[Clipart] Clip Art Navigator 0.31

[Greg Steffensen]

I'm releasing version 0.31 of the Clip Art Navigator. This is the first 
release that I believe is ready for general use. Get it from

http://download.berlios.de/ocalhelper/clipartnav-0.31.tar.gz

Installation is now much simpler. Basically, just extract it and its ready 
to use. The only dependencies are Python 2.4, GTK 2.6, and PyGTK 2.6 (even 
Inkscape isn't required). However, Inkscape and PyXML are both reccommended. 
The package can be used both as a standalone program (the main executable is 
clipartnav.py) and as an Inkscape extension.

It isn't necessary, but you'll almost certainly want to setup a local clip 
art repository for it to use first. Instructions are in the README, but 
basically, just extract an OCAL release somewhere (I reccommend 
/usr/share/clipart), run the included "indexClipart.py" script on that 
directory (with the optional verbose flag... for example, "python 
indexClipart.py -v /usr/share/clipart"), and then update the config file (
clipartnav.conf) so that the "repodir" setting under the "localocal" section 
matches the directory you just indexed. To install for use with Inkscape, 
just copy the contents of the package (without the top level directory) to 
your Inkscape extensions directory. Adding a GUI for this process is high on 
my todo list.

I should note that remote OCAL access is currently SLOW... on the order of 1 
minute for a search that returns 5 images when I use it. To turn off the 
OCAL module, just remove the word "ocal" from the "modules" setting in the 
configuration file.

I believe that the code is currently ready to be preliminarily checked into 
Inkscape CVS. The main question I have about that right now is how to deal 
with the configuration file. The script searches for the config file both in 
the Inkscape extensions directory and in the ".inkscape" directory in the 
user's home dir (both can be used simultaneously... conflicting settings 
favor the user file). The extensions dir seems like a pretty dumb place to 
put a configuration file; is there a better location I should use? The 
problem with the user folder is that its per user; you'd have to create one 
for every Inkscape user on the system, and it seems more logical to make the 
main config file, at least, be system wide.

Feedback greatly appreciated. I've got good internet, and check my email 
like its my job, so if you have problems getting it to work, please let me 
know.

Greg
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