So... you're suggesting D-Bus? 2011/5/8 Erick Pérez <erick....@gmail.com>
> Hi: > > I hope the term for proposing stuff to Gnome 3.2 isn't over yet, It > took me a while to made my mind about this. > So here it goes: > > What I think Gnome needs now: > A centralized, gnome controlled place for applications to > share/offers actions: I think this might me more easy to understand by > using examples. > > Example 1: > I'm reading a pdf file in Evince, and I want to look for a > word > definition on Dictionary. Evince could look at this central place of > apps services, and send Dictionary a signal to look for the word > selected and show a window with the results. > Example 2: > I want jump list in Gnome, Gnome-Shell would look at this > place and > for every application in my favorite list would retrieve the suitable > actions for place in the jump list > Example 3: QuickLook apple-like, I'm looking for a file in nautilus, > and nautilus would look at this place for an app that can show me a > preview of this file-type and fire it. > > I think I made my point. > There still some definitions left. > 0. More than anything, It would be necessary to define some verbs for > applications to use it to understand each others > 1. App could offers services based on file, clipboard content, etc. > 2. App could offers services based file type > 3. We should define a way for apps to get the results of and operation > back, no matters is a true or false, or a file packed, or something > else > 3. Gnome will need some way to manage the apps actions offered, and > some way to prevent ones and allows others > > Finally, what I'm thinking of is something very alike to Contractor > elementary module > < > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/contractor-brings-seamless-file-sharing-between-apps-to-the-linux-desktop/ > > > but I want something more general, not just file, but others stuff > too, not even sharing, but doing something for me, sending tweets, > cropping pictures, converting ebooks, etc. Giving the ability of > application to communicate each other is one step to make the Gnome > Desktop a more consistent and integrated ecosystem. > There's one thing to note, the underlying structure, the code bits, > are a lot ahead since dbus exist already and I can't think of a better > way to handle communication > > Now: Which is the course from here. > I'm ready to collaborate programming or doing something else > > Erick > > -- > El derecho de expresar nuestros pensamientos tiene algún significado > tan sólo si somos capaces de tener pensamientos propios. > El miedo a la libertad, Erich Fromm > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
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