Stian Skjelstad <st...@nixia.no> writes: > > > Is it possible for a plugin to supply files' icons? If so, where > > should I look to learn how to do this in my plugin? Does anyone have a > > reference to tutorial on hand, or would somone be so kind as to write > > me a little example code? :) > > I'm no expert in nautilus source code, but doesn't nautilus depend on > glib/GIO to supply it with icons?
Yes, Nautilus does currently gets its icons by way of the underlying libraries in GNOME. That's what I'm looking to augment. > If so, shouldn't you look into patching/plugin for GLib/GIO? (and > the icons would also then appear in all applications, and not just > nautilus). Actually, no--though I appreciate the suggestion; I've thought along those lines myself, but I don't think that's what I want to do--at least `not right now'. For one thing, I still need access to those icons, so I can't just replace them wholesale like that. Well, maybe I /could/--but it'd be a much more invasive set of changes that I'd be doing, and this is a patch that I don't expect to `just be accepted' upstream without having proven itself--these are user-visible changes, after all. The reason I'd like to create a Nautilus plugin is that it'd be more easily consumable than requiring the end user to patch and rebuild Nautilus, or install a special build of Nautilus from me; or requiring upstream to incorporate my patches. And it'll be much easier for my contribution to `prove itself' if it's easier for users to try it out. So, I suppose I could say that plugin should basically be less `controversial' than a patch; and a plugin for one specific area of the desktop should be less controversial than a patch that affects *everything*. Also, at least for the time being, it should be easier to maintain a plugin than to maintain a patch ;) If you're up for invasive patches, though, then maybe you'd like to try mine :) Actually, it's not really /that/ invasive, right now; but it is something a little short of `elegant'. -- Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
