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--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@...> wrote:
>
> Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> 
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> >> Since you have expressed that there should be a canonical text format for library data, the very first plugin I would like to see is one which can invoke an executable in a separate process and communicate with it via stdin/stdout. Then I can build my real plugin underneath the plugin manager in Python :)
> >>   
> > 
> > Well that would give you a byte stream, but no defined way to marshall 
> > arguments. Why not simply go through DBUS, it was invented precisely 
> > for this problem space. But I'm not saying do the formal usage API 
> > (definition) in DBUS, but rather keep that as a C++ point of departure. 
> 
> Dick,
> 
> I took look at DBUS documentation over the past few days so I could at
> least try to see where you were thinking about going code wise. DBUS is
> definitely an interesting way to solve the IPC problem. The fact that
> it seems to have well supported set of language bindings is definitely a
> plus. The only caveat I see is it's support on Windows. I download the
> MinGW archive of DBUS from sourceforge to see what the differences where
> between the Windows version and the unix version and how difficult it
> would be to support in on Windows. The archive appears to be corrupt so
> I couldn't install it on my system which makes me wonder how well
> supported DBUS is on Windows. There is mention of an eventual merge of
> the windows version with the main code base. Do you know of any good
> examples of a project that has used DBUS cross platform? I know Windows
> is not your favorite platform ( I'm shooting for the understatement of
> the year award ) but I don't think abandoning Windows support it is an
> option for Kicad just yet. ;)
> 
> > The usage API could be done in a *.h file or two, and then Doxygen could 
> > be ran against it to generate a nice programmer's document. Perhaps the 
> > licensing model should allow closed source on the API, so somebody can 
> > implement a closed source plugin. Then maybe TI or somebody will step 
> > up and write a plugin so they can beat up on their competitors among 
> > Kicad users, who eventually will take over the world.
> 
> Oh no! Not another world domination proclamation.
> 
> Wayne
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> > 
> > 
> > Dick
>

Wayne,

Why do we need DBUS? wxwidget own IPC doe not work?

Tony