Re: External "so" module.

[Paul Chavent <paul chavent fnac net>]

Hi Hans

The sozi project even not provide an header. It only installs some ".py" ".js" and ".css" files in the 
inkskape extension folder.

I think that their player should be more independent of the editors...


On 09/11/2011 11:36 AM, Hans Breuer wrote:
> At 11.09.2011 01:22, Paul Chavent wrote:
> > Hans,
> >
> > On 09/10/2011 10:45 PM, Hans Breuer wrote:
> > > At 11.09.2011 00:15, Paul Chavent wrote:
> > > > So you recommend to concentrate my effort on module integration (i work
> > > > on a "sozi editor") instead of trying to do an external module ?
> > > Yes. IIRC the main thing blocking the inclusion with Dia was the
> > > overlong string for sozi_script. I could do that split for you, but I
> > > only want to do it once. So further updates from you should include
> > > the fixed approach.
> >
> > Yes i have a quick fix for this (yes it isn't really difficult). But i
> > also suggest some packaging patch on the sozi project side.
> > For dia I would like the following scenario :
> > - when running ./configure in dia i look for a sozi installation (sozi.h
> > in some include path)
> > - i use this header when compiling sozi.
> > So we don't need to maintain the sozi player part in dia. If we don't
> > found sozi, we don't try to compile this object.
> I doubt depending on an external, new API really reduces the maintenance burden. Including the one necessary 
> header might lead to a lot more people actually being able to use the sozi functionality.
>
> Also I don't like the idea, that some new Dia object is only available if some - not yet exisiting (?) - 
> external library is include with distributions.
>
> > I know that there is someone who is working on the sozi integration to
> > Sketch. So i think it could be easier for everyone to have a system wide
> > installation of sozi...
> It is just the one header, isn't it? Hope they care enough to create a version which allows to compile with 
> msvc, too.
>
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