oops. this this went to the wrong place. gah. i've now changed the default for the list to be "replies go to list"... i've done this a few times myself, so... yeah. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [Panel-devel] applet creator Date: Tuesday 21 June 2005 10:26 From: Wade Olson To: "Aaron J. Seigo" Possible additional functions (not vital): * Basic validation (on files it hasn't self generated) * README.txt-type file that talks about plasma groups, the software, etc, version of this software used, licensing of applets * Packaging slip/bill of lathing/contents of contents and versions * Possibly Javadoc-style extraction of author/code info? Strip comments from the code and prepopulate the fields in a pane? * Possible security checking or user dialog about security; basic check-point for applets that do sandboxing and peer-to-peer in the future I guess I'm just looking at the basic elements of Java deployment descriptors and J2EE deployment utilities and thinking about which functions make sense at a basic level. Aaron J. Seigo wrote: >hey all =) > >something that we probably ought to ship with plasma is an applet studio. at >the very basic level this should package the individual files that make up > an applet into a distributable package. > >in the packager GUI you should be able to add all the graphics that will be >used, all the HTML/CSS, all the designer forms, all the configuration XML, >etc... and it will spit out a single file that is an installable plasma >applet. it should also probably create the necessary .desktop files and >collect information such as the author name and license of the applet. > >obviously this won't be so much for C++ applets, but for JS/Ruby/Python >applets. i think this would make a great little project for someone to work >on, and will be a really important tool to ship. > >any thoughts on additional requirements / specs? once this is done, i'll >probably add some information on it to the website so we keep track of this >idea =) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Panel-devel mailing list >Panel-devel@kde.org >https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/panel-devel ------------------------------------------------------- -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/panel-devel/attachments/20050621/023b2cf4/attachment.pgp