Load plugins from path in environment variable

[benjaminjeliot]

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to load custom plugins from a path specified in an environment variable?

For example:
VISIT_CUSTOM_PLUGIN_PATH=/mypath/plugina:/mypath/pluginb

I am looking for a way to deploy VisIt and custom plugins built with Spack.

If this is not currently possible, I would be willing to try adding in this functionality.

Best regards,
Jim

[markcmiller86]

@benjaminjeliot if you follow this procedure for creating a custom plugin, it should just work. Ultimately, custom plugin get installed to $VUSER_HOME/<visit-version>/<visit-arch>/plugins/operators/ where $VUSER_HOME is ~/.visit on Linux and other paths on other plaforms.