Tools menu
Miscellaneous functions
Note
The Tools menu can be extended by plugins to add more features.
Plugin manager
Display and manage installed plugins
With Tools > Plugin manager, you can open the Installed plugins dialog.
Successfully installed plugins are displayed black on white by default.
Outdated plugins are grayed out.
Plugins that cannot run are displayed in red, with an error message.
- How to update a plugin
Select the plugin you want to update. If the Home page button is activated, you can click on it, and your system browser opens the plugin home page. Otherwise, you have to know the source of the plugin yourself.
Go to the plugin home page and download the latest release. Install it according to the instructions.
- How to uninstall a plugin
Select the plugin, and click on the Delete button.
About version compatibility
On the window frame, you see the novelibre version, consisting of three numbers that are separated by points.
<major version number>.<minor version number>.<patch level>
In the novelibre API column, you see the plugin’s compatibility information, consisting of two numbers that are separated by points.
<major version number>.<minor version number>
- The rule for compatibility
The plugin’s novelibre API major version number must be the same as novelibre’s major version number.
The plugin’s novelibre API minor version number must be less than or equal to novelibre’s minor version number.
- Fix incompatibilities
If the plugin’s novelibre API major version number is greater than novelibre’s major version number, novelibre needs to be updated.
If the plugin’s novelibre API major version number is less than novelibre’s major version number, the plugin needs to be updated.
If the plugin’s novelibre API minor version number is greater than novelibre’s minor version number, novelibre needs to be updated.
Open installation folder
Launch the file manager
With Tools > Open installation folder, you can launch the file manager with the novelibre installation folder. This might come in handy if you wish to edit configuration files, or install your own plugins.