Maybe time to trim the quotes? Sent from iPhone Binky
On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote: > On 4/4/12 9:23 PM, Craig Bradney wrote: >> >>> >>>> i'm writing right now my first plugin and i can help you getting >>>> started with it... it's not that hard... >>> >>> That would be very helpful. >>> >>> Can the plugins work with a hitherto compiled binary, or do they need to be >>> integrated into the >>> scribus build process ? >> >> Building Scribus is relatively easy on linux and OSX. Windows is more >> complicated. >> >>> >>> I assume this would go into the current development build >>> (1.5.x ?) rather than 1.4.x ? Could a plugin work with 1.4.x and 1.5.x >>> builds ? >> >> It would be somewhat generic code, but targeting 1.5.x would be better >> really. >> >>> I've heard that compiling scribus under windows is more difficult than >>> compiling under linux. Does >>> this mean that plugins are better developed under Linux too ? >> >> The code is essentially the same, the build process is different. If you >> were serious about it, I am >> sure Jean could help you get up and running. >> >>> >>> If you are compiling and debugging rather than just building the latest >>> version, is there any >>> particular IDE / set of development tools that's required / preferred ? >> >> Qt Creator is nice! >> >>> How much Qt do you need to know ? (Don't know any at the moment ! Hoping >>> that hunspell will provide >>> most of the low level user interface, and that Scribus already has the UI >>> to invoke a spelling check.) >> >> Qt is pretty easy >> >>> Did somebody say that someone had started but not finished a new >>> spellchecker plugin ? If so, would >>> it make more sense to work with them, or take theirs over if they've made a >>> useful start but don't >>> have time to finish it ? >> >> The old aspell exception (ie C++ exception) based plugin is a nightmare to >> read.. better to start >> from scratch with some ideas taken. >> >>> (Don't take this as a commitment by the way, but let's sort out what's >>> involved, then I'll find out >>> if I've got an appropriate machine to build it on, and decide if I've got >>> time to do it. No point in >>> rushing in headlong... That wouldn't help any of us.) >> >> Happy to help you out if you get serious on it. >> >> thanks >> >> Craig >> > > Not sure if you started on this John but I have started building the basics > for a hunspell based plugin. > > Craig > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
