OK, that makes sense. And, one further note of clarification; I don't see any direct mapping between the states discussed in the docs and the PLUGIN_STATEs defined in FO-Plugin. Correct?
Mary > > Hi Nealk, > > I am reading/editing a document you wrote originally and > getting confused about a section titled "Plugin States" where > you discuss "plugins stages" > (http://fossology.org/how_to_extend_the_user_interface#plugin_ > states). I see states and stages as two very different things. > > > > Is the section titled correctly? > > > > Mary Laser > > Hi Mary, > > You're right -- the section text is a little skimpy. > > The "States" are denoted by each of the bold function. > Install, Initialize, PostInitialize, OutputOpen, etc. > > The "Stages" are the section subheadings (Installation, > Run-Time Initialization, Output, Cleanup). > > The picture for "Plugin Process > Flow" (http://fossology.org/ui_architecture_overview) shows > the order that the stages are processed and which states are invoked. > > Would you mind revising the paragraph after the heading > "Plugin States"? > You'll probably also want to link in the picture. > > -Neal _______________________________________________ fossology mailing list [email protected] http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology
