Add a page on managing editor features (#5489)

Co-authored-by: Rémi Verschelde <[email protected]>

tutorials/editor/index.rst

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    external_editor
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+Managing editor features
+------------------------
+
+Godot allows you to remove features from the editor. This may be useful if you're
+an educator trying to ease students into the editor slowly, or if you're working on
+a project that's only 2D or only 3D and don't want to see what you don't need.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+   :name: toc-editor-features
+
+   managing_editor_features

tutorials/editor/managing_editor_features.rst

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+.. _doc_managing_editor_features:
+
+Managing editor features
+========================
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+In certain situations, it may be desirable to limit what features can be used
+in the Godot editor. For example, a UI designer on a team who doesn't need to
+see 3D features, or an educator slowly introducing features to students. Godot
+has a built in system called "feature profiles" to do this.
+
+With feature profiles, major features and nodes can be hidden from the editor.
+This only hides parts of the interface and does not actually remove support for
+these features, so scenes and scripts relying on those features will still work fine.
+This also means feature profiles are not an optimization technique. For
+information on how to optimize Godot see :ref:`_doc_performance`.
+
+Creating a profile
+------------------
+
+To manage editor features go to **Editor > Manage Editor Features**. This
+will open the **Manage Editor Feature Profiles** window. By default there
+will be no profile. Click on **Create Profile** and give it a name. You will
+then see a list of all the features in the Godot editor.
+
+..img:: img/configure_profile.png
+
+The first section allows major editor features to be removed, such as the 3D
+editor or scripting editor. Below the main features is every class and node in
+Godot, which can be disabled as well. Click on a node and all of its properties
+and options will be listed in the **Extra Items** box, these can all be
+individually disabled.
+
+..img:: img/node_features.png
+
+Sharing a profile
+-----------------
+
+To share profiles between editors click on the **Export** button. Save the custom
+profile somewhere as a ``.profile`` file. To use this in another editor open that
+editor's **Manage Editor Feature Profiles** window and click import, then select the
+``.profile`` file.
+
+This process is potentially cumbersome however if a large amount of computers need
+custom profiles. As an alternative, you can enable self-contained mode for Godot,
+which allows putting all editor configuration in the same folder as the editor binary.
+See :ref:`doc_data_paths_self_contained_mode` for details.

tutorials/performance/index.rst

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+.. _doc_performance:
+
 Performance
 ===========