Doc: Describe the Install Plugin wizard

Fixes: QTCREATORBUG-24231
Change-Id: I40f1205f37b6ee3a90460d744fdc8bd3ac0387d0
Reviewed-by: Tino Pyssysalo <tino.pyssysalo@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
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Leena Miettinen
2020-06-22 15:25:27 +02:00
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To make \QC behave more like your favorite code editor or IDE, you can
change the settings for keyboard shortcuts, color schemes, generic
highlighting, code snippets, and version control systems. In addition, you
can enable experimental plugins and disable plugins that you do not need.
highlighting, code snippets, and version control systems. In addition,
you can enable and disable \QC features by managing plugins.
The following sections summarize the options that you have and point you to
detailed information to help you specify any required settings and to make
@@ -162,7 +162,17 @@
For more information about the supported functions, see
\l{Using Version Control Systems}.
\section1 Enabling and Disabling Plugins
\section1 Managing Plugins
\QC comes with a set of plugins, some of which are disabled by default.
You can enable disabled plugins if you need them and disable plugins you
don't need.
You can also install additional plugins that you downloaded from
\l{https://marketplace.qt.io/}{Qt Marketplace} or some other source,
such as \l{https://github.com/}{GitHub}.
\section2 Enabling and Disabling Plugins
New \QC plugins are often introduced as \e {experimental plugins} to let you
try them out before they are fully supported. Experimental plugins are
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To enable and disable plugins, select \uicontrol Help >
\uicontrol {About Plugins}.
The \l{https://marketplace.qt.io/}{Qt Marketplace} contains \QC plugins
that you can download and install either for free or for a price set by
their publisher. You can browse the available plugins in the
\uicontrol Marketplace tab in the Welcome mode.
\image qtcreator-installed-plugins.png "Installed Plugins dialog"
\section2 Installing Plugins
Qt Marketplace contains links to \QC plugins that you can download and
install either for free or for a price set by their publisher. You can
browse the available plugins in the \uicontrol Marketplace tab in the
Welcome mode.
\note You can install only plugins that are supported by your \QC version.
To install plugins:
\list 1
\li Select \uicontrol Help > \uicontrol {About Plugins} >
\uicontrol {Install Plugins}.
\li In the \uicontrol Source dialog, enter the path to the archive
or library that contains the plugin.
\image qtcreator-install-plugin-source.png
\li In the \uicontrol {Install Location} dialog, select
\uicontrol {User plugins} to make the plugin available for the
current user in all compatible \QC instances or
\uicontrol {\QC installation} to make the plugin available for
all users of a particular \QC instance.
\image qtcreator-install-plugin-location.png
\li In the \uicontrol Summary dialog, select \uicontrol Finish to
install the plugin.
\image qtcreator-install-plugin-summary.png
\li Select \uicontrol {Restart Now} to restart \QC and load the plugin.
\endlist
*/