> if you define the plugin API and the plugins all use it to draw with, > then its easy. the problem is when the plugins want to circumvent > whatever facilities the plugin API provides with "native" calls. if we > take a lession from the photoshop api (the mozilla plugin api would be > another example, and has been cited here before because it includes > more generic run-time stuff), then it would appear that we need a > more, rather than less, expansive API to allow plugins to be > cross-platform. > If you want to make it as easy as possible for plugins to be cross-platform, then yes. But this should be in another API, not the core GMPI API. Frederic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe