On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 02:05:48PM -0500, David Hampton wrote: > On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 13:21 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Chris Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I noticed that there are (at least) two ways that GncPlugins are added > > > to the GncPluginManager: > > > 1) in gnc_gui_init() in top-level.c: gnc_plugin_manager_add_plugin > > > is called explictly. (with a comment about removing this usage) > > > 2) sometime before gnc_gui_init() is called, several other plugins > > > are added, e.g. stylesheets. I'm not really sure how, but I think it > > > comes from scheme-land, e.g. perhaps: (load-module > > > "gnucash/report/stylesheets" 0 #f) ? (which also has a comment about > > > eventually making modules loaded automatically instead of statically) > > > > > > So, what's the right way of adding plugins to the plugin manager. > > > Keep in mind I'm considering a plugin that doesn't (currently) have > > > any scm component. > > There's a fair number of sections of gnucash that are initialized from > scheme land. This is a holdover from the direction of an earlier group > of developers. If you code is structured as a module, the best place to > call the plugin manager is from the module init routine.
If I understand correctly, you're saying the plugin's init function should add itself to the plugin manager. AFAICS, no plugin works that way now. But, I could try changing that. > > > > And, while I'm asking about gui stuff... what about gncPlugins > > > vs. gnc_menu_extenstion_ stuff? All the Reports menu stuff uses > > > gnc_menu_extensions and no gncPlugin at all. > > > > gncPlugin is a new-in-g2 api; the gnc_menu_extension is the older > > interface. There's no reason to use one vs. the other as far as I > > know. > > gncPlugin creates menu items that exist in all top level windows. > gncPluginPage creates menus that apply only to a particular page within > a window. Using the plugins (and underlying action objects) its easier > to enable/disable menu/toolbar items that it is with the > gnc_menu_extension interface. > That seems like a good reason to prefer gncPlugin. Are there downsides? -chris _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
