Re: evolution extensions
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le jeudi 16 février 2012 à 10:08 -0300, David Roguin a écrit :
>> I want to make an evolution extension that adds a simple 'archive'
>> button that mimics the gmail's one.
>>
>> I have a doubt about what evolution source should I change. I'm using
>> wheezy right now, so most of my gnome packages are 3.2.* even though
>> gnome's master is in 3.3.
>> What I was thinking is getting evolution src from debian, make changes
>> and build the package again. Instead of getting the latest evolution
>> from upstream.
>>
>> What do you recommend?
>
> Evolution supports quite a number of extension points, so you probably
> don’t need to patch it for such a simple change. You can use
> evolution-dev to build an extension that can be installed separately and
> enabled at runtime.
>
> You can have a look at evolution-rss, which is, although already a bit
> complex, a good example of a standalone extension with a few UI changes.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> .''`. Josselin Mouette
> : :' :
> `. `'
> `-
>
Thanks.
Skimming through the docs I've found 2 ways of extending evo, one is
via EExtensions and the other one is via EPlugins. Which one do you
recommend?
D.
--
David
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