Allow plugin pipeline aliases or simple plugins to be registered in the GUI #2257
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This PR introduces new aliases (ALIAS_PACK_UNPACK, ALIAS_PREDIFF, ALIAS_EDIT_SCRIPT) as plugin types, enabling users to register them through the GUI. Users can register a specified plugin pipeline (plugin name + arguments, or plugin names + arguments concatenated with a pipe) as an alias, which can then be invoked as a plugin. For instance, a plugin pipeline that extracts columns 5 to 100 from a text file, sorts them in ascending order, and performs a comparison can be registered as the alias
SelectColumn5100SortAscendingin the following window. Once registered, this alias can be invoked from the plugin menu.The alias for this plugin is saved in
APPDATA%\WinMerge\MergePlugins\Plugins.xml.Additionally, the PR facilitates the creation of simple plugins directly from the GUI.