Re: Pluggable widget types and implementations

[Magnus Bergman <magnus bergman observer net>]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:53:33 +0100 (CET)
Tim Janik <timj imendio com> wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> this is a proposal for allowing pluggable widget types and
> implementations, assorted bug report:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356864
> 
> Platform and desktop customization needs, especially in the embedded
> market go far beyond the themability support Gtk+ currently offers.
> E.g. for touchscreens, special input methods (hand writing
> recognition or virtual keyboards) need to be implemented, and
> sometimes complete widgets or dialogs of stock Gtk+ have to be
> replaced by customized implementations.

Can't the alternative implementation just be LD_PRELOADed?