[Bf-funboard] O.S. Integration and better plugin browser

[Campbell Barton]

Id really like to see better OS integration, spesificlly
- An easy way to manage scripts on linux (and os X aparently) - At the
moment many many script bug reports are due to users running old
scripts or a mixture of old/new. If it worked like windows where by
default it used scripts in the subdirectory this would be ideal IMHO.

- Better freedesktop (linux/solaris/bsd) support - so when you install
blender, double clicking on a blend file loads it with blender.
installing could also add a blender.desktop file.
- Support for blender loading other 3d formats on double click -
dxf/obj/3ds etc...
- Review patch to have a console in blenders view. (having a separate
console is not that normal at the moment some important error messages
use this)
- Move errors out of the console - Have some way to notify users when
linked libs dont load, or when files are missing, at the moment its
only printed in the console.


On Nov 15, 2007 8:29 PM, Jason van Gumster <flaw at misaligned.net> wrote:
> I disagree.  One thing I really like about Blender is that it's
> consistent across all platforms.  Whether I'm using it in Linux, on
> Windows, on a Mac, or even my mobile phone, Blender is still the same
> Blender it always is.  It's simple, effective, and consistent (and
> it has nice thumbnail images in SVN right now).  Granted, it's not
> perfect, but I think there are definitely good reasons for keeping it
> as is.
>
> For those occasions where the file browsers open in a narrow window,
> I'll either ESC to another window or simply SHIFT+SPACE to maximize
> that window; so it's really a non-issue for me.  Though, perhaps, as
> someone else mentioned, going to full screen should be the default
> behavior.
>
>   -Fweeb
>
>
> Alessandro Preziosi <lsnpreziosi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I know what you mean, and I think you're right.
> > It would only take blender to use the standard OS window for
> > operations like Open and Save. Anyway I think there's a reason why
> > they made the "OPEN view" inside blender itself, like the other
> > panels, but I don't understand it. Personally I don't like it, I'd
> > prefer the "native" OS window with its icons, previews and its
> > intuitiveness. If there aren't good reasons to keep it as it is,
> > let's change it!
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Flávio Cardoso Ferreira Pontes <flaviocpontes at gmail.com>
> > To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:53:43 AM
> > Subject: [Bf-funboard] O.S. Integration and better plugin browser
> >
> >
> > What I would really like to see in blender is better integration with
> > the underlying O.S.
> >
> > For instance, I would like to see the Network Neighborhood in the file
> > browser window, a proper list of fonts in the text object.
> >
> > As a designer, I find it annoying to browse the fonts by filename...
> >
> > That's my wish... ;-)
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