Hi, in the old times, with metadata about plugins separated in .desktop files, one could register the same plugin for multiple things without touching the plugin itself.
Examples: plugins that were using plugin themselves, like the Okular kpart. When installing another Okular plugin, e.g. for document type X, one would simply install another desktop file, saying --- 8< --- [Desktop Entry] Icon=okular Name=Okular X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KParts/ReadOnlyPart X-KDE-Library=okularpart Type=Service MimeType=X; --- 8< --- et voilà, the plugin module would also be registered for X files. Works because the Okular kpart internally uses another lookup mechanism to find its own correct plugin for that type X. Any idea how this principle can and should be mapped into the modern Qt5/KF5 times, where the (initial) metadata is directly injected into the plugin? How could 3rd-party extend the metadata now? Cheers Friedrich
