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286        <h2><a href="/blog/2019/03/09/planned-future-features" class="dark-link">Planned Future Features</a></h2>
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289   Posted by <span class="meta-author">David Erceg</span>
290  <span class="meta-date">on March 9, 2019.</span>
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295        <p>There are three key features planned for future versions of Explorer++, all of which have had some work done:</p>
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305   Posted by <span class="meta-author">David Erceg</span>
306  <span class="meta-date">on March 9, 2019.</span>
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311        <p>It’s now been just over 6 years since the last stable release of Explorer++. In that time, there have been a significant number of changes to the code, though no new releases.</p>
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318        <h2><a href="/blog/2019/03/09/a-plugin-system-for-explorer++" class="dark-link">A Plugin System for Explorer++</a></h2>
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322  <span class="meta-date">on March 9, 2019.</span>
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327        <p>I’ve recently been working on a plugin system for Explorer++. It’s still in development, but this post describes some of the goals of the system and the current functionality that’s offered.</p>
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343        <p><a href="https://v8.dev/">V8 </a> is the JavaScript engine developed for and used within Chrome. It’s powerful and fast, though seemingly complex to embed within existing C++ applications. The V8 internal API changes over time and keeping up to date with those changes can be challenging.</p>
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384						<p>Explorer++ is a small and fast file manager for Windows. With tabs, bookmarks and advanced file operations, it
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