Re: [Dev-C++] An idea...

[Hongli L. <h....@ch...>]

On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 11:49, Abhijit Shylanath wrote:
> Is it possible for Dev-C++ to implement a plug-in system (DLLs)? This way
> you can have the IDE itself handle only the basest of stuff and leave the
> samba-swing thing to a plug-in (triple rhyme score, ding-ding... hey that's
> four!) For example, code-completion can be implemented using a plug-in. If
> this is not possible, how about a script language? Considering the audience
> Dev-C++ is intended for, however, I think DLLs would be better.
> 
> This is just an (abstract) idea, I haven't looked at the source code of Dev
> (and I don't think it would help if I did... Delphi? Wassat? :) and I don't
> know how easy it will be to implement it, but if you do manage to, it'll
> ease development considerably.
> 

It is possible, but to implement a good plugin system would require
rewriting lots of code. The code architecture isn't modular enough.