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Reload a cinnamon extension or applet from the command line. Useful during extension/applet development. Replace the EXTENSION_UUID at the end of the command with your extensions UUID.
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reload_ext.sh
# replace the EXTENSION_UUID with your extension/applet/desklet name
# replace the APPLET with other types if you are not working with an applet
dbus-send --session --dest=org.Cinnamon.LookingGlass --type=method_call /org/Cinnamon/LookingGlass org.Cinnamon.LookingGlass.ReloadExtension string:'EXTENSION_UUID' string:'APPLET'
@claudiux
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Awesome! Thank you very much for this tip!

@amcolash
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amcolash commented Nov 5, 2020

perfect - my applet was not working at all. turns out removing / adding does not reload things, but this worked!

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meepak commented Dec 3, 2023

Thank you, I am finally able to create a proper quick touchscreen enable disable button within panel launcher because of this..

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