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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 com-
       munications 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.




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       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 MER-
       CHANTABILITY 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  avail-
       able.

       For  copyright information and installation instructions, see the vari-
       ous packages. The sources are hacked by Yours Truly to  give  the  pro-
       grams  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  any-
       thing, complain to me about it, not the original authors.  If the orig-
       inal versions work and mine don't, then don't use mine.

       SIOD   The embedded Scheme interpreter is  an  extremely  small  inter-
              preter  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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