[...] Ok, this explains some of what I was asking on the other thread, so now I can ask the more specific questions below that are the key points in the confusion.
> with my new loader (no pluxies) it goes like this, and this is *very* > similar to git master. > >> user opens PM dialog > 1 Geany calls load_all_plugins(), which calls load_plugins_from_path($path) > 2 for each $file in $path, Geany checks if the extension is G_MODULE_SUFFIX, > and calls plugin_new($file, ...) > 3 plugin_new() calls the plugins's geany_load_module() (if new-style > plugin, calls version_check, set_info() for old-style ones) > 4 geany_load_module() is implemented by the plugin, and registers itself > with geany_plugin_register() > < geany_plugin_register() adds the plugin to the plugin list, so that the PM > can sort and show it > > Now, with pluxies, it is completely the same except for: > 2* for each $file in $path, Geany calls is_plugin($file) What is is_plugin()? If its a function in Geany how does it get to know about new types of plugins without being hard coded? > which matches > additional file extensions (as provided by pluxies), it also calls the > probe() hook to resolve ambiguous files (e.g. .so files, they can be core or > libpeas plugins) I'm guessing probe() is a function that looks for something in the .so that distinguishes if its new or old loader, but what about others? > 3* plugin_new() calls the load() hook registered by pluxies for the given > extension. for standard plugins (without proxy) there is a predefined > plugin_load_so() funtion that gets called instead. How does the load hook get defined for new types of plugins? > 4* The load-hook calls geany_plugin_register(), here Geany core and proxies > work the same way Where is the geany_plugin_register() defined for a plugin written in a language that isn't C/C++/Vala that can produce a .so file? > > I designed it such, that the difference between standard plugins and proxied > plugins is all contained in the load hook. The rest of Geany does not know > about the difference. This ensures proxied plugins are first class citizens. > Thats the correct target I agree, I just don't understand the design details yet. Cheers Lex _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
