kfile plugins

[Shane Wright]

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Hi Rolf, 

I'm already starting ;)  

I'd noticed about the tutorial - but am getting on ok so far with duplicating 
some files from an existing one and attacking them with sed - I havent got to 
compiling/installing yet, is there anything thats gonna trip me up?

Actually, I also have some questions while we're at it (could also be useful 
in the FAQ):

- - where else in KDE are KFile plugins used?  I see the info in right click -> 
Properties -> Meta Info, but is there anywhere else?  I'd love to have a 
tooltip for the info on mouse-over the filename in Konqueror <g>/

- - I assume KFile plugins really, really don't want to introduce any more 
external dependencies to KDE...

- - Are there any guidelines on i18n strings for filetype specific stuff (like 
compression settings & algorithm names)?

- - Is there any file format 'popularity threshold' to avoid KDE bloat? - or are 
any and all formats good (there being no discernable UI apart from displaying 
(+editing) the file info itself so I guess user confusion is moot).  I also 
want to do .au, .rtf, MIDI, some of the old tracker formats (s3m, xm, mod, 
etc..), I guess working out file formats are my soft spot...


Ok, better stop now ;)

Regards

Shane

On Tuesday 23 April 2002 10:04 pm, Rolf Magnus wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 April 2002 20:23, Shane Wright wrote:
> > there are three I have that I havent seen anything about in the lists or
> > in the 3.1 feature plan: avi (resolution, fps, length, + misc), tga
> > (resolution, depth, compression) and bmp (resolution, depth) - is anyone
> > already doing these or shall I get started?
>
> As far as I know, nobody is currently working on one of those formats, so
> you're free to go. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to ask,
> because currently, there is no tutorial for writing a KFilePlugin (though
> I'm working on one). OTOH, people told me that it's pretty straightforward
> if you have a look at existing plugins. I have a list of current plugins on
> http://kde.kicks-ass.net/homepage/kfilemetainfo/list.html . Note that the
> server might be enormously slow. Its not yet on a "real" server because
> it's unfinished (as you'll most likely see).

- -- 
Shane
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