On 3-Mar-08, at 8:01 PM, Bill Schwab wrote:
>
> and looking there, I see the vm and some plugins.  Is being in that
> directory enough, or is there something else I have to do to get it to
> see and/or report a plugin's existence?  Are they loaded at startup,
> only on demand, etc.?
The best place for plugins to live is somewhat platform dependent,  
unfortunately. I'm fairly sure that having a plugin file in the same  
place as the vm will usually be ok though. External plugins load on  
demand and get bound to the vm. Internal plugins are sort of pre- 
loaded but they are connected up internally on demand just like the  
externals. This is part of making it possible to have an external (for  
updating etc) copy of a plugin that is also internal.

tim
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