Marius Bakke transcribed 2.7K bytes: > ng0 <n...@infotropique.org> writes: > > > Ricardo Wurmus transcribed 0.9K bytes: > >> > >> ng0 <n...@pragmatique.xyz> writes: > >> > >> > Do I use native-search-paths? There is no variable > >> > which is used in Gajim, so I think maybe I need to > >> > include this in the wrapper and add something similar > >> > to the native-search-path which would look in > >> > ~/.guix-profile/share/gajim/plugins/ for $name-of-plugin > >> > to PATH? > >> > >> Gajim assumes that there is a single plugin directory, which has to be > >> set at configuration time. This means that you cannot even default it > >> to ~/.guix-profile/share/gajim/plugins, because people might use > >> different profile directories. > >> > >> The best way to fix this is upstream by sending them a patch that would > >> make Gajim look for plugins in other directories, either by implementing > >> a search path environment variable or by adding a key to the > >> configuration file. > >> > >> -- > >> Ricardo > >> > >> GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC > >> https://elephly.net > >> > >> > > > > I've got this reply on my ticket, so maybe I didn't explain my > > problem well enough. > > Does someone have an answer that is easy to understand to pass on > > (or better: sign up and deal with it upstream)? > > [...] > > > Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:58:07 +0200 > > From: Yann Leboulanger <git...@dev.gajim.org> > > To: ng0 > > Subject: Re: gajim | plugins: location: implement either search-path or > > option for configuration file (#8682) > > > > Gajim looks in 2 places for plugins: > > - $XDG_DATA_HOME/gajim/plugins > > - GAJIM_INSTALL_PATH/plugins (/usr/share/gajim/plugins for example) > > > > So you can set $XDG_DATA_HOME to something else. Isn't it enough? > > I went ahead and looked at the source: > > https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/blob/master/gajim/common/configpaths.py#L67-106 > > It looks like what we want is PLUGINS_BASE to resolve to > "$GAJIM_PLUGIN_PATH/share/gajim/plugins". A more upstream-friendly way > might be to add another gajimpath, say PLUGINS_PATH, and add it here: > > https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/blob/master/gajim/common/gajim.py#L72 > > Would you like to try it?
Thanks! No, I'd rather want someone else to do this because I have too much to do currently. -- ng0 GnuPG: A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 GnuPG: https://n0is.noblogs.org/my-keys https://www.infotropique.org https://krosos.org
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