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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: netscape plugins
From:       Ferdinand Gassauer <f.gassauer () aon ! at>
Date:       2000-09-08 22:20:55
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On Fre, 08 Sep 2000, Stefan Schimanski wrote:
> Am Fri, 08 Sep 2000 schrieb Ferdinand Gassauer:
> > Hi!
> > I just discovered, that KDE lists the same netscape plugins more than
> > once when they are located in different directories and even in the same
> > directory.
>
> yes, there is no algorithm to sort out the older ones yet.
>
> > IMHO only the newest should be used, the others should be deactivated /
> > deleted (at users choice)
>
> there is no version numbering in the Netscape plugin api. I've just changed
> the search order in cvs. Now the plugin in the home directory is prefered
> to the global ones.
>
> > Which one is taken when more then one is listed ?
>
> The first one is selected.

wouldn't it make sense for the current release to take the youngest file ?

>
> > HOW can I delete the doubles/triples (except in the rc file?)
>
> The plugins are stored in ~/.kde/share/apps/nsplugins/cache. You can change
> it manually if you want. The plugin viewer iterates through the list until
> it finds a suitable plugin for a given mime type. If you want to deactivate
> certain plugin, just delete the lines for that plugin.
> I plan to add some administration features to the kcontrol module for 2.01
> or 2.1. Until now you have to edit the files manually. There is no way to
> add this for 2.0 because of the feature freeze.
>
> bye
>   Schimmi
>
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