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lardman	2011-02-02 , 21:47
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Originally Posted by eachna

I installed the latest version and I'm picking through the thread, looking for a plugin I wanted....

While picking through the thread it occurs to me to post some features/plugins I run across to make it easier for you (Lardman) to update.

Thanks

Originally Posted by eachna

First, this plugin for installing plugins through apt (apturl):
http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...7&d=1275684398

I'd completely missed/forgotten that one TBH, so many thanks for pointing it out. I've been talking to the guys involved in the Community SSU about adding QR codes to the maemo.org downloads page using this type of link.

Originally Posted by eachna

Next, a mention that you want people to be able to email you "problematic" barcodes. I don't see a way to do this so I thought I'd throw it in here.

You should be able to save the barcode that is currently in the viewfinder by pressing the save button.

Originally Posted by eachna

Next, Lardman's database plugin (Fixed):
http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...6&d=1289283843

Working with Fiferboy to move this to Qt/C++. In fact with my lack of a device he's done all the work, but I need to have a chat with him to see how far along he's got.

Originally Posted by eachna

Finally, is Lardman's database plugin working with this new version, it's not clear to me that it should be? I know mBarcode had to be fixed before it would work, but I don't know that fixing mBarcode was all that was needed for it to work. If it should be working, how do I load it? I see a way to edit plugins, but no way to import them.

My ItemDB program was never actually working, just work in progress (I'm assuming this is what we mean here.)

I needed to get DBus signal sending working before that ItemDB program could work (as one can use DBus to start an app which is not running). I had originally planned a plugin solely for this purpose, but decided that it would probably be easier for people to write a small Python wrapper to send a DBus signal to their app.

The Python plugin is working, so there's no reason why people can't now have mBarcode start their apps and send them DBus (or other) signals via a Python plugin. Note that mBarcode also sends out broadcast DBus messages when a barcode is decoded, so if your app is running anyway it can just listen out for these.

The idea is not for people to be able to import these, but for them to be provided by the application that plans to use the data, but in any case they go under /usr/share/mbarcode/plugins/ (for C++) or /usr/share/mbarcode/plugins/qtpython/ (for python)

Originally Posted by eachna

I may have missed it in the 70+ pages of thread I've read. I'll be sure to provide updates ASAP. I'm very excited about this progress, I hope your (Lardman's) book-scanning is smooth on your side as well!

Many thanks for the help collating those posts, I'll add the apt patch now. Did you find the Python script I wrote (attached earlier in the thread) to add barcodes to a text file which might be of use?

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