Re: [gedit-list] Plugins

[Ludo <ludootje linux be>]

Hi all!

On 4/24/06, Jesse van den Kieboom <jesse icecrew nl> wrote:
> Op ma, 24-04-2006 te 15:00 +0200, schreef Paolo Borelli:
> > A project plugin sounds all nice and fine. Interdependent plugins is a
> > can of worms I am not really eager to open, so IMHO the longer we resist
> > this temptation, the better.
>
> I disagree. I think we should tackle this problem sooner then later.
> I've argued before that I'd like to have inter-plugin communication
> possibilities. Python plugins don't need any changes to be able to make
> use of each other. I understand that dependencies involves a lot more
> than just letting one plugin call stuff at another plugin, but in my
> opinion a lot of plugins can make use of the project information in a
> project plugin.

I very much agree with this. While I understand Paolo's view, I also
think interdependent plugins is a good way to go. This could
facilitate plugin development a lot, IMHO. Isn't the treeview thing a
plugin too? If so, Kevin Kubasik's proposed solution for cvs/svn
wouldn't be possible either, right?


On 4/24/06, Jesse van den Kieboom <jesse icecrew nl> wrote:
> Op ma, 24-04-2006 te 18:36 +0200, schreef Steve Frécinaux:
> > I think it will be quite difficult. Just think of your proposed
> > categories... I thing that many plugins will be present in both app dev
> > and web dev... Maybe allow multiple categories ?

> Maybe that would work, but Paolo doesn't seem to be happy with the
> idea :) So I guess no categories for the moment.

If categories are added, multiple categories should really be
possible, IMHO. As for whether or not categories is a good idea, I
guess it can be useful if done right, but Paolo has a point saying
that this doesn't always work out very well. Since the number of
plugins (and contributors) will probably be limited with Gedit, I'd
think it's feasible though. But I don't have very strong feelings
about this subject, as, like Paolo said, managing uncategorized
plugins shouldn't be too hard.

Great work on Gedit & the plugins btw, I very much like the path Gedit
has taken.

Cheers,
A happy Gedit user.