-- (o_ //\ Regards, Groeten, V_/_ Bas Burger.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:59:43 -0400 "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpie...@mecheye.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Yaa101 <yaa...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:38:09 -0400 > > "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpie...@mecheye.net> wrote: > > ... snip ... > > >> Again, preferences should be done with the new preferences > >> mechanism. > > > > Yeah, but I only heard about this new system in the previous email. > > So I have to redesign that. > > Yeah. The biggest thing we're missing at the moment is good > documentation on the extension system. I don't know what approach to > take for that. Feedback and suggestions would be worthwhile on that. I suggest to first collect all the data in a wiki to be structured later to another document system like docbook. I also suggest to make different categories, like user related, developer setup related, and deep code related. > > > So if I read right there will be an extra config button on the > > my extensions page of the extension plugin from my browser? > > And that button appears when I add a prefs.js to my extension > > directory and that file contains the buildPrefsWidget() function? > > Correct. > > > And from that prefs.js I have no problem to use GTK+ its > > filechooser? > > Correct. > > >> > >> >> > >> >> > I thought it was my coding that made the lockup, so I tried to > >> >> > create a js filechooser, today I tried to revisit the attempt > >> >> > on Gtk.fileChooser as I made a lot of progress last 2 weeks > >> >> > on gjs. > >> >> > > >> >> > Can you explain more about the following? > >> >> > > >> >> >> Note that there is > >> >> >> support for extension preferences, which run in a separate > >> >> >> process. > >> >> > >> >> Please see my blog post at: > >> >> http://blog.mecheye.net/2012/02/more-extension-api-breaks/ > >> >> > >> >> Basically, you create a file called 'prefs.js', which inside of > >> >> it has a function named 'buildPrefsWidget', which returns some > >> >> form of GtkWidget. Some extensions already have preferences -- > >> >> go to your Installed Extensions on the website. Do any > >> >> extensions have a green preferences icon next to them? > >> > > >> > No none, only one not working extension (called Media player > >> > indicator) has a blue button (with a tools icon) in front of it, > >> > but it does not do anything. > >> > >> Are you using Debian? I did not see your question if I use Debian, the answer is no, I run Mageia 2. > >> > >> > I go read your post... So much to learn still... > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > I am asking all these (maybe obvious for you) questions > >> >> > because I have no prior background with GKT+, so besides > >> >> > learning gnome-shell I have to learn also the core GTK+ stuff. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > (o_ > >> >> > //\ Regards, Groeten, > >> >> > V_/_ Bas Burger. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:50:42 +0200 > >> >> > Florian Müllner <fmuell...@gnome.org> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> On Jul 16, 2012 6:39 PM, "Yaa101" <yaa...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> >> >> > I am trying to call a filechooser, run it, then get the > >> >> >> > filename from it. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> You can only open override-redirect windows from the window > >> >> >> manager itself, which means you cannot use most of GTK+. Note > >> >> >> that there is support for extension preferences, which run > >> >> >> in a separate process. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Florian > >> >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > gnome-shell-list mailing list > >> >> > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > >> >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
