Automatic ES Modules to legacy GJS imports translator

amezin · March 6, 2024, 6:46am

I wrote a script that translates ES Modules to legacy imports syntax

ddterm/gnome-shell-extension-ddterm/blob/master/tools/translate-esm.js

#!/usr/bin/env gjs

/*
    Copyright © 2024 Aleksandr Mezin

    This file is part of ddterm GNOME Shell extension.

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

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It allows me to generate an extension package that support pre-45 GNOME Shell versions from the code for GNOME 45 and later. Of course, just rewriting imports/exports is not enough, I also have to post-process the code a bit with sed. But imports are the main part.

Just for the information for the people who may want to keep support of older GNOME versions in their extensions too.

Tas-sos · March 6, 2024, 12:22pm

Thank you for this! Well organized and cool repository! Bravo!!

What are the latest guidelines for writing a GNOME extension ?

jrahmatzadeh · March 6, 2024, 2:07pm

What are the latest guidelines for writing a GNOME extension ?

system · March 20, 2024, 2:07pm

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