--- "Kenneth J.Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > From a plugin I can read and write stuff to the > preference file. > Which scheme should I write my settings into? (I > currently create > one for my plugin and maintain my settings in it, > thus I don't have to > worry about my option names corresponding to > AbiWord's, nor do > I have to change the currently selected scheme to > access the values.) > I want to use the preference file, as I believe this > will allow the > plugin to store information in a cross platform > manner (that is, without > extra platform specific logic for where to place a > configuration file > or using platform specific features such as the > registry on Windows). > > What I am not sure of is mostly, should I > a) not be writing anything to the preference file > or > b) using some other means than a prefsScheme or > c) write my settings to a _plugin_ Scheme using > option names > prefixed with the plugin name (ie a scheme for > all plugins to share) or > d) what I do now, unique plugin specific scheme or > e) something else?
How about we put APIs in the AbiWord core especially for the plugins to access/modify the profiles/ preferences? Andrew Dunbar. > Thank you, > Jeremy Davis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
