I think the ideal way ahead would be to add an advanced user section.
Something like a hidden interface that is folded by default.
Someone who really needs the extra interface can unfold it and click the
additional button.
Perhaps like the under the hood section on chrome.
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:24 AM, bdwashbu <bdwas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So going forward, it sounds like the options are:
> 1.) Change the main GUI and NebulaMgr/Nebula code (no)
> 2.) Add a plugin GUI and change the NebulaMgr/Nebula code
> 3.) Add a plugin duplicating the NebulaMgr/Nebula code
> 4.) Adjust the plugin code interface. Would still have to change
> nebulaMgr to it allow it to be plugged into.
>
> Sound about right?
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Bogdan Marinov <daggers...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:13 PM, bdwashbu <bdwas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Bogdan - thanks for the input. I suspected there was a reason this
>> feature
>> > didn't exist. As the new guy, I never meant to disrespect the current
>> GUI
>> > philosophies or the work you've done. What you guys have already
>> created is
>> > awesome! I don't want to make it worse.
>> >
>> > A plugin sounds like a good approach. I will investigate. I surely
>> never
>> > meant to hack anything together, and I definitely haven't committed
>> > anything. I just need a little direction from management (if there is
>> such
>> > a thing?).
>>
>> Well, most of the work on that part of the interface has been done by
>> Fabien, Stellarium's original author, who is mostly absent at the
>> moment. It is debatable how well it works/is implemented. :) "Fuzzy"
>> things like that are good for beginners, but amateur astronomers want
>> more control.
>>
>> Otherwise, yes, it's nice to have in mind that Stellarium is used for
>> several different purposes by several different groups of people with
>> different requirements and expectations. We have a bit of a "Jack of
>> all trades, master of none" situation going on. We are also trying to
>> make our own niche, otherwise we will be just re-inventing someone
>> else's wheel.
>>
>> As for the plug-in, I don't recommend it. Anything like this will
>> require changes to the core code (NebulaMgr, etc) to provide the
>> functionality behind the GUI. A plug-in implementing such a feature
>> will have to duplicate the whole DSO engine. You can make only the
>> interface as a plug-in, though this doesn't make much sense to me.
>> Have a look at the way plug-ins work in general and the existing
>> plug-ins that have their own interfaces and tell me what you think.
>>
>> As for the management, no, there is not much of a hard structure,
>> which is one of the reasons the project is in its current state. There
>> is a loose chain of seniority/experience, but we try to make decisions
>> with discussion and consensus.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bogdan Marinov
>>
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