Re: Commit: fix 2507, PLUGIN ANNOUNCEMENT


Subject: Re: Commit: fix 2507, PLUGIN ANNOUNCEMENT
From: Rui Miguel Seabra (rms@multicert.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 16:13:36 CST


On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 11:52, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> Mike Pritchett and I have fixed 2507 for Win32 and Unix, respectively.
> We've also agreed on some basic ground rules for plugin installation and
> loading:
>
> 1) We search XAP_App::getUserPrivateDirectory()/AbiWord/plugins
> 2) We search XAP_App::getAbiSuiteAppDir()/plugins
> 3) The "Load Plugin" dialog defaults to looking in #1
>
> This will involve some small changes to the plugin EXEs, RPMs, install
> scripts, docs, and pre-existing setups. I'm sorry for any inconvenience
> caused.

The spec I did should be safe from this problems, since it defaults to
install a plugin in AbiSuiteAppDir/plugins

Also, shouldn't 1) be
XAP_App::getUserPrivateDirectory()/.AbiSuite/plugins , or was it a typo?

Hugs, rms

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