Re: [Inkscape-devel] extension namespace
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Ted Gould <ted@...11...> wrote:
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 22:38 +0100, Thomas Holder wrote:
> is it possible to make the new namespace for inx files optional? I see
> no real benefit for the namespace, but it is a real drawback that all
> previous custom extensions will become invalid (until you add the
> namespace to the inx files). When we release 0.47 lots of users will be
> confused and will report bugs for this I guess.
Not really. Basically by doing this transition once we make things a
lot better for the future. I wasn't able to find a way to bring in old
files without doing something nasty like string editing them on the fly
-- which isn't desirable at all.
I'm not sure how to deal with the confused users though, ideas?
The Inkscape dump extension loading errors to the stdio. I think
it must to show an alert message for each loading error in a gui
window for the non tech user know what is happening.
The error alerts must say what file is wrong and why (if that is possible).
The missing dependencies must be showed on this alerts too,
because today an user may install a extension, that may do not
appear in menu and the non tech user has no idea why that happen.
--Ted
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