Hi, just some comments inline. 2007/9/19, Michael Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 1) Put them in a directory and then make the directory visible to GRASS by > adding it to GRASS_ADDON_PATH IMHO there should be also one fixed add-on directory for system-wide add-on's installed by root ($GISBASE/addons). Thus - root can install add-on for all system users, user can install add-on only for self. > > It would be easier to parse if everyone put the name of their extension(s) > into the a SINGLE xtnmenu.dat file, shared by all (certainly my preference). > But we should be able to deal with multiple xtnmenu.dat files, if need be, > as long as they are all named xtnmenu.dat (or other standard) and all in a > directory specified by GRASS_ADDON_PATH. Single menu.dat (or whatever): - single menu.dat (xtnmenu.dat) file requires user to use some menu editor or digg into cryptic configuration file manualy to add new add-on (if not some GEM-like feature is used). + User can have custom ordered menu instead of auto-generated one.
I'm not following closely to recent movement in GRASS_ADDONS and thus have no idea how add-on directory looks like (wiki also has no entry for it), but there could be two approaches (just thinking): 1) single directory for all add-on's. + no mess with different directories etc. - requires additional checks before adding new add-on does file names not collide (like i.e. help.html) 2) directory per add-on. ($GRASS_ADDON_PATH/add-on_name/bin|etc|man|) + binary-compatible add-on's can be added just by untaring in to $GRASS_ADDON_PATH; - mess with multiple directories; In any way - if single menu conf file approach is choosed, then menu editor is a must. Did I missed how add-on icon is defined? If it's not used now, it could be used in future. > > How does this sound? Any attempt to standartize unclear GRASS areas is good. > > Michael Sorry for interruption and my English, Maris. _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
