Re: [jokosher-devel] Necessary new extension method

[Laszlo Pandy <laszlok2 gmail com>]

David Corrales wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> While fixing bug #134181 (Mixdown actions don't display if user doesn't 
> have Pidgin running) I came across a problem in our current extension 
> system.
>
> Currently, our mechanism tries to load every extension blindly, that is, 
> if it finds it then it gets loaded. I suggest we add a new obligatory 
> method so that extensions can check if the system provides what they 
> need to run. It can be called something like "CheckDependencies()" which 
> returns a tuple (bool, string): (true, "") if all went good, (false, 
> "Error A, Error B, Error C") if it fails.
>
> This would allow Jokosher to inform the user if the extension was found 
> but couldn't be loaded, like the pidgin case. The GUI would then grey 
> out the option and set an error box or tooltip.

Which GUI would grey out? Wouldn't it be better not to show the GUI at 
all? Because afaik you can't have tooltips on greyed out items.

Laszlo