# Plugins - generators vs ...?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-generators-vs/118111>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 23, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-generators-vs/118111 "2007-10-23T23:27:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/plugins-generators-vs/118111/1 "2007-10-23T23:27:35Z")

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I’m working on a plugin that outputs Javascript suitable for digestion  
by Plotr:

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/chartr/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/chartr/)

And I wanted to copy in the plotr.js file as well as a suitable  
version of prototype.

My questions are:

1. Is creating a generator the best way of doing this? All I need to  
do is copy a few files, not create something with a name, which  
generators seem to want.

2. This prototype business is tricky. Plotr _needs_ 1.5.1, whereas  
Rails ships with 1.5.0. Any creative ideas on handling the conflict?

Thanks,  
Dave