On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 13:42 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: > On 16 May 2011, at 12:18, Luca Ferretti wrote: > > > Also, what about content handler/previewer? I remember this similar > > feature on mac os provides a dedicated API and policy allowing third > > parties to provide their own "previewers" (i.e. gimp should/could > > provide the plugin to allow previewing of xcf files) > > On that note, one of the most useful things about the OS X equivalent > (QuickLook) is that it comes with plug-ins out of the box for > third-party apps that you don't necessarily have installed. > > In particular, this makes it possible to view the content of most > simple .doc, .ppt, .xls files etc. without ever having to install any > office software (Microsoft's or otherwise). It would certainly be > great to see that functionality in GNOME, as I'm sure a lot of people > (like me) only ever really use Libre/OpenOffice to read the occasional > annoying .doc attachment.
[ Note that office documents (both OpenDocument and MSOffice formats) viewing is currently supported in Sushi by using unoconv(1) to convert them to a temporary PDF and using the Evince plugin to view them ] Yes, it's currently possible for 3rd-party applications to provide custom plugins, and they would basically be treated exactly in the same way as a built-in one. Though I'd ideally see plugins for the most commonly used formats all in the main tree (git master actually has a pretty complete viewer set now), and I'm not providing any kind of API warranty, at least for the time being. Cheers, Cosimo _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list