I have kludged together something that should hopefully add a "install file" option to the right-click menu. When clicked, it should pop up a gtk message box informing the user that they should drag the file onto the applet.
I understand the concept of compiling and make files and that sort of thing, but having only ever used .net and java before, I'm not sure what process to follow to test my code. It seems to me that the first step would be to download the entire source directory so that the compiler can build/link it properly. Is there an easy way to do that, or will I have to download each file individually? On Jan 1, 2008 8:11 AM, Matt Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 16:22 -0500, Evan wrote: > > > > I found the code for drag n' drop, as well as what I think are the gtk > > bindings nearer the bottom. I also skimmed through the basics of gtk > > here: http://www.gtk.org/tutorial/ Where exactly is the > > gnome_pilot_client_install_file that is being called? I searched > > through a couple of possible files but couldn't find it. > > The 'install_file' method is actually defined in > gpilotd/gnome-pilot-client.gob, which is processed to create > gpilotd/gnome-pilot-client.c > > You'll pretty soon discover that the gnome-pilot code is not pretty, > unfortunately. The good news is that you probably don't need to look at > much of it to work on the code. > > I'd encourage you see what you can do to improve the 'drag and drop' > functionality. Here are some ideas for features. > 1. PDB/PRC files may always be installed. We could add support for > wrapping image files as done in 'par' and we could add support > for text files by converting to memos or 'DOC'. We should not > accept files that we can't convert to PDBs (or alternatively we > could support upload to removable media in a user-specified > folder). These options would need to be controlled via a 'per > pda' set of preferences. > 2. File installation is virtually a 'hidden feature' at the moment. > We could add 'install file...' as another option in the > right-click menu for the applet. This would pop up a file > browser and let you select a file to install. > 3. We should add error handling when files can't be installed > rather than having them sit in the queue, e.g. if the removable > media directory didn't exist. > 4. Add management for the queue of files to install (see what's > scheduled, per pda, and allow removal). > > Of these, number 1 is probably the most useful, but none of them are > trivial. > > > I noticed that lines 1292-1299 are commented out, and seem to refer to > > the ability to drag a text-file to the applet and have it install as a > > memo rather than a file. From what I understand about gnome-pilot, > > this doesn't sound too hard (maybe just extract the text and pass it > > to evolution as a new memo? is there an api for that?). > > There is code in the 'memo-file' conduit (in gnome-pilot-conduits) that > supports conversion between text and memos. I suspect, though, that > people wanting desktop support for memos will just paste text into > Evolution and use the evolution memo conduit. > > > Would this be a good basic project to help get me started, or is it > > more complicated then it looks? > > I would suggest adding support for image files, and blocking non pdb/prc > files would be a useful starting point. As Tom has pointed out, we need > image support for when we come to support the Contacts database. It may > be more complicated than you think, but we can try to help here. > > Happy New Year, > > Matt > > > Evan > > > > On Dec 28, 2007 3:23 PM, David A. Desrosiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 12:18 -0800, Reitsma, Rene - COB wrote: > > > I mailed to this listserv some time ago when after a kernel > > update in > > > July 2007 my Z22 stopped syncing. My mail generated some > > discussion > > > which I have followed but I have lost track of whether or > > not anyone > > > got the Z22 to work, and if so, how. > > > > > > pilot-link 0.12.3 contains some fixes/workarounds that > > directly apply to > > the Z22 issue. > > > > If you aren't using the libpisock version mated to 0.12.3, > > then I would > > strongly suggest building it and then building the necessary > > components > > that work with it, and try again (or wait for someone to build > > packages > > based on those versions and ship them to your distro's package > > repository). > > > > I know that the people with Z22 devices that tried these > > workarounds > > have it working, so it should work for you as well. > > > > > > -- > > > > David A. Desrosiers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype...: 860-967-3820 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-pilot-list mailing list > > gnome-pilot-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-pilot-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-pilot-list mailing list > > gnome-pilot-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-pilot-list > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-pilot-list mailing list > gnome-pilot-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-pilot-list >
_______________________________________________ gnome-pilot-list mailing list gnome-pilot-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-pilot-list
