[Geany-Devel] Adding a plugin

[Matthew Brush]

On 13-06-08 12:59 AM, Lex Trotman wrote:
> On 8 June 2013 16:25, Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 13-06-07 10:51 PM, Lex Trotman wrote:
>>
>>> Frank and others,
>>>
>>> Is there something that describes how to go about adding a plugin to
>>> geany-plugins?  That describes the build system requirements for
>>> non-autotools experts etc.
>>>
>>> I couldn't find anything.
>>>
>>>
>> The HACKING file has some good project information:
>>
>> https://github.com/geany/**geany-plugins/blob/master/**HACKING<https://github.com/geany/geany-plugins/blob/master/HACKING>
>
>
>
> "for non autotools experts" I said, that includes not knowing how to
> program in m4 :-)
>

Yeah I had originally typed a little rant about it in my last email that 
I removed to avoid being negative/complainy, but I believe it went 
something like this:

>> To add an already written plugin to Geany-Plugins you have to learn (at least a little of):
>>
>> * m4 and gp-specific set of m4 functions
>> * bash/shell
>> * gnu make
>> * autoconf
>> * automake
>> * python
>> * waf
>> * mingw/win32-isms
>>
>> IMO, that's a pretty hefty list of tangential tech.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush