annotate doc/plugin-ids.dox @ 12024:e67993da8a22

[gaim-migrate @ 14317] I strongly suspect CruiseControl is going to yell at me for this. A voice chat API, GUI + mediastreamer. This is what I'm using for Google Talk. This doesn't actually do anything at all. There's no code in the Jabber plugin yet to use this API (although it Works For Me). All it will do is compile and link. If you're lucky. To build this, you should install oRTP from Linphone, Speex and iLBC (also from linphone, I believe). To not build this, ./configure --disable-vv. Most of the configure.ac and Makefile.am hackery was lifted right out of Linphone with a few modifications. It seems to work if you have everything installed or if you --disable-vv. I haven't really tested not having everything installed and not --disabling-vv. It's kinda funky to include all of mediastreamer in the source tree like this, but linphone doesn't build it as a separate library. I'll probably wind up writing them a patch to build it as a .so so we can link it dynamically instead. This code certainly isn't finished. It'll adapt as I progress on the Google code, but it's certainly of more use here in CVS than in my personal tree. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

/** @page plugin-ids Plugin IDs

 @section Introduction
  Every plugin contains a unique identifier to prevent duplicate plugin
  loading and conflicts. This, which will be called a plugin ID from here
  on, must follow a specific format. This format categorizes a plugin and
  makes duplicate IDs unlikely.


 @section Format
  The basic format of a plugin ID is as follows:

  <tt><i>type</i>-<i>username</i>-<i>pluginname</i></tt>

  The @em type indicator specifies the type of plugin. This must be one
  of the following:

    - core      - Core plugin, capable of being loaded in any program using
                  libgaim. It must not use any UI-specific code.
    - prpl      - Protocol plugin, providing additional protocols to
                  connect to.
    - lopl      - Loader plugin, which loads scripts as plugins (like Perl
                  or TCL).
    - gtk       - GTK+ 2.x plugin. It may use GTK+ code, but cannot use any
                  window toolkit code (such as X11 or Win32).
    - gtk-x11   - GTK+ 2.x plugin using X11 code.
    - gtk-win32 - GTK+ 2.x plugin using Win32 code.
    - qpe       - Gaim for Qtopia plugin.

  The @em username must be a unique identifier for that person. It
  @em should be your Gaim website user ID
  (registered <a href="http://gaim.sourceforge.net/register.php">here</a>).
  If for some reason you cannot register there (it shouldn't be a
  problem!), you can use your SourceForge ID. Do @em not leave this field
  blank.

  The @em pluginname is the name of your plugin. It can be whatever you like,
  though it's common to keep it all lowercase. Do not use spaces! If you
  want a space, use a '-'. Please do not put a version indicator in the ID.
  The GaimPlugin structure already has a field for this.


 @section plugin-db Plugin Database
  Although it doesn't exist yet, in time there will be a plugin database
  on the Gaim website, where users can download and install new plugins.
  Plugins will be accessed by your plugin ID, which is one reason why it
  must be unique. 

 */

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