Hi following is a webrev for changes to PM, http://cr.opensolaris.org/~jmr/pm_startpage_only_gate_Feb04/
Enhancement: 6355: Add StartPage to PM Also folded in one line change for Bug: 6269: PackageManager does not quit after cancel update JR Change Summary 6355: Start Page ----------------- In line with other desktop apps like NetBeans and Thunderbird a StartPage is being added to the PM. On startup the StartPage is displayed where the package list is displayed. - If a user starts searching, or switches categories the list view replaces the StartPage. - The user can always get back to the StartPage from the Help->Start Page menu item. - A Preferences Dialog will be added to allow a user to turn off display of the StartPage on startup if they wish (refer to bug 6354 <http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6354>). They can do so now by modifying a gconf key setting. The StartPage is a placeholder that marketing can modify as they see fit before a release. At present there is no plans to dynamically modify the page. The StartPage is hosted in a simple HTML renderer control that just allows HTML to be displayed, along with images and CSS support. There is no scripting support. At present links can be added to the page to allow browsing within the StartPage pane or externally by launching the default browser. At present the internal browse is only used to handle error conditions and the main StartPage has images which are all linked to external OpenSolaris web pages. It is envisaged that this static Start Page will bring users to specific OpenSolaris properites and by having ips MimeType support on the server (refer to bug 6352 <http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6352>) the user will be able to add additional repos and/or packages by just clicking on links on these external web pages. _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
