micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

wrong directory name in plugin example

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Description

As far as I can tell, the name of a plugin directory has to match the name of the Lua script: If the script is called myscript.lua, then the directory has to be myscript, not myscript-plugin as indicated in the help file:

https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/56c1f75bad017a817e7ecf7e5b3bb0df7c4a8623/runtime/help/plugins.md?plain=1#L16-L22

With a wrong directory name the plugin won't work.

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Open runtime/help/plugins.md at the linked lines and compare the documented plugin directory name with the Lua script naming described in the issue. Update the example so the directory name is correct, then verify that the help text no longer instructs users to use the non-working name.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Quiet
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Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
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