Re: The preference file and plugins?

From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 02:14:57 EDT

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     --- "Kenneth J.Davis" <jeremyd@computer.org> wrote: >
    Hello,
    >
    > From a plugin I can read and write stuff to the
    > preference file.
    > Which scheme should I write my settings into? (I
    > currently create
    > one for my plugin and maintain my settings in it,
    > thus I don't have to
    > worry about my option names corresponding to
    > AbiWord's, nor do
    > I have to change the currently selected scheme to
    > access the values.)
    > I want to use the preference file, as I believe this
    > will allow the
    > plugin to store information in a cross platform
    > manner (that is, without
    > extra platform specific logic for where to place a
    > configuration file
    > or using platform specific features such as the
    > registry on Windows).
    >
    > What I am not sure of is mostly, should I
    > a) not be writing anything to the preference file
    > or
    > b) using some other means than a prefsScheme or
    > c) write my settings to a _plugin_ Scheme using
    > option names
    > prefixed with the plugin name (ie a scheme for
    > all plugins to share) or
    > d) what I do now, unique plugin specific scheme or
    > e) something else?

    How about we put APIs in the AbiWord core especially
    for the plugins to access/modify the profiles/
    preferences?

    Andrew Dunbar.

    > Thank you,
    > Jeremy Davis
    > jeremyd@computer.org
    >

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