You're right. I wrote the googlespell add-on a long time ago, and it was simply a 'search' that required more than a single .xml.
Needless to say, I don't use googlespell anymore. :/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kim Gräsman > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:46 AM > To: DQSD users mailing list > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Addons > > Hi guys, > > I wonder if addons are simply searches that require additional files, > beyond the .xml spec? It seems so, looking at the existing ones. Other > than that, I don't see how being an addon would allow greater reach > than a search, except perhaps by convention. > > I think that's it, anyway: an addon is a search with additional > "stuff", be it COM components (timesync), a group of related searches > (genealogy), web service wrappers (googlespell), that won't fit in a > single xml file. > > Thanks for the usage statistics :) > > - Kim > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 20:49, Steve Babineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Kim. > > > > I'm not well-versed yet in DSDQ, but as far as I'm aware, "addons" > > allow you to get to areas on your system that searches do not. I'm > > guessing that the iptools addon could be re-written as a search, but I > > didn't (don't) know any better. :) > > > > -Steve. > > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Kim Gräsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hi Steve, > >> > >> I noticed from the e-mail archives that we discussed this back in > >> April. It had totally slipped my mind... > >> > >> How does an addon differ from a search? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> - Kim > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 15:54, Steve Babineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> That one comes from me I think :) I use it as well... > >>> > >>> -Steve. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Kim Gräsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>>> Hi Bill, > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 14:46, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I only have ShowIP (ShowIP Ext) installed in /addons for the latest > >>>>> release of DQSD. It is working, and I find useful on that odd > >>>>> occasion when you just need to know your external IP. > >>>> > >>>> Ho hum, I wonder where that one comes from... :) > >>>> > >>>> Oh well, as long as it works. > >>>> > >>>> - Kim > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > >>>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > >>>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > >>>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe visit: > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > >>>> DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> --Steve. > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe visit: > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > >>> DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > >>> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe visit: > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > >> DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --Steve. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe visit: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > > DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe visit: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users DQSD-Users@lists.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
