CODEWITHSUNDEEP
atom-editor
user3605508
user3605508

Reputation: 303

Where are default atom packages?

I'm looking to remove/modify the autocomplete-plus package that is bundled together with atom on install.

After a while of struggling and failing, I come to the wisdom of stack-overflow for how I can either:

  1. Modify behaviour of autocomplete-plus
  2. prevent it from loading in the first place (i.e. remove it from the bundle)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3817

Answers (2)

idleberg
idleberg

Reputation: 12882

The default packages are stored inside an asar file (i.e. Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar on macOS), so it's highly impractical to tamper with its contents, not to mention that your changes are getting lost with each Atom update.

Since you haven't given us a reason why you would want to do that, there is no ideal answer to your question. Generally speaking, I think there are better alternatives:

  1. Disable the autocomplete-plus package and install your fork as you would install any other package. The Atom API offers ways to disable packages programmatically, if you want your fork to handle this.

  2. Build your own custom version of Atom that suits your needs. The default packages are listed as packageDependencies in package.json.

Upvotes: 1

ajxs
ajxs

Reputation: 3618

You can go to edit->preferences in the main menu, then check under 'packages' in the left-hand menu, search for 'autocomplete-plus' and then click on 'disable.

Upvotes: 0

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