Re: [Java-gnome-developer] gnomevfs bindings

[Robert M. <ro...@ma...>]

On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 01:27 -0400, dan wrote:
> 	So i created 4 classes, and later realized 2 of them were already in
> the gnome cvs.  This leaves two classes Mime and MimeApplication that
> don't seem to yet be present in the bindings.
> 	I am playing around with creating a java-based desktop search similar
> to Beagle. So far it only supports text and openoffice files so it's not
> that exciting. (It also still re-indexes every time the program is
> launched) The Mime binding I have created successfully determine mime
> types and launch the appropriate application.  This means, although I
> wrapped most of the mime functions present in the C libraries, I only
> use a few methods from these classes in my app.  I don't know whether
> the rest of the Mime functions i wrapped work correctly.

Hello. I have been working on something similar on my free time, what do
you think about trying to join forces. this is what I currently have

http://www.marcanoonline.com/plog/post/1/102

> 	I have joined the java-hackers list and will start to follow what goes
> on there.  I also will try to test the rest of my class methods before i
> consider a submission.
> 
> thanks,
> Dan
> 
> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 11:47 +1000, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-23-07 at 19:23 -0400, dan wrote:
> > > I have created several classes allowing access to the mime
> > > functionality in gnomevfs.
> > 
> > Excellent!
> > 
> > >   If java-gnome intends to wrap gnomevfs i
> > > will be happy to submit them. 
> > 
> > Well, first things first - you should probably join the
> > jav...@li... mailing list and submit your
> > code there.
> > 
> > >  I have never submitted code to a large
> > > project such as this one before, so if there is interest in these
> > > classes, could somebody give me some pointers on the procedure for
> > > submitting code.
> > 
> > Pretty much anyone with CVS access can commit the code. Since this is
> > off the beaten path a bit, you'll probably have to go a bit extra to get
> > someone to look at your code. At the end of the day, we're all
> > volunteers, so whatever you can do to make it easier for someone to
> > review your code will help your cause.
> > 
> > I would suggest as well that if you have a tiny little app or example
> > case that shows the bindings in use and/or the new/changed/fixed
> > functionality you are coding it would really help. I could look at your
> > code and go "um, yup, it compiles" but as I don't really know anything
> > about libgnomevfs it's hard for me to say whether or not your code does
> > the right thing. That's ok - I'm not the expert there - but *someone*
> > has to be able to say "yeah, it's cool"
> > 
> > As for how to submit, you can either send along a patch (see `cvs diff`,
> > `patch` etc) or alternately copies of the complete code files (such that
> > someone could drop them in to a checkout of libgnomevfs-java [1] and do
> > the `cvs diff` themselves).
> > 
> > AfC
> > Sydney
> > 
> > [1]: which I think should disappear and just be a part of libgnome-java
> > 

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