Sorry, it took me awhile to write a reply but yes I did post it on gtk-devel-list and I have received some really cool ideas! Thanks :)
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs < dmitrij.led...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > It is best for you to send this mail to > > gtk-devel-l...@gnome.org > > As that one is meant for developing Gtk+ itself. > > On 10 April 2013 14:25, Sindhu S <sind...@live.in> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am Sindhu, a recent intern through the Outreach Program for Women 2013 > > for which I wrote user help for GNOME Terminal and GNOME Dictionary. I > want > > to continue contributing to GNOME as part of Google Summer of Code, but > my > > idea will require making some patches to GTK+. > > > > My idea is that GNOME users would benefit from a right click menu option > to > > look-up meanings of words right from inside their applications, without > > having to rely on external tools and websites. When user highlights a > word, > > right clicks and selects "Look Up" option, the Popup bubble will show the > > definition adjacent to the text, making it distraction free and improving > > user productivity. This feature exists in OSX. > > > > This is my first attempt at coding and am building a proof-of-concept of > > how the functionality will be from a user’s perspective, and to better > > explain what I am trying to do. > > > > > > Screenshots: > > > > http://i.imgur.com/6QPBE7H.png > > > > http://i.imgur.com/RzPRRms.png > > > > Source: https://bitbucket.org/sindhus/gnome-look-up > > > > I have also made a small patch to add a LookUp menu item to GTK+, which > > launches GNOME Dictionary with the selected word: > > > > http://fpaste.org/PWms/ > > > > I want to add this to GTK+ because it will automatically benefit every > > GNOME Application, and have consistency for the user. I feel that the > > look-up context menu item makes sense to be enabled for the following > > Widgets: > > > > GTKTextView > > GTKEntry > > GTKSourceView > > GTKWebkit > > > > I understand the implications of adding a new context menu item, which > will > > affect GTK Applications on multiple platforms - some of which will not > have > > support for GNOME Dictionary, so this functionality will be disabled by > > default. It can be an opt-in functionality on a per-application basis or > > activated globally during compile time (For distribution developers). > > > > However, if the GTK Application Developers are aware of this > functionality, > > and feel it benefits their Application’s users, then should be able to > > enable it easily. > > > > Can you please answer my following questions: > > > > 1. Do you feel this is functionality is useful? (regardless of the path I > > proposed to accomplish it) > > If yes, is there a more appropriate way of adding this functionality? > > > > 2. Do you have any suggestions or ideas on how this functionality could > be > > achieved alternatively that is, without having to modify GTK+? > > > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
