Add "silent" option to extension inx file so that extension authors can opt-out of displaying the "working, please wait" dialog.

Extensions that are tipically slow can still have the dialog show up by simply not adding this attribute to the inx file.

(bzr r10240)

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/extension/execution-env.cpp b/src/extension/execution-env.cpp
index f9e099c26..a2550024a 100644
--- a/src/extension/execution-env.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/execution-env.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ ExecutionEnv::createWorkingDialog (void) {
                                true); // modal
     _visibleDialog->signal_response().connect(sigc::mem_fun(this, &ExecutionEnv::workingCanceled));
     g_free(dlgmessage);
-    _visibleDialog->show();
+
+    if (!_effect->is_silent()){
+        _visibleDialog->show();
+    }
 
     return;
 }
diff --git a/src/extension/extension.cpp b/src/extension/extension.cpp
index e67a4b95f..a70c79943 100644
--- a/src/extension/extension.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/extension.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Parameter * get_param (const gchar * name);
 */
 Extension::Extension (Inkscape::XML::Node * in_repr, Implementation::Implementation * in_imp)
     : _help(NULL)
+    , silent(false)
     , _gui(true)
 {
     repr = in_repr;
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ Extension::Extension (Inkscape::XML::Node * in_repr, Implementation::Implementat
             if (!strcmp(chname, "dependency")) {
                 _deps.push_back(new Dependency(child_repr));
             } /* dependency */
+            if (!strcmp(chname, "options")) {
+                silent = !strcmp( child_repr->attribute("silent"), "true" );
+            }
             child_repr = sp_repr_next(child_repr);
         }
 
@@ -310,6 +314,16 @@ Extension::get_repr (void)
 }
 
 /**
+    \return  bool 
+    \brief   Whether this extension should hide the "working, please wait" dialog
+*/
+bool
+Extension::is_silent (void)
+{
+    return silent;
+}
+
+/**
     \return  The textual id of this extension
     \brief   Get the ID of this extension - not a copy don't delete!
 */
diff --git a/src/extension/extension.h b/src/extension/extension.h
index 936d2a907..dba8eeb45 100644
--- a/src/extension/extension.h
+++ b/src/extension/extension.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ private:
     state_t    _state;                    /**< Which state the Extension is currently in */
     std::vector<Dependency *>  _deps;     /**< Dependencies for this extension */
     static std::ofstream error_file;      /**< This is the place where errors get reported */
+    bool silent;
     bool _gui;
 
 protected:
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ public:
     gchar *       get_name     (void);
     /** \brief  Gets the help string for this extension */
     gchar const * get_help     (void) { return _help; }
+    bool          is_silent (void);
     void          deactivate   (void);
     bool          deactivated  (void);
     void          printFailure (Glib::ustring reason);