Hi all, I dare to propose myself for maintainer. I have almost no experience in maintenance (I maintain libchamplainmm, which doesn't count); I have some experience in development (gnome-spaceduel, and some patches here and there; gtkmm and clutter-gtkmm do not count either).
I assume you would most probably reject my candidancy; in case you don't please do not hesitate to contact me for more info. Regards, Juan. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Nirbheek Chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Emmanuele Bassi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think we should have some integration at a platform level — i.e. > > "dictionary as a service" — that apps and the shell can use to show > > word definitions. > > > > I *definitely* don't think we should integrate this stuff in the shell > > as a default; the shell is not the kitchen sink, and it cannot display > > large quantities of text. > > > > an app can provide a shell search provider fairly easily, and it can > > expose a DBus API that shows a bubble at given coordinates with the > > text definition for those apps opting in. > > > > Sure, I didn't mean that the Shell has to contain all the logic > necessary for a dictionary app, I meant that we need better > mechanisms/widgets for displaying such content than we currently have. > For instance, the search provider is not the best place to show a > dictionary definition because it's a context-switch (you can't see the > original text while looking that up). I think this problem also exists > for the new calculator support added to the shell. Right now, it's > easier to use the Firefox search bar for calculations since it shows > you the result in a drop-down list. > > > -- > ~Nirbheek Chauhan > > Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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