’s startup code after installation.

Maybe we can have a dynamic Unreal plugin that runs startup code.
It’s a single plugin, some kind of manager.

Suggestion to add startup_code, instead of a repo_url.
So we can distribute pure commands, this is similar to expose a python tool in plugget without wrapping it

config

{
startup_code: "import tool;tool.show()"
}

Startup code makes sense if there is no repo_url
but if there is, does startup code replace it?

  1. create unreal plugin
  2. add startup code to init_unreal.py

cons

The current plugget approach for unreal start up code, is specific to unreal plugins.
So plugget needs a dynamic plugin action for every dcc app.
- We could create a generic system, but then plugget possibly becomes a environment manager, handling startup code instead of only installations.
- is there at least an option to create a single unreal plugin, where you register startup code? this could be plugget or a separate plugin.

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