When I report some performance issues or bugs I am often asked to turn off the plugins and test stuff without them. Unfortunately, sometimes reporting and describing the issue is time-consuming, and in addition, going through this plugin off-on process is too much (if I want to stick to actual work).
Notice problem - test it - turn off the list of plugins - close Rhino
Restart Rhino - test without plugins - turn on the list of plugins - close Rhino
Start Rhino again and get back to work
I can’t use Safe Mode because it doesn’t have the same Display Modes.
Is there a way to start a new Rhino instance without selected plugins? Such like with some programs I can add text to the shortcut icon and start the program in the selected language.
If it is not possible - it’s my wish. It will make reporting problems a bit easier.
Toggling plugins on/off means that there is something wrong, so I might be slightly irritated, if you add to it that I need toggle plugins one by one… it makes things worse.
Helping with reporting problems would be much easier if I could start e.g. 10 Rhino instances at once where each instance would have a different set of 5 plugins enabled. I would quickly go through all instances and check for any differences between them. I don’t know if it’s technically possible, or what else exactly could be improved.
McNeel uses customer feedback and some help for the amateur QA personnel would be appreciated, right now tracking issues takes too much time especially since there are so many of them.
As far as I know plug-ins are installed globally for all instances of Rhino, there is no way to have one active in one instance and not in another. I could wish for that too, it would be nice if schemes could open Rhino with different sets of plug-ins running.
