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Re: [Gnash-dev] Gnash and Flash together (was: Re: OLPC 767 Gnash 0.8.3
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strk |
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Re: [Gnash-dev] Gnash and Flash together (was: Re: OLPC 767 Gnash 0.8.3 + Flash developer perspective) |
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Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:00:12 +0200 |
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:48:37AM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> > > Moreover, it's very hard to test flash content on the XO-1 for
> > > Gnash-Flash compatibility when you can only have either Gnash or Adobe
> > > Flash running on the XO's browser at any given time.
> >
> > What about defining an additional extension for Gnash-only content,
> > e.g., .swg, and then have a config option in the browser for having
> > Gnash handle .swf or passing it on to Flash?
>
> It might be pretty easy to add an option to gnash that would exec()
> (or dynload) another flash interpreter very early in the plugin. By
> turning this option off and on, you could run gnash or run another
> interpreter. The browser itself would always invoke gnash, then gnash
> would jump out into the other interpreter.
The adobe plugin doesn't work that way, it's just us doing fork&exec...
You can use different profiles and/or MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH.
--strk;