I finished a first version of the plugin but I didn't find a way to load it into do. I tried linking the dll and a handmade mpack-file to /ush/share/gnome-do/plugins but no changes showed up in Do's plugin dialog. Sadly there's nothing about it on the wiki.
2009/6/22 Benjamin Klüglein <[email protected]> > Thank you guys for your answer. I'll give it a try today. > > 2009/6/22 Christopher James Halse Rogers <[email protected]> > > On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 14:40 -0700, Mike Rooney wrote: >> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Benjamin >> > Klüglein<[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hello group, >> > > >> > > as this is my first mail here I have to 'do' a statement first: Do >> > > absolutely rocks!!! It really works like a charm and boosts my >> productivity! >> > > Thanks a lot!! :-) >> > > >> > > A use case which I'm often facing is, that I quickly want to check the >> > > package archive for existing packages and install what I find. Right >> now I >> > > open a terminal and search via "apt-cache search foo" look for what >> fits and >> > > then install it. >> > > >> > > Is there a way to do this directly with Do? I know the AptURL Install >> > > plugin, but it implies that I know the exact name of the package. >> While >> > > sitting on my couch I came up with the idea that it would be cool to >> be able >> > > to do something like the following: >> > > Summon Do => type 'search package' or something significant shorter >> :-) => >> > > type a search term => tab => a list of packages found by apt-cache >> gets >> > > displayed, select one and press return and the package then gets >> installed >> > > by the AptURL install plugin. >> > > Would it be better that I try to extend the AptURL plugin or to write >> a >> > > complete new? >> > > >> > >> > This definitely sounds like a cool and useful idea; I also use that >> > workflow frequently. AptURL might not be a good name for the plugin if >> > it also used apt-cache search. Is there any precedent for plugins >> > talking to each other or passing items to another plugin? I think a >> > separate plug-in could be the most coherent since it is reasonable >> > that you would only want to search packages but not install them. >> > >> The current way that plugins would do this would be the >> Summon => "audio player" => "search package" => enter, and the "search >> packages" plugin would re-summon with a text-item (see how plugins like >> TinyURL & Pastebin do it"). >> >> Obviously here we'd be wanting to return a list of text-items; I presume >> this would work, but I've never used a plugin that did it. >> >> This might be one of the nice places to use PackageKit, if you're >> feeling like making the plugin a little less Debian-centric :) >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
