DUMMY_PLUGIN(1)                                                DUMMY_PLUGIN(1)



NAME
       dummy_plugin


SYNOPSIS
       dummy_plugin [X-options] [siod-options] [filename...]


DESCRIPTION
       dummy_plugin is used by applications in the Siag Office package to
       allow applications that were not designed as plugins to be embedded
       into documents.


COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
       X-options
              See on-line documentation.

       SIOD-options
              See on-line documentation.


FILES
       $SIAGHOME/plugins/dummy.scm
              is automatically read on startup and contains the configuration
              necessary to tell dummy_plugin what to do with different types
              of files.

       $HOME/.siag/dummy.scm
              contains optional Scheme code which should be loaded after
              dummy.scm. This allows the user to override system-wide sttings
              for the dummy plugin.


SEE ALSO
       On-line documentation, which contains more complete information about
       the invocation and usage.


DIAGNOSTICS
       Most error messages come from SIOD and are printed on the bottom line.
       See SIOD source and documentation for interpretation.


LIMITATIONS
       Due to the fact that the "kidnapped" applications do not speak the
       communications protol for plugins used by the Siag Office suite, there
       may be no way to do things that would be expected from normal plugins,
       such as loading and saving files, printing or even terminating
       gracefully.


BUGS
       Handles out of memory conditions ungracefully.

       And more.


VERSION
       The dummy plugin is part of Siag Office by Ulric Eriksson,
       ulric@siag.nu.


AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Ulric Eriksson

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
       later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       Major parts of this program are written by people other than myself.
       There is no reason to re-implement stuff that is already freely
       available.

       For copyright information and installation instructions, see the
       various packages. The sources are hacked by Yours Truly to give the
       programs a uniform look. If you don't approve of that and/or already
       have the programs installed, there is no need to install my versions.

       These are not the original versions. If my modifications break
       anything, complain to me about it, not the original authors.  If the
       original versions work and mine don't, then don't use mine.

       SIOD   The embedded Scheme interpreter is an extremely small
              interpreter called Siod, which can be used stand-alone or easily
              integrated into a program as an extension language.

              Author: George J. Carrette, gjc@delphi.com




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