[edit] Info

GDocs Screenlet allows you to quickly manage your Google Documents from your desktop. (requires the Google Data python API)

Using Gdocs Screenlet : YouTube video at [1]

FEATURES :

• Google documents list and search
• Google documents download (PDF export, Ms Export or OpenOffice.org export)
• File upload to your account (doc, odt, ppt ...)

FILE TYPES SUPPORTED :

Upload :

• HTML files and plain text (.txt).
• Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf), OpenDocument Text (.odt) and StarOffice (.sxw)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps)
• [ Microsoft Excel (.xls) files and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods), Comma Separated Value (.csv) ]

Download :

• PDF export of documents, presentations and pdf files
• Microsoft export of documents and presentations
• OpenDocument export of documents

Spreadsheets actions are bugged.

[edit] Installation

Once the Google Library is installed, install using the Screenlets-manager or by extracting the contents of the screenlet's archive to the directory "$HOME/.screenlets".

Don't forget to set Google Documents account login/password and the target directory in screenlet's properties.

If you're having some problems, try to quit and relaunch the screenlet.

Installing and using GDocs Screenlet : YouTube video at [2]

[edit] Requirements

The GDocs Screenlet requires the Google Data python API.

1) Download gdata.py-1.2.3.tar.gz or zip at http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/

2) Extract : tar -xvf gdata.py-1.2.3.tar.gz

3) Change directory and install the library : sudo ./setup.py install

More information for GData API install at [3]

[edit] Usage

Installing and using GDocs Screenlet : YouTube video at [4]

[edit] Discussion