Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-03-03 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
Hi Ian, Ian Laurenson wrote: Hi Jürgen, Replies in-line. On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 22:29, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi Ian, Ian Laurenson wrote: Hi Jürgen, Reply in-line. On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 20:42, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi, I'd like the idea as well and i will try to share some facts and thoughts

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-03-02 Thread Ian Laurenson
Hi Tom, Thanks for the feedback and I agree with you! On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 20:08, Tom Schindl wrote: [snip] At the moment from my point of view (and I'm a software developer) the install dialog is too complex and overloaded. As you can tell I am not a good GUI-Designer! I think that having

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-03-02 Thread Ian Laurenson
Hi Jürgen, Replies in-line. On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 22:29, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi Ian, Ian Laurenson wrote: Hi Jürgen, Reply in-line. On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 20:42, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi, I'd like the idea as well and i will try to share some facts and thoughts here. 1.

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-03-01 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
Hi, I'd like the idea as well and i will try to share some facts and thoughts here. 1. OO.org 2.0 comes with a smart integrated package manager (UI and command line support) which supports installation as well as removing of new UNO packages (real components as well as Basic or script

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-03-01 Thread Ian Laurenson
Hi Jürgen, Reply in-line. On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 20:42, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi, I'd like the idea as well and i will try to share some facts and thoughts here. 1. OO.org 2.0 comes with a smart integrated package manager (UI and command line support) which supports installation as well

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-03-01 Thread Tom Schindl
Ian Laurenson wrote: Hi Jürgen, Also on that first step is the possibility to download rating / review information. The second step allows the user to see and select updates for add-ons and templates that they already have installed. For add-ons I think that this could be done by checking the

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-02-25 Thread Ian Laurenson
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 20:32, Tom Schindl wrote: [snip] Couldn't we learn from projects like eclipse? They have an XML-Format specified to download their plugins. An example can be found here: * http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/updates/ * http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/ (See page-source) We

Re: [api-dev] Format for information file about templates and addons

2005-02-25 Thread Paolo Mantovani
Hi Ian, Alle 06:42, venerdì 25 febbraio 2005, Ian Laurenson ha scritto: I am trying to write a routine to make it easier for people to find and install templates and add-ons. The wizard that I am trying to implement follows these steps: 1. At the click of a button user downloads a file with