Plugins, fonts
Ken Ray
kray at sonsothunder.com
Thu May 6 22:16:35 EDT 2004
> Auto-open plugins -- plugins that are opened automatically at
> startup. Any MetaCard or Revolution stack can be set to be an
> auto-open plugin. The standard sequence of preOpen and open messages
> is sent when the stack opens.
>
> (new) Active plugins -- plugins that are executed automatically at
> startup: they are not opened but a 'pluginStack' message is sent to
> them. Such plugins are meant to perform one-time actions just after
> the MetaCard IDE loads. They open as normal stacks when selected from
> the "Plugins" menu or opened in the Plugin Manager.
Can you give me an example of an "active plugin" that wouldn't work properly
if it was an "auto-open plugin"? They look nearly identical...
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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