XSExtra - addin with a couple of handy commands

BradRobinson

I've knocked together a little addin for Xamarin Studio (also MonoDevelop I guess, untested) that adds two handy commands:

• Duplicate File (and search and replace contents at the same time)
• Edit Project/Solution As Text

Haven't really tested it much, but it's pretty simple and so far seems to be working fine on XS under Windows.

Get it here: https://github.com/toptensoftware/XSExtra

StuartLodge

Thanks for this...

On the untested part OSX part.

I don't seem to have a:

~/Library/Application Support/XamarinStudio-4.0/LocalInstall/Addins

And adding one didn't make anything happen

BradRobinson

Hrm... either the path is wrong, or the addin doesn't want to load under OSX for some reason (I'll check it out a bit later when I get a few moments). In the meantime, perhaps you can figure it out from the info here:

http://monodevelop.com/developers/articles/user_profiles

(scroll down to where it talks about Addins)

mhutch

Nice! Have you considered publishing it on the addin build server so it shows up in the addins manager?

BradRobinson

@Stuart: I've just tried this under OSX and it seems to work fine when I install like this:

mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/XamarinStudio-4.0/LocalInstall/Addins
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/XamarinStudio-4.0/LocalInstall/Addins
curl -OL https://github.com/toptensoftware/XSExtra/raw/master/out/XSExtra.dll

You can check if its loaded in Addin manager under "IDE Extensions".

@Mike: Happy to put it up there, though I might test it for a few days first. Also, the link you supplied doesn't seem to work - no response.

Also, I fixed a couple of little issues, so please download again.

LluisSanchez

@BradRobinson: the correct link is http://addins.monodevelop.com

BradRobinson

Thanks Lluis, I'll check it out.