Well, that has been just to easy. :-) Thanks! It's just Drag 'n' Drop. When I want to display the name of the found packages next to a short description do I need an extra Item for that?
2009/6/23 Kalle Persson <[email protected]> > I'm not writing plugins myself, but try just dragging the .dll into the > plugin window. I think that should work. > /Kalle > > > > On 2009-06-23 09:06, Benjamin Klüglein wrote: > > I finished a first version of the plugin but I didn't find a way to load it > into do. I tried linking the dll and a handmade mpack-file to > /ush/share/gnome-do/plugins but no changes showed up in Do's plugin dialog. > Sadly there's nothing about it on the wiki. > > 2009/6/22 Benjamin Klüglein <[email protected]> > >> Thank you guys for your answer. I'll give it a try today. >> >> 2009/6/22 Christopher James Halse Rogers <[email protected]> >> >>> On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 14:40 -0700, Mike Rooney wrote: >>> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Benjamin >>> > Klüglein<[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > Hello group, >>> > > >>> > > as this is my first mail here I have to 'do' a statement first: Do >>> > > absolutely rocks!!! It really works like a charm and boosts my >>> productivity! >>> > > Thanks a lot!! :-) >>> > > >>> > > A use case which I'm often facing is, that I quickly want to check >>> the >>> > > package archive for existing packages and install what I find. Right >>> now I >>> > > open a terminal and search via "apt-cache search foo" look for what >>> fits and >>> > > then install it. >>> > > >>> > > Is there a way to do this directly with Do? I know the AptURL Install >>> > > plugin, but it implies that I know the exact name of the package. >>> While >>> > > sitting on my couch I came up with the idea that it would be cool to >>> be able >>> > > to do something like the following: >>> > > Summon Do => type 'search package' or something significant shorter >>> :-) => >>> > > type a search term => tab => a list of packages found by apt-cache >>> gets >>> > > displayed, select one and press return and the package then gets >>> installed >>> > > by the AptURL install plugin. >>> > > Would it be better that I try to extend the AptURL plugin or to write >>> a >>> > > complete new? >>> > > >>> > >>> > This definitely sounds like a cool and useful idea; I also use that >>> > workflow frequently. AptURL might not be a good name for the plugin if >>> > it also used apt-cache search. Is there any precedent for plugins >>> > talking to each other or passing items to another plugin? I think a >>> > separate plug-in could be the most coherent since it is reasonable >>> > that you would only want to search packages but not install them. >>> > >>> The current way that plugins would do this would be the >>> Summon => "audio player" => "search package" => enter, and the "search >>> packages" plugin would re-summon with a text-item (see how plugins like >>> TinyURL & Pastebin do it"). >>> >>> Obviously here we'd be wanting to return a list of text-items; I presume >>> this would work, but I've never used a plugin that did it. >>> >>> This might be one of the nice places to use PackageKit, if you're >>> feeling like making the plugin a little less Debian-centric :) >>> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
