Re: [gedit-list] Plugin installation method

[Tom Metro <tmetro+gedit gmail com>]

DerekVeit wrote:
> Is there any plan to provide an easier standard plugin installation method?

I wondered about that too. I found the installation procedure to be 
pretty raw.


> For example, maybe an Add button in the Plugins preferences would let you
> select an appropriate archive file, or an appropriate archive file could be
> dragged onto the Gedit window.
>
> If this is not in the works, I might make a plugin for it.

If you pursue this, my recommendation would be to avoid inventing 
another packaging format. Pick .deb or .rpm, as you can get 
cross-distribution, if not cross-platform, tools for manipulating them.

 -Tom