Speaking of logos, I was planning on making another 8 bit sticker for the next PhoneGap day. The PlugMan character is still in the works :D [image: Inline images 1]
+1 for the future md as well. It looks great. I'm also working on a branch of cordova cli trying to get it integrating with plugman that fetches plugins from a git repo. I hope to have a working prototype by the end of the week. On 20 March 2013 11:33, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > Plugman operates on its own. The CLI consumes it as the tool to handle > plugins. > > Plugman has a full, detailed API of its own. Check out the read me. It > handles install and uninstall of plugins based on the plugins.xml spec > (which is also in the plugman read me). > > Cordova-cli offers a basic abstraction above plugman. Since the CLI helps > you manage cross-platform apps, it is more aware of which platforms it > should attempt to install a plugin into. As for specific usage, > cordova-cli would "shell out" to plugman after you would call: > > $ cordova plugin add <url or path-to-plugin> > > Assuming your cordova-cli-generated project had Android and iOS as its > added platforms, the above call would translate into: > > $ plugman install --project platforms/android --platform android <url > or path> > $ plugman install --project platforms/ios --platform ios <url or path> > > > Hope that makes sense. > > On 3/20/13 10:23 AM, "Lorin Beer" <lorin.beer....@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Great, thanks Braden! > > > >So plugman operates more as a backend to the CLI? If I wanted a plugin > >included, I'd throw it in the CLI plugins/ dir and the CLI through Plugman > >woud take it from there? > > > >I imagined an NA grounded I imagined a NA grounded > >plug< > https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad > >=rja&docid=LZzHSJgdGBpr0M&tbnid=O299eBU1KAZ6JM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2 > >F%2Fwww.wisegeek.org > %2Fwhat-are-the-electrical-voltage-differences-between > >-the-us-and-europe.htm&ei=l-9JUbvpKe7jigLA8YCIAg&bvm=bv.44158598,d.cGE&psi > >g=AFQjCNGE0d1I2yGzCHTxPgvdYHQqjCBFZg&ust=1363886348082647> > >But Anis did grow up in > >France< > http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TeI7 > >sFRh2DL7AM&tbnid=HoArjxZRAIAi3M:&ved=0CAgQjRwwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.123r > >f.com > %2Fphoto_4151089_black-plug-european-style.html&ei=yu9JUeOTLaOWiAL0lo > >GABw&psig=AFQjCNEaRNYCxpENPL7m6ConosBhTOIMzA&ust=1363886410772823> > >Then > >again...< > https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQfboXDim8_ > >w9v50LL9pl-geYFPhEL1A_nhEMIjdrS1-gtDqrH> > > > > > >On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> That logo definitely needs to happen. But... what type of plug ;) > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Braden Shepherdson < > bra...@chromium.org > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > That logo needs to happen. > >> > > >> > plugman is the tool for downloading plugins, for inserting their > >>config > >> > file changes, installing their native code, and arranging for their JS > >> > modules to be loaded at runtime. > >> > > >> > cordova-cli is the tool for managing multiple platforms with one www > >> > directory to rule them all. It uses plugman to do most of the heavy > >> > lifting, pointing plugman at its plugins/ directory and each of its > >> > platforms/foo directories in turn. > >> > > >> > Note that I'm speaking normatively here; the current situation is a > >>bit > >> > more of a mess. FUTURE.md is intended to show the route out of the > >>mess. > >> > > >> > Braden > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Lorin Beer < > lorin.beer....@gmail.com > >> > >wrote: > >> > > >> > > cool stuff, guys, +1. Read through FUTURE.md, sounds great! > >> > > > >> > > quick question: this is a general plugin manager, for third party > >> plugins > >> > > as well as core plugins? > >> > > > >> > > HA! Plugman, with 'man' for 'manager', I just now got that. And > >>here I > >> > was > >> > > envisioning Anis dressed up as a superhero with a giant 3-prong AC > >>plug > >> > for > >> > > a helmet. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Jeffrey Heifetz < > >> > jheif...@blackberry.com > >> > > >wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > +11 I really like the plan > >> > > > > >> > > > On 13-03-20 10:23 AM, "Andrew Grieve" <agri...@chromium.org> > >>wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > >Read through FUTURE.md. Like it! Sounds amazing! Great work guys! > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> > wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> For those unaware, cordova-plugman [1] is a tool under active > >> > > > >>development > >> > > > >> that will be responsible for all the plugin things. > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Braden, Anis and I are actively working on getting this tool > >>to a > >> > > > >>working > >> > > > >> state, after which we will more completely integrate with > >> > cordova-cli. > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Braden is currently tackling JavaScript "installation" into a > >> > > platform's > >> > > > >> www folder. This uses cordova.js' baked-in clobbers/merges > >> > > functionality > >> > > > >> to attach JS modules to specific global namespaces. > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Some of the bigger changes include: > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> - splitting out plugman install functionality into two separate > >> > steps, > >> > > > >>one > >> > > > >> for handling JS and the other for handling native installs. > >> > > > >> - plugins (at the minimum, the plugin manifest) will be stored > >>in > >> a > >> > > > >> project (currently aiming for under cordova/plugins) for ease > >>of > >> > > looking > >> > > > >> up which plugins are installed and how they are composed > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Braden has put up a future branch on cordova-plugman [2] where > >>we > >> > can > >> > > > >>all > >> > > > >> track this work. Additionally he has a FUTURE.md [3] file that > >> lays > >> > > out > >> > > > >> specific changes necessary. > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> [1] > >>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugman.git > >> > > > >> [2] > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugman.git;a=shortlog > >> > > > ; > >> > > > >>h= > >> > > > >> refs/heads/future > >> > > > >> [3] > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugman.git;a=blob;f=FU > >> > > > >>TU > >> > > > >> > >> > RE.md;h=6ff68846fd115059afde3abf000690a566d61ff0;hb=refs/heads/future > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain > >> confidential > >> > > > information, privileged material (including material protected by > >>the > >> > > > solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute > >> > > non-public > >> > > > information. 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