[ENH] plugins.all (was Re: VMMaker next steps)

PhiHo Hoang phiho.hoang at rogers.com
Sat Jul 12 10:18:50 UTC 2003


# plugins.all must be included before plugins.int

SIMPLE_STUCKINS = AsynchFilePlugin B3DAcceleratorPlugin JoystickTabletPlugin MIDIPlugin SerialPlugin
SocketPlugin SoundPlugin SoundGenerationPlugin UUIDPlugin
COMPLEX_STUCKINS = FilePlugin SecurityPlugin
MORE_COMPLEX_STUCKINS = DropPlugin
ALL_STUCKINS = $(SIMPLE_STUCKINS) $(COMPLEX_STUCKINS) $(MORE_COMPLEX_STUCKINS)

TRUE_PLUGINS=ADPCMCodecPlugin Squeak3D BMPReadWriterPlugin B2DPlugin BitBltPlugin DSAPrims ZipPlugin
FFTPlugin FloatArrayPlugin FontPlugin GeniePlugin IntegerPokerPlugin JPEGReadWriter2Plugin
JPEGReaderPlugin Klatt LargeIntegers Matrix2x3Plugin MiscPrimitivePlugin Mpeg3Plugin RePlugin
SoundCodecPrims StarSqueakPlugin SurfacePlugin SqueakFFIPrims

ALL_PLUGINS = $(ALL_STUCKINS) $(TRUE_PLUGINS)

# end of plugins.all

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PhiHo Hoang" <phiho.hoang at rogers.com>
To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: VMMaker next steps


> Hi Andreas,
>
> > >     One more thing,  please get rid of 'makeprims.exe'.
> > >     It's too platform specific.  ( sorry, Andreas ;-)
> >
> >     What's your point?
>
>     My point is if VMMaker can make it so that 'makeprims.exe' is no longer
>     needed (without using ANY substitute like, say, 'makeprims.mak'), yet
>     plugins.int, plugins.all can still be used as now (i.e there is no need
> to
>     run PluginsMaker just to slide a plugin in and out) then it's really
> cool.
>     (just like MobVM ;-)
>
> > Makeprims isn't part of VMMaker but part of the Win32 platform build.
> > So there's nothing to get rid of in VMMaker and yes it's platform
> > specific.
> > Why not?
> >
>
>     Actually, 'makeprims.exe' is platform specific but 'makeprims' is quite
>     cross platform, isn't it.
>
>     It's just as cross platform as 'gcc', 'BitBltPlugin', 'gnuify' or
>     'makeprims.awk'.
>
>     So, if it's cross platform, it should be in VMMaker.
>     Soo, first, make it into VMMaker, then get rid of it ;-)
>
>     Please understand that the suggestion to get rid of 'makeprims.exe'
>     does not nullify my appreciation for its creation.
>
>     In fact, my appreciation is getting higher with recent contributions
>     from the VM gurus.
>
>     Please keep up with the great work, gurus.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     PhiHo.
>
>
>
>



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