[Open Office] Generic desktop adapter (proposal & prototype)

[Éric Bischoff]

Le Mercredi 30 Novembre 2005 22:04, nf2 a écrit :
> I see. Perhaps OpenOffice.org is a bad "use case" for the "Generic
> Desktop Adapter.", because it is such an imporant application that
> desktop bindings are beeing developed and mantained. Plus it has a
> toolkit and a component architecture which makes such bindings possible
> (Which is not true for the average Gtk+ or Qt application.)

Correct.

> But still... Linux has a big "there is no standardized desktop API"
> problem. Especially for applications which are not that popular. I think 
> it should be possible to write an application for Linux/Unix, without
> targeting a certain desktop.

Correct too.

Perharps this adapter library should target simpler cases than "monsters" like 
OpenOffice.org. For most applications, you don't need highly flexible file 
choosers like the one OpenOffice.org uses.

In any case, the good place to discuss this issue is probably on the Open 
Desktop mailing lists. They have already acheived standard "desktop files" 
syntax, standard configuration options retrieval mechanisms, etc.

(...and don't forget the address book in the list ;-) )


Just my two cents.

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