PlayOnLinux 2.7

As planned, here is the PlayOnLinux's 2.7 version

What's new:

A plugins manager

The plugins manger will allow you to add features to PlayOnLinux such as scripting ones. You will find some plugins on the download page. .pol is the plugins' format.

Any member who knows the PlayOnLinux's script language (feel free to read the documentation, available in English since few days, in order to discover this language) can create a .pol package (which can be both an offline game installer or a plugin).

If they interest us, they can become official.

Existing scripts at this day:
Script Creator, by Zoloom, version 0.2
Dosbox support, by Tinou, version 0.1
Wine Look, by Tinou, version 0.1

So the .deb packages don't exist anymore and are now incompatible with PlayOnLinux

Note: Think to enable a plugin after installing it.

New icons

The following icons, from the tango project, are added:

A warning for imprudent peoples

Miscellaneous stuffs:

- A proper and up-to-date changelog
- Big bugs fixed for the languages different from French and English
- The main interface's menus allow to access directly to each different tabs of the options menu
- Colors are back in the IRC chat

PlayOnLinux 0.2: thanks Zoloom

Here is his news:

Hello everybody,

The POLScriptCreator's 0.2 version is out, in late (because of exams) but better late than never. I announced it as a major version, it's more or less true. It implements the first version of the assistant, which allows you to really make a script without knowing anything to bash.

The assistant

This assistant is going to be more "design" and more complete (tab system, more options, etc...) in a near future. It's currently able to create scripts to install a game with CD(s), with a client to be downloaded on the net as well as with a installer stored localy, on your hard drive. It's usable but remains still perfectible.

What's new

- When saving your script, the default directory is now your home directory (i.e /home/user) instead of the path to POLSC.
- The functions' windows disappear when the function is added the the source code.
- "Total steps number" field added for the "presentation" function
- Generally, the different windows' sizes were enlarged
- A new system for files opening (faster and more respectfull of the encodage)
- The online help links to the new scripters' documentation
- The "new script" assistant
- Undo/Do again function added but not yet very powerful

I need your opinions about the assistant (things to add, to fix) it will help me to know what the scripters want precisely.

Thank you for your fidelity,

Have a good day on PlayOnLinux

Good evening


By Tinou