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drMerry · 09-25-2011, 10:08 AM

I was thinking of a new plugin, but looking at my used plugins, this one could be the one that does the trick, if another option would be available.

I do a lot of programming. There is no good way of indexing my projects, or my created libraries. Also because they are written in many different languages.

Just today I thought it would be great to just zip all my projects and then add them to calibre. That way I could quickly locate a project, tag it with extra info (and summary) and safe space because of the zipping.

The only thing is, that it would be a lot easier if I had an option to open the project directly.
My idea was to create a plugin that could unzip the project to a specific location and then open it with the right program.

Open with... could assist here.
E.g. If I create a entry for zip-files called: netbeans_second-drive
It visually indicates that it should be opened wit netbeans, and that the project is extracted to my second drive.
Step one can be made by this plugin, I can define a path to extract the files to by a command line option.
But then I need to run a second action, open the unzipped project in Netbeans.

Is this an option that is desired to be implemented? So, run 2 tasks, while task two is executed if task 1 is ready (e.g. unzip/unrar tool is shut down again).

Are there more users that could need a duplicate action, or is it just me (in that case I should use batch scripts).

And of course this is no core function of calibre. But it is an excellent additional function that could be performed without changing calibre.

I should have to manually update the zip if a program like winrar is closed during editing, but the first steps are most important to me.

Just would like to hear your reactions before anyone gives his/her time for adding a function that is only used by one user (and could affect all users (bugs, mem/cpu load, ...)

09-25-2011, 10:08 AM	#94
drMerry Addict Posts: 293 Karma: 21022 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NL Device: Sony PRS-650	I was thinking of a new plugin, but looking at my used plugins, this one could be the one that does the trick, if another option would be available. I do a lot of programming. There is no good way of indexing my projects, or my created libraries. Also because they are written in many different languages. Just today I thought it would be great to just zip all my projects and then add them to calibre. That way I could quickly locate a project, tag it with extra info (and summary) and safe space because of the zipping. The only thing is, that it would be a lot easier if I had an option to open the project directly. My idea was to create a plugin that could unzip the project to a specific location and then open it with the right program. Open with... could assist here. E.g. If I create a entry for zip-files called: netbeans_second-drive It visually indicates that it should be opened wit netbeans, and that the project is extracted to my second drive. Step one can be made by this plugin, I can define a path to extract the files to by a command line option. But then I need to run a second action, open the unzipped project in Netbeans. Is this an option that is desired to be implemented? So, run 2 tasks, while task two is executed if task 1 is ready (e.g. unzip/unrar tool is shut down again). Are there more users that could need a duplicate action, or is it just me (in that case I should use batch scripts). And of course this is no core function of calibre. But it is an excellent additional function that could be performed without changing calibre. I should have to manually update the zip if a program like winrar is closed during editing, but the first steps are most important to me. Just would like to hear your reactions before anyone gives his/her time for adding a function that is only used by one user (and could affect all users (bugs, mem/cpu load, ...)