[Github-comments] [geany-plugins] Projectorganizer: Add external directory is grayed out (#329)

[Jiří Techet]

@derba Alright, I remember now why I did it this way - the reason is psychological. I remember how Enrico and Frank were exposed to my plugin for the first time (without reading the manual which is what everyone else will do too) and the thing they wanted to do was to add files to the project. So they clicked the "Expand All" button (hey, there's a nice + button, this will surely add the files to the project!) and nothing happened. Conclusion: the plugin doesn't work.

The thing is that the plugin adds all files satisfying the given patterns into the project automatically and I'm a little worried people might do crazy things like adding stuff outside the project directory just because they don't see any files initially. So this is why there's the message and the buttons are disabled.

The main purpose of the plugin is to show files in the project directory - the external directories thing is just an additional (but often useful) feature. Your use case is pretty specific and actually you don't want a project with no files at all and lots of external directories - you want a project consisting of several subprojects - and this will be best achieved by making the symlinks (which should work now).

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