Re: [anjuta-devel] Adding some filtering mechanism for plugin

[Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr>]

Hi Johannes,


Le 10/02/2013 00:37, Johannes Schmid a écrit :
> * Add an additional attribute to all .plugin files, like
> PluginCategory=gnome-c,gnome-python,gnome-js
> * Whitelist the plugins in the session file

I plan to use the first solution, adding an attribute to all .plugin 
file. I think it's useful to allow third parties to add their own plugins.


> Maybe
> it's better to define the session type in the session file and have
> additional metadata files that lists the plugins that should be
> supported in that session.

There are two objects involved in configuring Anjuta profile and session.

The profile is the list of loaded plugins which is composed of a default 
list and a user defined list. Then a anjuta project file is in fact 
another profile which is loaded instead of the current one.

The session contains the settings for all plugins, it is loaded when a 
new profile is loaded.


In my idea, I'm using only a custom profile for gnome, I don't change 
anything in the session, at least for the moment.


> Is there anything else beside the session
> name that needs to be considered by other plugins?

We need at least a name perhaps not the session name though, I don't 
know if we need more. Using a plugin allows to easily add more and 
doesn't change the core of Anjuta which is another important point for me.


Regards,

Sébastien