Re: Can I make a IM Module resident?

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 21:32, James Su wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to use g_type_module_register_type () to register my class. This 
> time, the application is never crashed, but the IM module is never 
> unloaded. What's the matter with it?

As long as there is an instance of a type, the module implementing
that type won't be unloaded. Maybe that is your problem.

Regards,
                                            Owen

> Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 03:31, James Su wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Oh, I see. But the interface of this function is different with the 
> >>static one, could you please give me some hint on how to use it?
> >>
> >>The GTypeInfo parameter is replaced by a GTypePlugin pointer. Could you 
> >>please tell me how can I convert a GTypeInfo into GTypePlugin?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The idea of GTypePlugin is that you provide information to GObject
> >as to how to load your type when necessary.
> >
> >However, you don't need to provide your own GTypePlugin or
> >use g_type_register_dynamic() directly... what the GTypeModule 
> >parameter passed to your init() is is basically an
> >implementation of GTypePlugin that is already set up to for you
> >use.
> >
> >Just use g_type_module_register_type() rather than 
> >g_type_register_static(). There are multiple examples of this
> >in the provided input modules, or for more examples, you can 
> >look at the theme engines in the gtk-engines/ modules. (They
> >generally register two types .. one GtkStyle type and one
> >GtkRcStyle type.)
> >