Re: [gedit-list] Filebrowser Pane Plugin - in development

[Paolo Borelli <pborelli katamail com>]

David Jonas wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>   

Hi David!

> First, thanks for the quality product. The new mdi is working out just
> fine for me. I have been using it for quite awhile.
>
> I'm working on a filebrowser pane plugin for gedit. This is my first
> real Gtk project and my first real gnome contribution. I'm pretty far
> along on it, and I thought I would let the list know. Just so you know
> I'm serious, here's a screenshot:
>
> http://www.splitretina.com/gedit-plugins/
>
>   
This is awesome!

This is definately one of the usecases we planned for the sidepane and I 
am really happy to see work done in this direction.

Let me also note that Marcus Leyman (who I CC'ed) some time ago was 
working on something similar, though he seems to have disappeared lately.

> My basic idea is to build a filebrowser pane widget then just connect
> that widget to gedit with the plugin api. This way I can do my
> development in a simple test app and drop it into the gedit framework
> later. At one point I had it going in gedit with the plugin patch
> provided with ctags, but I haven't touched that in awhile.
>
> I'm currently formatting the code for public consumption, it should be
> ready soon. I'd like some good feedback, as critical as possible since I
> want to learn to do this right from the beginning. Any pointers now
> would be appreciated. 
>
>   
Developing a test widget seems like a great idea.
With regard to the code, I'll be happy to take a look at the source a 
provide comments and suggestions. Btw, did you chose C or python for the 
plugin?
One thing that I can say from the start is that the plugin should use 
the async gnome-vfs api, in order to not block the UI while fectching 
remote dirs.

> I do have a lot of questions too that I'm not sure where to have
> answered. For example, I'm looking into integrating the "Places" menu
> item just like it is in Nautilus, with the bookmarks, but I don't even
> know where to begin. Getting the icons for the mimetypes gave me
> headache, I ended up using the Galeon code as an example to work from.
> I'm still not 100% sure I'm doing it right. 
>
>   
For any questions the best way to get an answer is asking them ;)

Feel free to drop by in #gedit on irc.gnome.org, we'll be happy to 
answer any question.

> Also, I'd be more than happy to write documentation on the plugin API
> and a tutorial if someone else can provide me with the info (and correct
> me when I'm wrong). Unfortunately, I don't know anything about python,
> so I won't be much help there (although I should probably learn).
>
>   

Yes, I planned to do some docs myself... if only there were 30 hours a 
day :)
Maybe we should just start a wiki page so that everyone can write some 
bits and pieces.


ciao
   Paolo