Re: [pdfmod] requesting your input on releases, etc

[CaStarCo <castarco gmail com>]

I don't think to make PDF Mod a Evince Plugin is a good idea. :p .
Usually the people don't edit the PDF files, and PDF Mod seams very
complex to made it a plugin.

In the other hand, i don't think PDF Mod can be included in the GNOME
Desktop because the usage of Mono. I don't know if it's easy or
difficult to port it to Vala  (I think it's difficult but I haven't
proofs), in that case will be more easy to include PDF Mod in Gnome.

2009/8/6 Brett Alton <brett jr alton gmail com>:
>> == Other ==
>> Any opinions on proposing pdfmod for inclusion in the GNOME desktop?
>> Sandy, I'd be especially interested in your input on this.
>>
>> Any other advice, input, or questions?
>
> I haven't been on this mailing list for long, so please excuse my
> ignorance if I raise such dialogue, but what are the possibilities of
> making pdf-mod a plugin _of_ Evince?
>
> The reason I raise this question - and raise it again as many have
> asked before - is because a couple people were suggesting Evince be
> merged with pdf-mod (or give pdf-mod the capabilities of Evince) while
> others were pushing for pdf-mod to stay as it's own separate entity
> and neither of these choices seem like a good idea to me.
>
> The reason I don't believe this is a good idea is Evince is already a
> PDF viewer. pdf-mod is a PDF editor. Why keep the two separated? To me
> that feels like having OpenOffice.org or Abiword as a program to view
> documents and having another program to edit them (e.g.
> openoffice.org-edit or abiword-edit). It just doesn't sit well to me
> to have two separate programs that are so closely related.
>
> That being said, I do understand the obvious answer that Evince is C
> and pdf-mod is C#, but I always hear programming speaking of 'hooks'
> and 'plugins'. I'm not a programmer at the moment, although I am
> entering Computer Science come September, but if pdf-mod could be
> modified enough to be a hook or a plugin, I think it would see a much
> greater chance at the prospects of inclusion in GNOME.
>
> C# haters be damned. Real programmers know it's a great programming
> language and Banshee is looking to be included in the default Ubuntu
> desktop, while they hired the lead GNOME-Do developer and already
> support Tomboy and F-Spot as a default. I don't think you'll have a
> problem with C#, at least with Ubuntu.
>
> Again, I'm purely a user, but what are the possibilities of that?
>
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