On Sunday 21 November 2004 09:29, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > >From: Alan Horkan <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Sven's point still stands though, adding more tools to the default > > toolbox is not a great idea. > > I agree completely, because I did not suggest that. > > We still need a system which allows us to add as many tools as > needed to the tool pucket --- a tool plugin system (or extended > existing plugin system) would help. You can hide non-default > tools as deep in the system if you wish, but users should be able > to have the tool they want and need. > > It just does not make sense to keep a user in doing things more > complicated way only because somebody wants keep the tool number > down to minimum or wants avoid alternative tools (being too similar > to existing tools). > > Could existing plugin system be expanded so that the plugins may > create the control objects as overlays to the image windows? One idea that is one of the pre-requisites for plugable tools is a way for plug-ins to receive pointer actions and coordinates. I have openned bug 140165 to track such idea and help develop it, hopefully over the next development cycle. ( http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140165 ) We should refine the idea of a plug api for a tool to register itself as such, and possibly to make itself visible or not in the main toolbox. JS -><- > > Juhana
