Unregistering a file type not getting applied
Hi,
For my plugin I need to be able to dynamically unregister a file type during runtime. I have tried using all the different methods(unregister.. and remove.. methods) in the FileManger singleton.
It seems to have worked in some isolated cases in the past. I do not get any errors and the disabled state is getting set because if I stop and restart IDEA the disabled setting is there and the syntax highlighting on that file type is not happening.
Is there maybe some other call I need to make so that the change in file types is applied to the running application?
thanks,
Florian
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It not goot to unregister file types. Just create your own with patterns you needed, if it allowed, then your file type withh override standard one. But if it not alowed - you will get no ride.
What I am currently doing is as follows:
-Upon loading my plug-in registers a file type for *.txt file. This replaces the PlainTextFileType that is registered by default. I don't unregister anything.
-Since I am overriding a common file type I do not want to impose this on the user. So I have added a configuration panel where the syntax highlighting can be turned off when not wanted. disabling in the config panel should remove the file type registering
-"Disabling" works but it requires an IDEA restart so that the change is picked-up.
- Enabling is picked-up without having to restart
So in the end I am able to change the default file type to my custom file type but I can not remove my own file-type to return the default one.
And I have this problem whether or not I unregister old then register new or simply register the new and expecting the old to be over-written.
What I would like to understand is why I can over-ride the file type once but not more?
thanks,
Florian