Re: libgnomeoffice* status

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 07:57:11PM -0400, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> >hmm, where do you see the idle handlers? I just grep'ed the sources for
> >g_idle_ and didnt find anything.
> 
> Well, I don't know who Bob Smith is (I notice the nick from #gnumeric), but 
> he sent a message on September 2 or 3 titled "Plugin System" with a 3kb 
> attachment called "plugins.txt". In plugins.txt, he says things like:
> 
> 1. When a plugin is removed, remove it via an idle handler.
> 3. Do as much as possible through idle callbacks. The plugin system should 
> stay out of everyone's way.
> 
> 2. Add directory. State becomes PROCESSING. Idle callback to update 
> metadata.
> 3. Remove directory. State becomes PROCESSING. Remove metadata. Idle 
> callback to unload relevent plugins.
> 7. Add Discovery object. State becomes PROCESSING. The Discovery object is 
> handed the current directory list and an idle callback is set for it to 
> update itself.

That was a proposal for how to extend things based on a conversation
I had with him.  He's got some interesting ideas that we're trying
to beat into shape.  The idle handlers came as a result of my
insistence on fast startup times, but I don't see them as a
requirement.