Re: Control Center 3.0

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 14:48 +0000, Thomas Wood wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 14:01 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > we could have the capplets provide a .so in some known directory, and
> > them providing an entry point which returns a GtkWidget also, instead
> > of
> > GtkPlug/GtkSocket
> 
> 
> This wouldn't allow the capplets to run out of process (while still
> "inside" the shell) though, which might be an advantage.
> 
you are right, if that's what we want, it makes sense to use
GtkPlug/GtkSocket

> Otherwise, a simple plugin api using GModule might suffice.
> 
I think it would make things easier for 3rd parties to write capplets,
but we'll have to risk crashing the whole control center if one of them
behaves badly, yeah