Hello Stefan, On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:34:29 +0200 GMT (15-Mar-21, 21:34 +0700 GMT), Stefan Tanurkov via TBBETA wrote:
>>> Yes, you are certainly right. A plug-in may be the way to go to >>> satisfy everyone. >> Thanks! I hope Stefan is reading this. > I do read this. Yes, a good plug-in system is our long dreamed dream. As many > probably know, the current plug-in system is based on compiled DLLs and it > was not very popular through all years of its existence. This makes me > thinking of developing a new way to extend The Bat! functionality... First of all, thanks for listening! > So, let's start a thread about plug-ins - please feel free to post anything > you find suitable on this topic: views, wishes, concerns. I promise our team > will read it carefully :-) (don't treat my smile like I'm joking, I just like > to smile, but I am always serious about promises I make). > Here is something for the start: [...] The top of my programming skills were when Turbo Pascal was the latest - we used pointer types, the predecessor of OOP. I learned Java later, but that was years ago. So I cannot say much or recommend anything about the technical implementation. > We plan to implement Python bridge for system-related functionality, Python > is a popular language and it has a lot of libraries for working with OS, > network and even AI and Big Data. Plus, it supports multithreading out of the > box which is good for a multithreaded program like The Bat! > For stuff inside message viewer, alternative message editor and other areas > where we can use a Chromium-based view, we this of use of something similar > to web browser extensions which means it will be JavaScript+HTML+CSS > It will be possible to create custom filter actions / conditions, > viewer/editor commands, address book extension, template macros... This sounds good, and I can indeed comment on functionalities! I don't like the standard templates for New Message / Reply / Forward and have to manually change them each time I create a new account (every orgnisations I deal with, often in free lance work, wants me to have an email address at their orgnisation, so this happens often). I don't know whether this would warrant a plug-in, I just want to throw it in here. > OK, this is what is in my head on this topic now. Community feedback is > needed :-) Let's brainstorm then! -- Cheers, Thomas. Message reply created with The Bat! Version 9.3.3 (64-bit) under Windows 10.0 Build 19041 ________________________________________________________ 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
