Chapter 7. The XXE desktop application

Chapter 7. The XXE desktop application
	Part III. Deploying XXE

Table of Contents

1.1. Additional or alternative addon/ directories

There are not much to say about the deployment of the desktop application. Suffice to remember that installing a add-on “by hand” (as opposed to using Options → Install Add-ons in XMLmind XML Editor - Online Help) is done as follows:

Copy the directory containing the add-on to any of the two addon/ directory scanned by the desktop application during its startup. This scanning process is detailed in Section 1, “Dynamic discovery of add-ons”.
These two addon/ directories are XXE_install_dir/addon/ and XXE_user_preferences_dir/addon/. More information in What are the two addon/ directories of XMLmind XML Editor?.
Clear the Quick Start Cache.
This is normally done by using the Clear button found in Options → Preferences, Advanced|Cached data in XMLmind XML Editor - Online Help. However it's often quicker to simply delete the XXE_user_preferences_dir/cache/ directory.
Restart XXE.

What are the two addon/ directories of XMLmind XML Editor?

The two addon/ directories by the XMLmind XML Editor desktop application during its startup are:

XXE_install_dir/addon/

On Windows, XXE_install_dir, XXE installation directory, is something like C:\Program Files\XMLmind_XML_Editor\.

Installation directory on the Mac

	Installation directory on the Mac
On the Mac, if you have installed XXE using the `.dmg` distribution, the actual installation directory is found inside the `XMLmind.app` application bundle (that is, the “XMLEditor icon”). This actual installation directory is `XMLmind.app/Contents/Resources/xxe/`. If you want to see the contents of `XMLmind.app` —a special folder called an application bundle— please open a Finder window, right-click (or Ctrl+click) on the XMLmind.app icon and select "Show Package Contents" from the popup menu.

On the Mac, if you have installed XXE using the .dmg distribution, the actual installation directory is found inside the XMLmind.app application bundle (that is, the “XMLEditor icon”). This actual installation directory is XMLmind.app/Contents/Resources/xxe/.

If you want to see the contents of XMLmind.app —a special folder called an application bundle— please open a Finder window, right-click (or Ctrl+click) on the XMLmind.app icon and select "Show Package Contents" from the popup menu.

XXE_user_preferences_dir/addon/

Where XXE user preferences directory is:

$HOME/.xxe10/ on Linux.
$HOME/Library/Application Support/XMLmind/XMLEditor10/ on the Mac.
%APPDATA%\XMLmind\XMLEditor10\ on Windows. Example: C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\XMLmind\XMLEditor10\.
If you cannot see the "AppData" directory using Microsoft Windows File Manager, turn on Tools>Folder Options>View>File and Folders>Show hidden files and folders.