Hello all. It all starts with this snip from docs/TODO:
- Implement (or at least investigate) dynamic loading of functions on systems that support it? (There is more on that on that file. These are just the first two lines) Recently I began testing GNU's Libtool on a project of mine, particulary using Ltdl. Ltdl is a dynamic library loading framework. It allows dynamic loading of modules for an application, or or as a last resort for systems not supporting it, either preloading (linking just before execution) or static linking (during the compilation time). It's very portable and flexible, as you can see from here: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Tested-platforms Anyway, it would be great to have the facility to load new styles or functions from a library (a ltdl module). Minimalistic systems would just load (or compile, depending on the arch) the very basic functions and styles, while more "feature-rich" systems would load all of them. The unoficial "feature patchsets" would be replaced by style modules (it has nothing to do with the current fvwm modules).. And so on. The text on docs/TODO explains the whole idea. For those interested in this, you can find libtool's manual here: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html For now I'm studying the fvwm code to see where this fits. I'm thinking of trying it out (in a my local "private branch", as this is definitely not a 2.5 feature). If I get to do anything I'll inform you. Cheers, Renato
