Re: Nautilus-actions, Nautilus-scripts and Nautilus Extensions

[RUAUDEL Frédéric <ruaudel embl fr>]

Hi there,

 For those who doesn't know, I'm the main author of Nautilus-actions :)

John Stowers wrote:

> [snip] 
>
> I am prepared to implement these suggestions I would like peoples 
> feedback on what is the better approach. I have two current ideas.
>  
> Option 1)
> Add an additional tab in the Nautilus preferencs. This tab contains a 
> listbox listing the installed nautilus extensions AND scripts (but 
> making no visual distinction between the two). Each extension/script 
> can be enabled via a checkbox. There is also Add, Remove, and 
> Configure buttons.
>  
> The configure button is enabled for all extensions that implement the 
> (new) NautilusConfigureExtension interface and provides a way to 
> prevent nautilus extensions needing their own seperate configuration 
> tool like nautilus-actions currenlty does.
>  

This is a great news that I'm happy to learn. In which version of 
nautilus was it implemented ? 2.14 ?

I don't have a lot of time to give to Nautilus-actions at the moment, 
but I would be glad to help you implement this in n-a.

> The Add and Remove buttons allow better discoverability of the 
> extensions(and scripts) functionality to users and provide a simple 
> way to install and remove scripts and extensions.
>  
> Option 2)
> Create a NautilusPreferencePage interface to allow individual nautilus 
> extensions to host their configuration pages in the nautlus 
> preferences dialog.
>  
> What are peoples thoughts on this? I will create some visual mockups 
> based upon feeback if you like.
>  

For my part, both options is ok for me. The most it is integrated, the 
best is it for the final users.

Best regards,

Fred
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