Add-ons (install)
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What is an Add-on?
Add-ons are well-known from applications like Firefox, LibreOffice. They are used as extensions and for customization. They can provide a single function, bound to a menu item or much more. Add-ons are not necessarily provided by the Freeplane core developers. Anybody can write an add-on! (see the add-on developer documentation).
Installing an add-on
The add-on has the form of a mind map with the special suffix .addon.mm. To install the package via a single click you need Freeplane version v1.2.10_05 or later.
With slightly older versions you have to follow this procedure:
- In Freeplane select Tools > Add-ons > Search add-ons > Visit add-on page
- Search your add-on; choose download
- Save the add-on on your computer, e.g. on the desktop
- Select Tools > Addons > Search and install
- Select directory icon; find and select the file you just downloaded (e.g. on your desktop)
- Select Install
- Restart Freeplane
You will find the new command in the menu. (For instance "Insert Inline Image" can be found under Edit->Node extensions and it will have the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+i.)
Here are the first packages, for use with Beta or preview versions only:
Packages
Insert Inline Image
by Volker Börchers and Rickenbroc
Asks for an URL and inserts an HTML <img> tag at the end of the node's text. If the node is not already an HTML node it will be converted. Known from the example scripts page. The new menu item can be found under Edit->Extensions and it is bound to Control+Shift+i.
Old Icons Theme
This little theme add-on installs the old (pre 1.2.9) link icons (Link.png and LinkLocal.png).
User Icons
by Predrag Cuklin
This add-on adds standard Freeplane icons under User icons in bigger size (24 px) and adds other icons (computer, more office icons...).
Packages for developers
Add-on Developer Tools
This add-on collects some utilities that script and/or add-on developers will find useful. The new functions are available under Tools -> Development Tools. Among other:
- Check Add-on: Adds all standard nodes, attributes and notes to the current map. Can be used with an empty Map to create an add-on skeleton.
- Release Add-on: It copies the <addon>.mm to <addon>-<version>.mm and updates the script node's context from the files lying around.
- freeplane.dsld: Adds Eclipse editor support for predefined script bindings such as node, c, ui, textUtils, ...
- Insert Binary: Asks for a file to insert as text of the current node (BASE64 encoded).
