package-switch

Easy and Fast package activation/deactivation

Features

• Enable/disable packages without having to navigate settings-view
• Put multiple packages into Bundles to enable/disable them all at once
• Store local bundles in .package-switch.json files
• Auto-execute local bundle if only one project is active
• Save and restore package states to save start-up time
• package-switch is very fast and loads in 8ms.

Usage

Create a Bundle

1. Run package-switch:create
2. Each package has one of three "actions" (Select a package and press Enter to cycle through them):

• Ignored (/) packages do not change when a bundle is executed
• Added (+) packages will be enabled
• Removed (-) packages will be disabled

3. Press Escape once you've finished your list ( to abort: Press Escape twice )
4. A new dialog box will open where you enter the name of your bundle
5. Press Enter to create the bundle

Execute a Bundle/Package

1. Run package-switch:start-packages or package-switch:stop-packages
2. Select the Bundle/Package

• Added (+) packages will be enabled
• Removed (-) packages will be disabled
• package-switch:stop-packages does the opposite of package-switch:start-packages

"Auto-enable" packages

To auto-enable packages you have to create a local configuration file called .package-switch.json in your project's root folder. This config file can store one bundle that will be executed when Atom starts in the project folder.

"Auto-disable" packages

You may want to enable as few packages at startup as possible in order to reduce Atom's startup time. When "Save and restore packages" is enabled, you can define a blacklist or whitelist for packages. By default, all entries in "Package States" will be disabled when you close Atom, which means that, when you restart, these packages will be disabled and not waste start-up time.

You can invert "Package States" (and thus create a whitelist) by enabling "Invert Package States". package-switch with a whitelist will disable ALL packages except those in "Package States", as well as tree-view, settings-view, tabs and command-palette if a local config file could not be found and package-switch itself (because just core Atom is pretty much unusable). If you provide a local config file then make sure that the important core modules stay enabled. It is also recommended to enable "Do not disable language packages", so you don't have to micro-manage every grammar.

A wrong whitelist configuration can render Atom unusable because even atom --safe adheres to this package's rules!!!!

Debugging

Global bundles are stored in ~/.atom/package-switch.bundles or your OS-equivalent. Include this file in bug reports if you think the bug is in this file. Local configuration files can be opened as a text editor by right-clicking the file in tree-view and clicking on Open as Text.

Roadmap

• Replacing atom-space-pen-views with atom-select-list and other new packages
• Typing for variables

Contributing

• Let me know if you encounter any bugs.
• Feature requests are always welcome.