[Kde-imaging] kdeextragear-libs-1/kipi-plugins [POSSIBLY UNSAFE]

[Aurelien Gateau]

Le dimanche 2 Mai 2004 20:47, vous avez écrit :
> | > | > Plugins the user downloads himself from the net can host apps not
> | > | > do anything about - how should it know about these - on the other
> | > | > hand. If the user downloads them, then he knows explicit about it.
> | > | >
> | > | > | Aurélien, currently wondering if KIPI is such a good thing after
> | > | > | all
> | > | >
> | > | > Why is that?
> | > |
> | > | Same thing as always: just look at the Digikam plugin list. Can you
> | > | name one of them which could not be implemented as a separate binary?
> | > | What do we really gain with plugins?
> | > | I see only one thing: getting the plugin to automatically appear in
> | > | the app menu. This could be achieved with little pain with binaries.
> | > | On the other hand, plugins force you to extend your application in
> | > | C++: one can't easily write plugins in Python, Perl, Ruby or whatever
> | > | easier language.
> | >
> | > Well you would then have to have a lot of communication with the app, I
> | > mean the host app and the plugin-app would need to communicate about
> | > changes in selection etc - thats gotta be really ugly.
> |
> | I don't see why any communication is needed since at present (and I doubt
> | it will change) all plugins are modal dialogs which process a list of
> | images. This could easily be done just by calling a program with the list
> | of images as parameters.
>
> Well first of all, there are plugins which use more than just the URL for
> the app, second I'm sure we will see more in the future.

Well, I guess you're right. Still it's a pity not to be able to extend host 
apps using other programming langage.


> I foresee plugins which will help say a slideshow go from one image to the
> next - similar to a screen saver or a slide show in KPresenter.
> These plugins may get two images to do the transaction or or something like
> that.

I don't see what you mean here.

Aurélien, getting back to merge is album dialog to KIPI.