Changes to the plugin_dir option are now taken into account on runtime

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/core.py b/src/core.py
index 74b12d0c..b6992cc5 100644
--- a/src/core.py
+++ b/src/core.py
@@ -1993,6 +1993,9 @@ class Core(object):
         # Remove all gaptabs if switching from gaps to nogaps
         if option == 'create_gaps' and value.lower() == 'false':
             self.tabs = list(filter(lambda x: bool(x), self.tabs))
+        elif option == 'plugins_dir':
+            path = os.path.expanduser(value)
+            self.plugin_manager.on_plugins_dir_change(path)
         self.information(msg, 'Info')
 
     def completion_set(self, the_input):
diff --git a/src/plugin_manager.py b/src/plugin_manager.py
index 4c3007cc..ef0fae08 100644
--- a/src/plugin_manager.py
+++ b/src/plugin_manager.py
@@ -262,3 +262,10 @@ class PluginManager(object):
         completion function that completes the name of the plugins that are loaded
         """
         return the_input.auto_completion(list(self.plugins.keys()), '', quotify=False)
+
+    def on_plugins_dir_change(self, new_value):
+        global plugins_dir
+        if plugins_dir in sys.path:
+            sys.path.remove(plugins_dir)
+        sys.path.append(new_value)
+        plugins_dir = new_value