[Plplot-devel] decoupling drivers from libplplot

[Geoffrey F. <fu...@ga...>]

Okay, well, I bit the bullet, and implemented a large part of the env
handle object thing that I've discussed recently, and previously.

So I went to test it, and as the first step, I tried to run the ps
driver inside a java example (this is with dyn drivers), but without
first changing ps.c to eliminate the direct linkage to plPhyRot.

Curiously, it ran without difficulty.

I am using JDK 1.4.0_01 on this system.  Evidently, they changed the
RTLD thing on this JDK.  That's really funny, and maybe corroborates
Alan's "they forgot it" theory.  I dunno, anyway, it behaves
differently than I remember.

Just to confirm:  Alan, you're using a JDK less than 1.4.0, and if you
drop the -lplplot when linking psd_drv.so, then you can't run the ps
driver inside a java example, right?

So, I have done some work on this infrastructure, but I would like to
see a clear before and after proof that it's being used, and working
correctly.  

Alan (or anyone), exactly how should I configure and run to exercise
the python binding with dyndrivers?

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Geoffrey Furnish         fu...@ga...