[GRASS-dev] wxGUI adding menu file with our Addons

[Anna Kratochvílová]

Hi Yann,

actually, we just started working on this, so we will let you know
about the progress.

Anna and Vaclav

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Yann Chemin <yann.chemin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Upon compiling addons, it would be nice to have another file
> (menuaddons.xml in grass70/gui/wxpython/xml/) that could be loaded
> additionally to menudata.xml, or directly into it by some python
> import magic.
>
> here is an example of few modules:
>     <menu>
>       <label>&Addons</label>
>       <items>
>         <menuitem>
>           <label>ET Senay (2001)</label>
>           <help>Computes ET after Senay (2001)</help>
>           <keywords>imagery,evapotranspiration,Senay</keywords>
>           <handler>OnMenuCmd</handler>
>           <command>i.evapo.senay</command>
>         </menuitem>
>         <separator />
>         <menuitem>
>           <label>ET Biome (2011)</label>
>           <help>Computes Biome based ET (Global model)</help>
>           <handler>OnMenuCmd</handler>
>           <command>i.evapo.senay</command>
>         </menuitem>
>       </items>
>     </menu>
>
> If loaded properly into the menu on compilation time it would appear
> as an "Addon" extra menu. before the "Help" menu.
>
> I realize this idea comes from the compiling side of G7, but it can be
> extended to g.extension etc... by asking teh menu bar to reload once
> in a while any new menuaddons*.xml file available.
>
>
> --
> Yann Chemin
> Researcher at IWMI
> Skype/FB: yann.chemin
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