Re: GStreamer xwidget

[Po Lu]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> This leads me to more questions?
>
> 1. In the code you have currenly written, where does the plug-in name
> come from?  In other words, how is it specified?

It's hard coded.

> 1a. Do Lisp programs specify it?

No.

> 1a. Is there code in Emacs that figures out the right plug-in to use?
> If so, what method does it use, and based on what information?

It doesn't dynamically determine plugins at all.  Instead, the name of
each plugin Emacs will use is hard coded inside C code.

> 2. In the code you have currenly written, what prevents use of
> a bad or ugly plug-in?

That nothing in the code will ever have a chance to load such a bad or
ugly plugin, as only the names of good plugins are specified.

Thanks.