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Subject: Re: special request ...
From: BlueChip (cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net)
Date: 2003-08-26

At 23:23 25/08/03 +0200, you wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 rockbox_at_roundcheck.com wrote:
>
> > Is there any real documentation for Rockbox? Like 'how to write a
> plugin' or
> > maybe the documents that the web site talks about bu has no links to like :
> >
> > API docs
> > Software Design
> > Understanding the Rockbox multi-threading
> >
> > I looked in CVS, but there isn't much there.
>
>There isn't much no. Here's how I suggest you proceed:
>
>1. Read the source. Doing plugin code is easiest done by reading the source of
> existing plugins.

Please note this is our stock answer to most questions about improving things.

>2. Ask questions here.

and we will say - RTFS

>3. Ask questions on IRC.

and they will say RTFS

>4. Try it!

after reading the source, of course ;)

>After all, I bet we've had 100 persons who have provided patches or entirely
>new code chunks for Rockbox, and if they all managed to understand (parts of)
>the Rockbox source code, so could you! ;-)

even without our help ;)

>--
> Daniel Stenberg -- http://rockbox.haxx.se/ -- http://daniel.haxx.se/

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