Re: Reg. modifying GTK+ to add menu option

[Sindhu S <sindhus live in>]

Thank you! Hope I can implement this keeping intact the original features
as thought of.


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com> wrote:

> I'm unsure how best to implement this, but I would love this feature!
> Thanks for working on it.
>
> On 04/10/2013 09:25 AM, Sindhu S wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am Sindhu, a recent intern through the Outreach Program for Women 2013
> > for which I wrote user help for GNOME Terminal and GNOME Dictionary. I
> want
> > to continue contributing to GNOME as part of Google Summer of Code, but
> my
> > idea will require making some patches to GTK+.
> >
> > My idea is that GNOME users would benefit from a right click menu option
> to
> > look-up meanings of words right from inside their applications, without
> > having to rely on external tools and websites. When user highlights a
> word,
> > right clicks and selects "Look Up" option, the Popup bubble will show the
> > definition adjacent to the text, making it distraction free and improving
> > user productivity. This feature exists in OSX.
> >
> > This is my first attempt at coding and am building a proof-of-concept of
> > how the functionality will be from a user’s perspective, and to better
> > explain what I am trying to do.
> >
> >
> > Screenshots:
> >
> > http://i.imgur.com/6QPBE7H.png
> >
> > http://i.imgur.com/RzPRRms.png
> >
> > Source: https://bitbucket.org/sindhus/gnome-look-up
> >
> > I have also made a small patch to add a LookUp menu item to GTK+, which
> > launches GNOME Dictionary with the selected word:
> >
> > http://fpaste.org/PWms/
> >
> > I want to add this to GTK+ because it will automatically benefit every
> > GNOME Application, and have consistency for the user. I feel that the
> > look-up context menu item makes sense to be enabled for the following
> > Widgets:
> >
> > GTKTextView
> > GTKEntry
> > GTKSourceView
> > GTKWebkit
> >
> > I understand the implications of adding a new context menu item, which
> will
> > affect GTK Applications on multiple platforms - some of which will not
> have
> > support for GNOME Dictionary, so this functionality will be disabled by
> > default. It can be an opt-in functionality on a per-application basis or
> > activated globally during compile time (For distribution developers).
> >
> > However, if the GTK Application Developers are aware of this
> functionality,
> > and feel it benefits their Application’s users, then should be able to
> > enable it easily.
> >
> > Can you please answer my following questions:
> >
> > 1. Do you feel this is functionality is useful? (regardless of the path I
> > proposed to accomplish it)
> > If yes, is there a more appropriate way of adding this functionality?
> >
> > 2. Do you have any suggestions or ideas on how this functionality could
> be
> > achieved alternatively that is, without having to modify GTK+?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > _______________________________________________
> > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list
> > gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
>
> _______________________________________________
> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list
> gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list