Hello world plugin

[mikedee]

I have written a basic hello world plugin which is based on the plugin template.

I have added all of the options things so that it can respond to keyboard input.

This plugin is now part of the example plugins, for more info see here.

http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=767

[gandalfn]

hi mikedee,

first thank you for plugins backport.

I'll made for ubuntu packages a tarball which congregate your plugins, with this you can add translation file, regen schemas file like compiz tarball and of course made a ./configure && make && make install to build/install them. It missed some plugins but it's simplier to add them.

I hope that can help you

gandalfn

compiz-extra-0.3.3.tar.bz2 (http://gandalfn.club.fr/ubuntu/compiz-extra/compiz-extra-0.3.3.tar.bz2)

[mikedee]

Thanks very much :)

I have linked it from this page. I also added install instructions.

http://www.anykeysoftware.co.uk/compiz/plugins/

Once the svn is up, they can be maintained there. I will try to post here if I make any major changes.

[lowfi]

+1 for the backports.

the helloword is also very cool.
not sure but i think you missed some vars in the VTable

0, /* Features */
0 /* nFeatures */

[mikedee]

Thanks for that, looks like the template linked from the fdo page is out of date.

I have updated it.

[moppsy]

I have updated my template that is linked there.
please let me know if there are any problems with it, or if you have suggestions or improvements.

[mikedee]

Thanks for that :)

My initial thoughts were that over time we could build a set of examples which do specific tasks like manipulating windows, getting / setting options etc.

Miniwin is a good starting point, but it is too complex for a beginner. Maybe some code could be ripped from it to do a simple shrink window example?

[moppsy]

Maybe some code could be ripped from it to do a simple shrink window example?

I have something I did a while ago.
I wrote this to prove a point, but it is a simple example of how to shrink a window.

icon.tar.bz2 (http://home.comcast.net/~moppsy/compiz/icon.tar.bz2)

[delphinen]

It would be very helpful if you could comment the code

[mikedee]

OK - I have commented it, please let me know if anything isnt clear or if something is wrong.

[Sephoroth]

I just thought I'd mention none of the links in this thread (excluding the one in moppsy's post) seem to work anymore.

[SmSpillaz]

It's way out of date. Just ignore it. Can someone unsticky this thread?