Python plugins and C++ plugins: using different terms (was: Re: [Qgis-user] coordinates in both projected and geographic systems)

[Agustin Lobo]

Thanks again.

The following suggestion might seem just a minor question of 
nomenclature and apologize if you find it an unnecessary complication,
but I think it's important for the user not to be confused:

"Within QGis documentation, the term plugin should be restricted to 
python plugins. We should
find a different term for C++ plugins"

I understand this can be odd and unnecessary for developers, but from
the operational point of view of a user, a plugin is something you 
install using the plugin installer. C++ plugins (i.e., eVIS) require
a different procedure, we should refer to them with a different
term and activate/desactivate them using a different tab in the menu. May be
we could call C++ plugins "extensions"? Perhaps there are better terms, but
making the distinction is important. Another option is calling both of them
"extensions" and then "python plugins" and "C++ plugins". We would have 
a "Python Plugin Installer" and an "Extensions Manager" (where we can 
activate/desactivate both types, as currently done).

Agus


Tim Sutton wrote:
 > Hi
 >
 >
 >
 > 2008/8/6 Agustin Lobo <Agustin.Lobo at ija.csic.es>:
 >> Thanks, this is even more than I was asking for, as the user
 >> can copy the coordinates to the clipboard, which is very useful as well.
 >
 > Good. I combined several other folks requests and trac enhancment
 > requests into it. I'm making a few more tweaks to it still.
 >
 >> If this is in svn trunk I understand that this feature will
 >> be in the core of QGIS, not a plugin. If it's a plugin, should not be
 >> installed through the plugin manager?
 >
 > Its like this:
 >
 > - there are two kinds of plugins C++ and Python
 > - there are two ways to distribute plugins - as part of the core QGIS
 > (will be in each type binary release we make - win/mac/linux /etc), or
 > downloaded via the python plugin installer.
 >
 > The coordinate capture plugin is a C++ plugin which will be
 > distributed with core QGIS code. You will need to enable it from the
 > plugin manager, but there is no need to install it through the plugin
 > installer since it will come preinstalled when you get QGIS 1.0. If
 > you are building from source using SVN trunk, simply open the plugin
 > manager and tick the Coordinate Capture entry in the plugins list.
 > Hope that explanation wasnt too confusing...
 >
 > Regards
 >
 > Tim
 >
 >
 >> Agus
 >>
 >> Tim Sutton wrote:
 >>> Hi
 >>>
 >>> I wrote a little plugin that lets you click on the map and copy the
 >>> coordinates to the clipboard. If you are using on the fly projection
 >>> it will display coordinates both in lat/lon and in the map canvas
 >>> projection.
 >>>
 >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlinux/2738766800/
 >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlinux/2738766796/
 >>>
 >>> Probably doesnt address all the needs expressed in this thread but
 >>> hopefully it will take you some way there. Plugin is in SVN trunk and
 >>> will be in QGIS 1.0.0
 >>>
 >>> Regards
 >>>
 >>> Tim

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