Hi Tobias,
thanks for the feedback.
my first test was like this:
- started Inkscape
- opened File -> Import from OPAL First hint, please write openclipart.org or Open Clip Art Library and not OCAL.
Right, I changed it.
- then I entered a tag and nothing happened
- then I started Incskape from the command line and got there this warning:
WARNING **: Could not find the Open Clip Art Library rss feed. Verify if the OCAL url is correct in Configuration
OK, to avoid it, now Inkscape displays an error dialog.
- What is the right URL?
The URL of the library you want to use: openclipart.org
- Why is it configurable?
I let it configurable for two reasons:
1) if someone want to use another library based on ccHost (maybe he want to create one for his work group, or something like that) he could change the URL, and it should work fine.
2) if Open Clip Art Library changes its url, the Inkscape user won't need to download a new version of Inkscape (OK, I believe the probability of this happen is near 0)
But there are any problem letting it configurable? What the other guys think about it?
- Then I looked into the preferences and found it in Misc
Why in Misc and not an one category?
I let it in Misc because I don't think it could be included in another one...
Perhaps add an category Import/Export and move the other import/export related preferences into that new category too.
I could do that, but I really didn't find the other import/export related preferences. What are them?
Here I would like to have a reset to default button behind the URL. (If the URL really need to be an user visible option) The other think that I don't like is that the password is saved in plain text in the preferences.xml. Perhaps you can find a better solution here.
When I was coding it, I thank the same thing. So I took a look in the Gaim and SVN approaches, and they save in plain text, too. I could give the option to input your username and password when you try to export the document, so it won't be stored. But you will have to do it everytime. What do you think about it?
Regards, Tobias