Re: Plugin API ?

From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 20:54:30 EDT

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    On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Dom Lachowicz wrote:

    > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 03:06, apjapj@wp.pl wrote:
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > I wonder is there anything like a plugin API for Abiword ?
    > > Or at least some examples / texts ?
    > >
    > > Any and all information wanted :)
    >
    > To create a plugin, you only need to support these 3 functions:
    >
    > ABI_FAR_CALL int abi_plugin_register (XAP_ModuleInfo * mi);
    > ABI_FAR_CALL int abi_plugin_unregister (XAP_ModuleInfo * mi);
    > ABI_FAR_CALL int abi_plugin_supports_version (UT_uint32 major, UT_uint32
    > minor, UT_uint32 release);
    >
    > After that, you are free to use any AbiWord API calls that you want to.
    > Create any of our C++ classes, use existing APIs, etc...
    >

    Furthermore I think the source code of the existing plugins is pretty
    well commented. See AbiGimp.cpp for example. Just cut and paste the code
    for registering and menu item creation to get started.

    The hardest part is actually putting together a Makefile.

    Cheers

    Martin

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