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How To Make Kst Plugins
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KstPlugins are modules that can be loaded into Kst to provide additional
functionality.
KstPlugins are presently implemented as:
- KstDataSource plugins
+ These provide the ability to read in different file formats or data
"sources".
- KstDataObject plugins
+ These are advanced data plugins that provide their own configuration dialog.
- KstBasicPlugin plugins
+ These are basic data plugins that inherit KstDataObject plugins, but
are provided with a default configuration dialog.
- KstCPlugin plugins
+ These are deprecated data plugins replaced by KstBasicPlugins.
- Kst Extensions
+ These allow entire subsystems to be added to Kst without touching
the Kst core.
All KstPlugins except KstCPlugins are KDE style plugins and therefore require
a .desktop file and must be installed in the KDE standard plugins directories.
They derive from the base servicetype "Kst/Plugin". This base type includes
two kst specific properties:
X-Kst-Plugin-Author: A string containing the name of the author.
X-Kst-Plugin-Version: A string containing the version of the plugin.
,desktop files also have additional properties. Here are the required ones:
Name: A string containing the name of the plugin. For instance, "My Plugin".
ServiceTypes: For KstDataSource this is "Kst Data Source" and for KstDataObjects this is "Kst Data Object" etc, etc...
X-KDE-ModuleType: This should be set to "Plugin".
X-KDE-Library: The library name. This is not the filename, but a name
that is used to construct it. For instance, it could
be "kstobject_myplugin" where the library might be named
"kstobject_myplugin.so". This must also be a legal C
variable name as it is used to construct the function
names inside the library. Note: for KstDataSource plugins the
name here is shortened even further: the actual library name is
kstdata_myplugin.so, but you should put "myplugin" as the value
for this property.
Some other .desktop properties are also common to all plugins:
Comment: The description of the plugin.
To find out more about creating these plugins look in the respective file for
the type of plugin you are interested in creating.
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