RE: [FR-devel] Input requested on plugin directory naming.

[Curt Hibbs]

This looks good to me. I like using a single directory name (with the
underscores) rather than a series of nested directories like Java uses. This
way each plugin can have its own unique namespace without requiring us to
navigate a lot of directories.

Curt

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
> Rich Kilmer
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:01 PM
> To: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [FR-devel] Input requested on plugin directory naming.
>
>
> modification to my own post (I know...bad form...but whatever ;-)
>
> drop the org_ (or com_) it just makes things longer and really does not
> add anything.
>
> rubyide_gui <- gui core components
> rubyide_gui_fox <- fox renderer
> rubyide_commands <- core commands
> rubyide_util_... <- utility plugins like the logger
> rubyide_tools_... <- tools like debugger, filebrowser, etc
>
> The plugin names (in the yaml files) also have to be unique...so...i
> recommend that we name them the same as their directory names+file names
> so...
>
> if the name of the plugin file was:
>
> <pluginpath>/rubyide_gui/menubar.rb
>
> the plugin name would be:
>
> rubyide_gui_menubar
>
> Again, this a convention that we will follow and recommend others
> follow.  If they don't there is nothing much we can do but shame them
> into adhering.
>
> Also, the internal ruby module namespace is yet another issue that this
> does not address.  we still will have ours as:
>
> FreeRIDE::GUI::MenuBar
>
> So you can see that the convention is for plugin/file naming (and thus
> 'require' statements).  The module namespace is separate (but we will
> publish our namespace as well).
>
> -rich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden
> > On Behalf Of Rich Kilmer
> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:40 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: [FR-devel] Input requested on plugin directory naming.
> >
> >
> > Our current naming structure for plugins is quite ad hoc.  We
> > have System_Commands, System_GuiCode and System_GuiRenderFox
> > for the basic IDE and then directories named after functions
> > (Debugger, FileBrowser,
> > ScriptBrowser) for the rest.  I think this is a problem
> > waiting to happen.  We will quickly run out of names for
> > stuff (like the current Ruby naming problems.  My
> > recommendation is to rename the plugin directories and move
> > all their code.  The question is what naming convention to use.
> >
> > What are your thoughts about using Eclipse-like/Java-like
> > domain name dirs with underscores instead of dots for separators:
> >
> > org_rubyide_core_gui
> >   - Core GUI stuff (components)
> >
> > org_rubyide_core_gui_fox
> >   - Fox renderer...other renderers would be likewise named
> >
> > org_rubyide_core_commands
> >   - Standard commands
> >
> > org_rubyide_util_logger
> >   - the util groups holds all utility plugins
> >
> > org_rubyide_tools_debugger
> >   - all tool plugins go under org_rubyide_tools_...
> >
> > And I want to add the "plugins" directory to the ruby path so
> > that if a plugin needed to reference other files, it would
> > use its directory+file (regardless of the "plugin" main
> > directory.)  This is a big issue because right now the plugin
> > directory name is a parameter, but the plugins themselves use
> > an absolute path ("plugins/System_GuiCore/Component.rb")...so
> > this change is needed.
> >
> > Please respond soon, I want to roll this in.
> >
> > -rich
> >
> > _______________________________
> > Rich Kilmer, InfoEther LLC
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