From kde-kimageshop  Tue Aug 31 09:47:35 1999
From: Carsten Pfeiffer <carpdjih () cetus ! zrz ! TU-Berlin ! DE>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:47:35 +0000
To: kde-kimageshop
Subject: Re: CORBA/KOM, ...
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On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 12:15:19AM +0200, Matthias Elter wrote:

Hi,
 
> Yes, we had the idea of using KOM for plugins and filters. But CORBA is to slow
> to transfer large amounts of data (like image data). So we reconsidered and IMO
> we should simply define a normal plugin/filter interface and put them in shared
> libs. But I still think we should use KOM to make things like the a gradient
> editor available for other apps.
[...] 
> You are right, a plugin interface based on KOM would require KOM interfaces for
> brushes, channels, layers, etc...
[...]

thanks, Matthias, this clarified a lot of stuff for me :o)

Cheers,
Carsten Pfeiffer
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