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["Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow great work Corentin! Can't wait to see all the plugs ported :)

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On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Corentin Noël <tintou@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all !
> It is done, Switchboard is ported libPeas
> (see https://code.launchpad.net/~tintou/switchboard/libpeas )
> With theese changes, the libpantheon is deprecated and is replaced by 
> libswitchboard (it is a better naming for a library that handles plugs).
> If you're a plug developer or interested by developping a new plug, you 
> can see the new implementation I've made on the About Plug
> (see https://code.launchpad.net/~tintou/switchboard-plug-about/libpeas )
> I hope the transition will be finished as soon as possible.
> Here are the changes:
> * API side (still considered as UNSTABLE but a port for each plug is 
> required, there is no backward compatibility):
>   NEW CLASS Switchboard.Plug :
>   Properties:
>    - Category category; // PERSONAL, HARDWARE, NETWORK, SYSTEM or OTHER, 
> but OTHER is ignored for now…
>    - string code_name; // The name recognised with the open-plug command
>    - string display_name; // The localised plug name
>    - string description; // A short description
>    - string icon;
>   Functions (to override):
>    - Gtk.Widget get_widget ();
>    - void close ();
>    // 'search' returns results like ("Keyboard → Behavior → Duration", 
> "keyboard<sep>behavior") TODO: Will be used in the future…
>    - async Gee.TreeMap<string, string> search (string search);
> The plug needs to register itself to the Switchboard.plugs_manager 
> object.
> * Files installation side:
>     no more /usr/lib/plugs but:
>    - /usr/lib/switchboard/personal
>    - /usr/lib/switchboard/hardware
>    - /usr/lib/switchboard/network
>    - /usr/lib/switchboard/system
>     the plug location is now restricted to ONE subdirectory, so no more 
> /usr/lib/plugs/pantheon/about/* but 
> /usr/lib/switchboard/personal/pantheon-about/*
>     no more my_plug.plug but my_plug.plugin (see the libPeas 
> documentation for more information)
> I think all is said :)
> Have fun !
> Corentin "tintou" Noël
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