[Req] Improvement of plugin installer descriptions

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[Req] Improvement of plugin installer descriptions

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Right now the description sting in the pluginst.inf in plugin archives can only be 256 characters long and the use of linebreaks is not supported.

It would be nice if the string could at least be the double length and if linebreaks in the form of "\n" could be supported - maybe also tabs in the form of "\t" s.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

Sorry, I prefer not to increase it, because then these plugins would cause problems with older versions of TC. But maybe I will add an About or Readme button, so the plugin could specify a readme file for the installation...
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Well, if I do make a description string that is longer than 256 chars, and if I do use \n in that string, currently the only thing that happens is that only the first 256 chars are shown and \n is just show as it is - so that would also be what happens with older versions of TC - and it would be up to the plugin writer to decide whether he/she can accept that or not. Nothing will malfunction.
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ghisler(Author) wrote:Sorry, I prefer not to increase it, because then these plugins would cause problems with older versions of TC.
what about providing new key for multiline description e.g MLDescription, and gives this new key hight periorty. This will not affects older TC versions
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