I think this can be handy: https://medium.com/@xaviju/inkscape-extensions-by-non-developers-for-non-developers-a-primer-b272dda360fe
Regards. -----Original Message----- From: brynn <br...@frii.com> To: Victor Westmann <victor.westm...@gmail.com> Cc: Inkscape-Docs <inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] extension testers needed Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:38:22 -0600 We already have this guide to writing extensions: https://inkscape.org/en/develop/extensions/ As far as I understand, it could use some "fleshing out" in some places. But mostly writing extensions is over my head, so someone else would have to point out which places need more work. At the bottom of the page tells about publishing therm. Is that what you were thinking of? Or did you have something else in mind? It's just that not all people who write extensions will see that, or necessarily want to put them in the gallery. That's why my original message was about finding people to test them. But now, I'm thinking it might be better to just remind the developers to include the Inkscape versions and operating systems which it works with, when they upload them. brynn -----Original Message----- From: Victor Westmann Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2018 9:13 PM To: brynn Cc: Inkscape-Docs Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] extension testers needed Is it possible for us to create a draft of a HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR EXTENSIONS for the Inkscape project form the Gitlab wiki pages? If yes I/we can draft something. What do you think? Do we have a central place to host the extensions of at least to guide users/developers on how to create/distribute them? --Victor Westmann On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:23 PM, brynn <br...@frii.com> wrote: Yes, it could be something like check boxes for the systems and versions. We do already have the possibility for the developer to use tags to indicate this. But I haven't seen them being used consistently. Some developers seem to use some of them, but not all, and not all devs are using them. (In some cases, I'm just happy that the developer has uploaded to the gallery at all. But on the other hand, it would be SO nice to have this info available for users.) I can understand how it would take some extra time and energy (for the website developers) to make checkboxes or something. But I would be happy if just a sentence or 2 could be displayed. Something like "Please indicate all Inkscape versions which this extension is known to work with, as well as all operating systems." I'm not sure what you mean with "extract and copy" or "need to install". Unless it's something about the Django code? brynn -----Original Message----- From: Victor Westmann Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2018 8:56 AM To: Brynn Cc: Inkscape-Docs Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] extension testers needed Compatible with: Win, Mac, Linux ■ Inkscape 0.92.3/+ ■ Extract and copy files ? (No) Need to install? (Yes) Something similar to this? On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 11:33 PM brynn, <br...@frii.com> wrote: Actually I just had another thought about this. Is it unreasonable to expect that the extension developer knows which versions or operating systems their extension works with? Why not make sure the developer shares that when the extension is released to the community? Would it be possible to have extra fields be displayed, in the upload form, when the Extensions category is chosen? Is there any way to configure the upload form, so that info has to be provided, before it will upload? Or if not mandatory fields, would it be possible to just display a prominent notice, when the Extensions category is selected, asking the developer to please, please, please include that info? All best, brynn --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
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