Windows Shell Extension for Krita Files

[Boudewijn Rempt]

Cool work :-) This is going to make so many users happy!

On Tue, 8 Mar 2016, Alvin Wong wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've talked to Boudewijn Rempt about this and discussed it a bit, also
> I've made a bit more progress, so I think I'd do a writeup here...
>
> New stuff (nothing much really):
>
> 1. Made a CMake makefile to replace the VS project. It downloads the
> source of the dependencies automatically. Tested with VS2015 and NMake
> generators.
> 2. "Documented" the registry changes here:
> https://github.com/alvinhochun/KritaShellExtension/wiki/Registry-Changes
> 3. Tried making an Icon Handler and it works, but need to decide what
> file icons to use. Haven't pushed to github yet.
>
> Things need to be handled:
>
> 1. Find out how to set up the installer to register the shell
> extensions properly, and also merge the registry changes (see above).
> 2. May need to integrate it into Krita's source tree. Even though it
> already builds with CMake, the Windows x64 build should include both
> the 32-bit and 64-bit version. (Even the 32-bit build may need it, in
> case some users want to install the 32-bit version on a 64-bit
> Windows.) An alternative is to build them separately, since they need
> to be packed into the installer in another manual step anyway.
> 3. New filetype icons? Boud suggested to ask Animtim_ on IRC. Also
> need to decide what properties should be reflected on the file icons,
> or whether an Icon Handler should be used at all.
> May also refer to this:
> https://github.com/alvinhochun/KritaShellExtension/wiki/Features
>
> I hope this is clear enough and that I haven't missed anything important.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Alvin Wong
>
>
> 2016-02-29 23:53 GMT+08:00 Alvin Wong <alvinhochun+krita at gmail.com>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am making a Windows Explorer shell extension for Krita files, which
>> I hope would eventually be good enough to be included in the Krita for
>> Windows installer starting from 3.x releases.
>>
>> For those who are not familiar with Windows (and actually, I'm not
>> really,) shell extensions provides various information that the shell
>> (aka Explorer) and other progams can use to present to users. Typical
>> examples include: file thumbnails, previews, metadata (properties),
>> dynamically-selected file icons, context menus.
>>
>> In the shell extension that I am working on, I plan to include support
>> for at least (but not limited to) file thumbnails, properties and
>> icons. Here I'll try to list out what they could do:
>>
>> - File thumbnails: Providing thumbnails for Krita files, obviously.
>> - Properties: Information like image dimensions and colour depth can
>> be extracted from the file for Explorer to display them in file
>> tooltip (InfoTip), the preview details pane, as a column in details
>> view, and so on. It could also possibly be used by Windows Search,
>> although I haven't investigated this yet.
>> - Icons: It could provide different icons with a badge representing
>> different colour depths, or whether a file has animations in it, for
>> example.
>>
>> I already have one with a working thumbnail provider. You can check it
>> here: https://github.com/alvinhochun/KritaShellExtension  I've only
>> tested it on my only Windows 7 64-bit environment by the way, so any
>> testing on any other systems would be appreciated.
>>
>> I'll be looking forward to your comments!
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Alvin Wong
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