Evolution consists of entirely too many small utility libraries, which
increases linking and loading time, places a burden on higher layers of
the application (e.g. modules) which has to remember to link to all the
small in-tree utility libraries, and makes it difficult to generate API
documentation for these utility libraries in one Gtk-Doc module.
Merge the following utility libraries under the umbrella of libeutil,
and enforce a single-include policy on libeutil so we can reorganize
the files as desired without disrupting its pseudo-public API.
libemail-utils/libemail-utils.la
libevolution-utils/libevolution-utils.la
filter/libfilter.la
widgets/e-timezone-dialog/libetimezonedialog.la
widgets/menus/libmenus.la
widgets/misc/libemiscwidgets.la
widgets/table/libetable.la
widgets/text/libetext.la
This also merges libedataserverui from the Evolution-Data-Server module,
since Evolution is its only consumer nowadays, and I'd like to make some
improvements to those APIs without concern for backward-compatibility.
And finally, start a Gtk-Doc module for libeutil. It's going to be a
project just getting all the symbols _listed_ much less _documented_.
But the skeletal structure is in place and I'm off to a good start.
We can't require the use of EUIManager everywhere because we don't
control all the UI manager instances -- the most compelling example
being the composer, whose UI manager comes from GtkhtmlEditor.
Instead, EPluginUI will check the instance type and pick an appropriate
"load_from_string" function.
Replace the EVO_EXPRESS environment variable with an --express command
line option. (Note, this adds a new translatable string for --help.)
Add an EUIManager class with an "express-mode" property and custom load
functions that use our new "express" preprocessor. This replaces the UI
manager functions in e-utils.c.
(Also going to see if I can get GTK+ to add an "add_ui_from_string"
method to GtkUIManagerClass that we can override. Then we could just
call gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_string() and the preprocessor would
automatically do its thing and chain up.)
Add an "express-mode" read-only GObject property to EShell.
Add e_shell_configure_ui_manager() to e-shell-utils.c. For now this
just creates a one-way property binding:
EShell:express-mode -> EUIManager:express-mode
Call this immediately after e_ui_manager_new(). (EUIManager can't do
this itself because it lives too low in the dependency hierarchy and
doesn't know about EShell.)
Add an optional "callback" attribute to <ui-manager> elements.
This is useful when extending the UI of multiple GtkUIManager IDs from a
single plugin. If the "callback" attribute is not given, it defaults to
"e_plugin_ui_init".
For example:
<hook class="org.gnome.evolution.ui:1.0">
<ui-manager id="org.gnome.evolution.foo" callback="init_foo">
...
</ui-manager>
<ui-manager id="org.gnome.evolution.bar" callback="init_bar">
...
</ui-manager>
</hook>
2009-02-13 Matthew Barnes <mbarnes@redhat.com>
** Fixes part of bug #564229
* e-util/e-plugin-ui.c (plugin_ui_hook_class_init):
Initialize the EPluginUI registry during class initialization,
so that it's sure to be there when we need it.
* plugins/email-custom-header/email-custom-header.c:
(e_plugin_lib_get_configure_widget):
Do not use uninitialized variable.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=37265
2008-05-08 Matthew Barnes <mbarnes@redhat.com>
** Fixes bug #525241 (EPluginUI)
* e-util/Makefile.am:
Add e-plugin-ui.[ch].
* e-util/e-plugin.h (EPluginClass):
Add a "get_symbol" method for extracting arbitrary symbols
from an EPlugin. Implementation of the method is optional.
* e-util/e-plugin.c (e_plugin_get_symbol):
New function invokes the new "get_symbol" EPlugin method.
* e-util/e-plugin.c (epl_get_symbol):
New function implements the new "get_symbol" EPlugin method.
It extracts the given symbol name from the GModule.
* e-util/e-plugin-ui.[ch]:
New EPluginHook subclass that allows plugins to extend menus,
toolbars, and popups that are managed by GtkUIManager instead
of BonoboUI. Should eventually replace EMenu/EPopup.
* shell/main.c (main): Register the EPluginUIHook type.
* composer/e-msg-composer.c (msg_composer_destroy),
(msg_composer_init): Rip out the EMenu logic.
* composer/e-msg-composer.c (msg_composer_init):
Register the GtkUIManager with EPluginUI.
* plugins/face/Makefile.am:
* plugins/face/org-gnome-face-ui.xml:
Remove org-gnome-face-ui.xml (obsolete).
* plugins/face/face.c (e_plugin_ui_init):
Initialization callback for EPluginUI. Adds a "face" action to
the EMsgComposer instance's "composer" action group.
* plugins/face/org-gnome-face.eplug.xml:
Replace the "bonobomenu" hook definition with a new one for
EPluginUI. Include the UI definition inline.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=35485
