pcb-rnd hacking - simple core plugins

Introduction

Setting up a new core plugin

• 1. make up a name for the plugin. There are a few conventions. This document will refer to the name as plg, always replace it with your chosen name.
• 2. cd src_plugins; svn mkdir plg
• 3. copy all files from the plugin template
• 4. edit Makefile: replace "foobar" to plg
• 5. edit plg.pup; there should be short summary about the purpose of the plugin then "#key: value" pairs for statistics. Please refer to the pup syntax
• 6. edit Plug.tmpasm: replace "foobar" with plg, list all local objects you plan to have
• 7. rename and edit foobar.c: replace "foobar" with plg
• 8. create your C sources and headers in src_plugins/plg/
• 9. run "make map_plugins" in src/ to get your new plugin on the plugin list
• 10. run ./configure --buildin-plg
• 11. run make to see if it compiles and test
• (12. while developing, you can run make from src_plugins/plg - if your plugin is a builtin, it will recompile pcb-rnd. For some of us it's convenient to run make in the same directory where all the source files are.)