Add-on folder with readable names

AnkiWeb addon 519936472

Creates a configurable folder of symlinks named after Anki add-ons, linking to numeric add-on folders, but does not work on Windows.
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Rating
8 (👍 8 · 👎 0)
Updated
2020-03-07
Anki versions
2.1.20~
Description language
en

Maintenance

abandoned

  • Last update or commit was 1677 days before the snapshot (2022-02-27).

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README

Having readable add-on folder

Rationale

The add-ons folder contains one folder by add-on. Each folder's name is a string of digit. This is quite horrible for a human who want to go read or edit the code of an add-on.

Thus, this add-on create another folder, containing symlinks with the name of the add-on to the add-on folder.

Warning

This does not work on windows. Because this add-ons create symbolic links, and windows can't create them without admin privilege.

Usage

Install this add-on and start anki. That's all. The symlinks are created while anki start. If you install a new add-on, it's symlink won't be created untill you restart anki.

Note also that symlinks are not deleted. Thus a symlink may break if you delete an add-on. (TODO: change that ?)

Configuration

By default the new folder is in the same folder than the original addons directory. You can change this directory in newFolder.

The name of the new folder, by default, is "namedAddons", it can also be changed.

Version 2.0

None

Links, licence and credits

Key Value
Copyright Arthur Milchior arthur@milchior.fr
Based on Anki code by Damien Elmes anki@ichi2.net
License GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
Source in https://github.com/Arthur-Milchior/anki-readable-addons-folders
Addon number 519936472