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I really appreciate the recent changes to the log information and access.

In looking at the separating of external and internal plugin lists on the Plugins tab, I did not find the NowPlaying.dll on either list ... it is working, but not listed.

Thanks again for the great enhancements to the log!

eclectic-tech wrote:I really appreciate the recent changes to the log information and access.

In looking at the separating of external and internal plugin lists on the Plugins tab, I did not find the NowPlaying.dll on either list ... it is working, but not listed.

Thanks again for the great enhancements to the log!

it's not a plugin anymore. It has been moved into the main code and is just a normal measure.

And before you ask...

Because it does't matter. Both

[MeasureName]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=NowPlaying

and

[MeasureName]
Measure=NowPlaying

Work equally well, so we saw no need to confuse things, given all the existing skins out there using it.

Alright, my mistake...

I asked because I have seen users look for it in the list, and think it is not installed because they do not see it.

Since many of the skins still refer to this, and the webparser, as "plugins", do you feel it would be worth listing them as "incorporated" into Rainmeter on a sticky post in Plugins & Addons, or some where in the docs?

Thanks!

I'll look at moving them from Plugins to Measures in the docs.

However, I have a greater fear of people then being confused by the syntax in old existing skins and thinking something is not working because the old skin is out-of-date (it's not). Also, changing the docs won't change the billion or so posts here in the forums that talk about them as plugins.

We felt, and I still pretty much feel, that this is a sleeping dog that can be allowed to lie. Eventually we want to move all built-in plugins into the main code, and there will only be "3rd-party" plugins, at which point the change in how we document will probably be required.

Fair enough. Thanks again for the current changes!

Along with NowPlaying.dll, the following are plugins are also now regular measures:

• MediaKey.dll
• RecycleManager.dll
• WebParser.dll

They were merged back in late 2015/early 2016.

-Brian