I want to add a custom menu to Unity IDE

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I want to add a new custom menu to the UNITY IDE so that i can run custom scripts to package the application rather than packing it in the way that unity provides.

Basically i want to extend the functionality of Unity IDE something similar to a plugin development for eclipse.

I came to know about Editor scripts but it seems these are used for making new windows only.
Also the plugins in unity is a different concept and it is used in extending the flash functionality.

I am new to Unity so please guide me even if it is something very easy.

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In any class derived from EditorWindow you can ignore the window stuff and just make a menu:

 [MenuItem("Window/SubMenu/Click Me", false, 0)]
 static void DoSomething()
 {
 }

You can also add to the context menu/create new item menu etc.

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Does this mean that the custom menu's are limited to a single project in which that script resides. Can we write a script which can be used for all the projects that are being created in the IDE i.e MenuItems similar to the one that IDE currently has (File/Build & Run) which is same for all the projects being created.

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Only if you include the scripts or compile them into a DLL which is placed in the new project.

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Normally you make a set of packages that you use to import common scripts into new projects. Turn on .meta files if you do this to try and keep the versions together.

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Thanks WhyDoidoit. As of now i don't know about the concept of meta files and creating dll for a single script. I have to investigate more.

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