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darthpenguin

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Registered: 2011-09-16

Posts: 113

[SOLVED] I want to write some gnome extensions. Where should I Start?

Hi Guys,

I like the Gnome-Shell. It is a very clean and simple interface but most of the defaults make no sense to me. It requires a lot of extensions to become usable. Thanks to extensions.gnome.org most of what I need to tweak has been done for me. The last thing I need to do is remove instant messaging integration (empathy) and "Online Accounts" from the user menu. I have no use for either of these features and they just clutter the menu. I have some experience with programming but I have never written a single line of javascript. Can anyone recommend some resources to get me started? Would anyone be willing to assist in writing such an extension?

Thanks.

Last edited by darthpenguin (2012-07-31 02:37:03)

jakobcreutzfeldt

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Registered: 2011-05-12

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Re: [SOLVED] I want to write some gnome extensions. Where should I Start?

Sadly  I don't think there's a lot of documentation online. Gnome has some general tutorials online here:
https://live.gnome.org/DocumentationPro … rTutorials
(scroll down to "JavaScript")

Otherwise, your best bet is to just study the code for some existing extensions.

darthpenguin

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Registered: 2011-09-16

Posts: 113

Re: [SOLVED] I want to write some gnome extensions. Where should I Start?

I kind of solved this. I commented out some lines in userMenu.js and got the right ones through trial and error. Combined with the "Quit Button" extension from https://extensions.gnome.org (to hide the IM icon) got the results I was looking for.

Last edited by darthpenguin (2012-07-31 02:36:36)