Re: [mpc-dev] New use of MPC

["Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mickael,

I can't find a bug ID in your E-Mail so can't read up on background …

On a general note,

• There might be lots of editors on the marketplace supporting .py files, which one(s) would you favor ?
• What if I prefer associating .py with the existing plain text editor (or other already-installed one which I already have), would I "Ignore Marketplace proposal" and then see another Open With dialog ? This is not obvious from the wording; I'd prefer a single dialog over multiple dialogs

My intuitive expectation would be a dialog like this:

"

(Eclipse-Productname) has no file association for ".py" files yet.

  (o) Choose an installed Editor

        |---------------------|

        | editor1              s

        | editor2              c

        | editor3              r

        | editor4              o

        | editor5              l

        |----------------------

   (o) Look for an Editor from the Marketplace

   (o) Open with System Editor (gedit)

( ) And remember this association

Note: You can always right-click > Open With

To change your selection of editor for a file.

"

Martin

From: <mpc-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of "mistria@xxxxxxxxxx" <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "mpc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mpc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 17:38
To: "Ian org>" <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "mpc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mpc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [mpc-dev] New use of MPC

Ian, all,

I'm working on improving this workflow, so that the default editor (often the System editor chosen by OS) is shown whenever opening an unassociated file, just like it's happening right now.
Then in the background, the IDE starts polling marketplace for a better support, and if it finds something, there will be a popup such as

"""
Some editor supporting "py" files can be installed from Marketplace.
(x) Open Marketplace Client and show me the proposal
( ) Ignore Marketplace proposal
   ( ) and remember association of current editor (gedit) with "py" files.

In case you change your mind later, you can always change this via the <a>Preferences</a>.
"""

What do you think about it? It's pretty close of the proposal on the bug, except is uses a popup instead of a notification panel (that can too easily be missed by users, as stated on comment #36).

Cheers,

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Mickael Istria
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