Thank you, Emmanuele, for the tips. So how would one go about creating a UI in an extension? I'm simply asking out of curiosity, now. But perhaps a little more research into making an extension with a UI might tip my decision to take on this project first-hand.
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:00 AM, <gnome-shell-list-requ...@gnome.org> wrote: > Send gnome-shell-list mailing list submissions to > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gnome-shell-list-requ...@gnome.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gnome-shell-list-ow...@gnome.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gnome-shell-list digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Shutdown Options (Jason Satterfield) > 2. Re: Shutdown Options (Gabriel Rossetti) > 3. Re: Shutdown Options (Emmanuele Bassi) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jason Satterfield <jnsatterfi...@gmail.com> > To: gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > Cc: > Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:40 -0500 > Subject: Shutdown Options > I'm new to the list, so I guess I could introduce myself. My name is > Jason and I've been an avid Ubuntu user since Dapper Drake. > Professionally, I am a Microsoft Web developer doing contract work. At > night, however, I have been tinkering with Linux programming for a few > years. After a hiatus from Ubuntu after the release of Gnome 3 (I wasn't > an early adopter), I have recently started toying with ideas for extending > Gnome 3. > > So now for the reason of this post. I've got an idea about a shutdown > option, but after downloading the Gnome-shell source, I immediately > realized that I'm not prepared to create an HTML5/Javascript extension. > Would anyone here have any advice for me? If I could simply make a > recommendation, then that would be enough for me to know that someone else > might be able to make an extension that addresses my idea into a reality.. > > ~JNS > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gabriel Rossetti <rossetti.gabr...@gmail.com> > To: Jason Satterfield <jnsatterfi...@gmail.com> > Cc: gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:59 +0200 > Subject: Re: Shutdown Options > Hi Jason, > > welcome :-) > > I don't understand, you are a web developer so writing extensions > shouldn't scare you as it uses the same technology :-). The hardest part is > the lack of documentation, but you can look at the GS code that is here for > guidance, that is what I do: > > /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/ > > Depending on what you want to do, it may only take a line or two of code. > > Best of luck, > Gabriel > > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Jason Satterfield < > jnsatterfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm new to the list, so I guess I could introduce myself. My name is >> Jason and I've been an avid Ubuntu user since Dapper Drake. >> Professionally, I am a Microsoft Web developer doing contract work. At >> night, however, I have been tinkering with Linux programming for a few >> years. After a hiatus from Ubuntu after the release of Gnome 3 (I wasn't >> an early adopter), I have recently started toying with ideas for extending >> Gnome 3. >> >> So now for the reason of this post. I've got an idea about a shutdown >> option, but after downloading the Gnome-shell source, I immediately >> realized that I'm not prepared to create an HTML5/Javascript extension. >> Would anyone here have any advice for me? If I could simply make a >> recommendation, then that would be enough for me to know that someone else >> might be able to make an extension that addresses my idea into a reality.. >> >> ~JNS >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Emmanuele Bassi <eba...@gmail.com> > To: Jason Satterfield <jnsatterfi...@gmail.com> > Cc: "gnome-shell-list@gnome.org" <gnome-shell-list@gnome.org> > Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 08:11:58 +0100 > Subject: Re: Shutdown Options > hi; > > On 18 May 2013 02:05, Jason Satterfield <jnsatterfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So now for the reason of this post. I've got an idea about a shutdown > > option, but after downloading the Gnome-shell source, I immediately > realized > > that I'm not prepared to create an HTML5/Javascript extension. > > Shell extensions are not HTML5/JavaScript. while they are written in > (a superset of) JS and may use (a subset of) CSS for styling, they are > not using HTML for their scene graph. > > usually asking specific questions helps getting better answers, though. > > ciao, > Emmanuele. > > -- > W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.name > B: http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/ > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > -- ~J
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