a number of ideas have been suggested for F+R that point towards the value of having a plugin system.
so let me lay out my current thinking on this so that we can discuss.
i'm thinking of adding a plugin system that would support 2 kinds of plugins.
1) Standard Result Output Plugin:
this would be a plugin that would be able to inject its own scored results into the standard result list.
it would be useful for doing things like searching opera/firefox bookmarks, etc.
anything where you want to generate a list of scored results by doing a search on keywords. results in this case could be (but wouldn't have to be) interspersed with results from other plugins and default search.
2) Custom Output Plugin:
in this case, the plugin would trigger on a regular expression or keyword and would get exclusive access to the output window, where it could display ANYTHING it wanted in there, including graphics, etc. this would be ideal for something like the calculator idea posted previously, or maybe a local dictionary search system, etc.
opinions, ideas, suggestions?
