[Inkscape-docs] more on writing extensions

[Brynn]

Hi Friends (Maren, Martin),
I've been wondering whether it might be a good idea to have a link 
to the guide to writing extensions, which recently was mentioned in a 
message on the dev list 
(https://medium.com/@xaviju/inkscape-extensions-by-non-developers-for-non-developers-a-primer-b272dda360fe)
 
somewhere on the website.  Maybe either on the Develop page, or on the new 
Extensions page?
And since I just came across another less technical kind of guide: 
http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/write-inkscape-extension-create-multiple-duplicates/,
 
I'm motivated to bring up the issue here.
Should they be listed/linked?  I think they both serve as simple 
examples, which potentially could help new extension-writers.  Or would they 
just be in that category of more links that are prone to bitrot?
Just a thought.  I'll be glad to make the edits, if everyone else 
agrees.

All best,
brynn


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Re: [Inkscape-docs] more on writing extensions

[Brynn]

Another: 
http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/parsing-and-setting-colors-inkscape-extensions/

>From here, I'll keep the list to myself, and share when I finish searching 
;-)

brynn

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> That sounds reasonable to me.  From what I recall of his message on the 
> list, it seems like he might be interested.
>
> However, I've just rediscovered another guide that I knew about a long 
> time ago, but had forgotten about.  http://sugarpillstudios.com/wp/?p=142
>
> So now with 3 potentially helpful, but "unofficial" guides, will it be 
> reasonable to ask all 3 authors to contribute to the website?  Or maybe I 
> will discover more?
>
> I certainly don't mind contacting them and asking...or inviting them to 
> help with the official guide (especially since I've been "pushing" to get 
> a guide written).  But I'm not sure if it would be appropriate.  Kind of 
> like making "cold calls" an old telemarketing term, meaning to sell 
> something to strangers who have no previous interest in the product.
>
> I'm guessing they might offer to let us quote from their guides, rather 
> than find the time to do it themselves.  I mean, I don't mind trying to 
> contact them, if that's what we decide to do.  Who knows?  Maybe they 
> would want to work together on it?
>
> Or maybe someone who is more familiar with writing extensions could use 
> the info from these 3 guides, to add to the official one?  It's all just a 
> little beyond my reach, to be able to do that myself.  When I read these 
> guides, I get through the first 3 or 4 paragraphs, and then I'm completely 
> lost.
>
> Anyone else with ideas?  (or offers :-))
>
> brynn
>
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> From: "Martin Owens" 
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 4:04 PM
> To: "Brynn" 
> Cc: "Inkscape-Docs" 
> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] more on writing extensions
>
>> Hi Brynn,
>>
>> What would be a really good outreach is if you contact the author of the
>> medium.com article and ask him if he'd like to improve the inkscape.org
>> extension guide with the information he's written on his blog.
>>
>> that way we don't have to link to something that might disapear for
>> information we should certainly have the best of on our website and we
>> potentially invite a new contributor to help out on the official pages.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Best Regards, Martin Owens
>>
>> On Fri, 2015-11-06 at 15:22 -0700, Brynn wrote:
>>> Hi Friends (Maren, Martin),
>>> I've been wondering whether it might be a good idea to have a 
>>> link
>>> to the guide to writing extensions, which recently was mentioned in a
>>> message on the dev list
>>> (https://medium.com/@xaviju/inkscape-extensions-by-non-developers-for-non-developers-a-primer-b272dda360fe)
>>> somewhere on the website.  Maybe either on the Develop page, or on the 
>>> new
>>> Extensions page?
>>> And since I just came across another less technical kind of 
>>> guide:
>>> http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/write-inkscape-extension-create-multiple-duplicates/,
>>> I'm motivated to bring up the issue here.
>>> Should they be listed/linked?  I think they both serve as simple
>>> examples, which potentially could help new extension-writers.  Or would 
>>> they
>>> just be in that category of more links that are prone to bitrot?
>>> Just a thought.  I'll be glad to make the edits, if everyone 
>>> else
>>> agrees.
>>>
>>> All best,
>>> brynn
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Inkscape-docs] more on writing extensions

[Xaviju Julián]

Hi, I'm Xavi, the author of the medium post.

What would be a really good outreach is if you contact the author of the
> medium.com article and ask him if he'd like to improve the inkscape.org
> extension guide with the information he's written on his blog.


I certainly don't mind contacting them and asking...or inviting them to help
> with the official guide (especially since I've been "pushing" to get a
> guide
> written).  But I'm not sure if it would be appropriate.  Kind of like
> making
> "cold calls" an old telemarketing term, meaning to sell something to
> strangers who have no previous interest in the product.
>

You can quote or simply copy my text without quoting, or I can do it myself
if I learn how.
Its totally no problem, just let me know.

I wrote the text in medium as a self-guide on how I learnt to make a simple
extension but since I am not a developer I was not sure it was ok. If
anyone with more experience thinks this guide is good enough for inkscape
guide to get started in inkscape extensions Ill be more than happy to help.
I used some of this other posts as a reference for creating my own
extension: https://github.com/Xaviju/inkscape-placeholder

:)

Xavi
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[Inkscape-docs] bad link in Extension Repository

[Brynn]

Hi Friends,
I've found an extension in the Repository with a not found url.  I'm 
not sure who looks after this page, if anyone does.  Should it just be left 
alone until the extension author comes to fix it?  Or should it be deleted?
Anyway, it's 1.39 Badge Renderer.

Thanks,
brynn


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