Re: Seahorse Nautlus actions volunteer

[Stef Walter <stefw collabora co uk>]

> On Jul 10, 2011 12:13 AM, "Rodrigo Silva" <rodrigosilva rodrigosilva com
> <mailto:rodrigosilva rodrigosilva com>> wrote:
>> Hi there Jim and Stef!
>>
>> I am fairly new to Linux world, but a long time C/C++/Java developer.
> While using seahorse's Nautilus actions (from seahorse-plugins package)
> in Linux Mint 10 (Ubuntu 10.10 based) I've found that Nautilus actions
> for "Sign" files are lacking many important features.

Hi there! Welcome. Glad to hear from you. Fine tuning these options
sound like a great plan.

>> While searching for them in Gnome's bugzilla, I've found that most of
> the features I miss were already requested, as in:
>>
>> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/seahorse/+bug/248479
>>
>> I added a comment there, with some info. But, since this is quite old
> (from 2006!), I guess you guys lack the time (or will) to do it.
>>
>> I gladly offer myself to do this then. I just want to know if this is
> actually possible / desirable / wanted. My goal is to improve the "Sign"
> action in nautilus, to provide the following features:
>>
>> - Sign...
>> - Detached binary (file.ext.sig) - equivalent of "gpg --detach-sign",
> currently the only option.
>> - Detached text (file.ext.asc) - equivalent of "gpg --detach-sign --armor"
>> - Non-Detached binary (file.ext.gpg) - equivalent of "gpg --sign"
>> - Non-Detached text (file.ext.asc) - equivalent of "gpg --clearsign"
> (-t --sign --armor), the gedit plugin way
>>
>> And perhaps a 5th option, useful for signing binary files with an
> ASCII output (for email or copy-and-paste):
>>
>> - Non-Detached binary-to-text (file.ext.asc) - "gpg --sign --armor"
>>
>> I could script them myself without seahorse, but then I would miss the
> useful GUIs for selecting key and choose recipient(s). Using zenity for
> that seems like waste of time, since it's already done, built in
> seahorse-tool.
>>
>> So, is this "improvement" needed or welcome? Am I reinventing the
> wheel? I'm open to suggestions and opinions.
>>
>> Also, last but not least, I'm sorry for directly contacting you, but
> since you're listed as Seahorse "usability and Interface" developer, I
> thought you would be the right person to talki about this. Care to give
> me instructions on how to proceed?

Are you going to add these to the GUI or just the seahorse-tool?

I know all of the above combinations are possible, but are they all
useful from the GUI?

Cheers,

Stef