[gmpi] Re: Instruments done, moving on to "Plugin Files"

  • From: Mike Berry <mberry@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:54:00 -0600



Steve Harris wrote:

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 10:40:29AM -0600, Mike Berry wrote:

Of course, it could be a suggestion, not a requirement.  I really like the
idea that everything is a single file or at least a single dir.



Yeah, agreed its much easier for users. It doesnt have to be an archive
file, a directory is just as good, and no harder for developers IMHO.


What if a bunch of plugins use the same shared dll? Does this mean that every plugin must have a copy of that dll in its directory? 


Well, the correspondance between plugins are directories doesnt have to be
1:1. If you cna have >1 plugin in a DLL I dont see why you should have the
data/metadata/whatever in one directory.


    I would be much happier if the requirement read:

- Hosts must traverse all subdirectories of its plugin directory when loading plugins.

This would mean that anyone who wanted to group their plugins in folders, however deep, could, but it would not be required.

--
Mike Berry
Adobe Systems


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