On Saturday 17 January 2009 01:24:52 r wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Peter TB Brett <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > Currently, Scheme is the only available extension language for
> > gEDA. However, in future it may be desirable to extend gEDA apps in
> > other languages, including possibly as native code loaded from .so
> > files.
>
> Extending gEDA with native code plugins makes IMHO little sense. There
> are no particular performance requirements in gEDA, and even if are,
> it's usually easier and better to patch the source code.
>
The main issue is that people may want to extend the GUI (add new dialog
boxes, for instance). IMHO, the only really practical way to do that is to
write it in C.
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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