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27 * This is reference documentation for the
28 * <a href="http://www.c-pluff.org/">C-Pluff</a> C API.
29 * C-Pluff is a plug-in framework for C programs.
30 * It has been strongly inspired by the Java plug-in framework in
31 * <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a>. C-Pluff focuses on
32 * providing core services for plug-in interaction and plug-in
33 * management. It aims to be platform neutral and supports dynamic changes to
34 * plug-in configuration without stopping the whole application or framework.
35 * It does not yet provide special facilities for distribution such as
36 * signed plug-in packages or remote plug-in repositories but it is
37 * possible to build such features on top of the current framework.
39 * Here are links to main topics.
41 * - @ref architecture "Plug-in architecture"
42 * - @ref cMainProgram "Main program"
43 * - @ref plugin "Plug-in"
45 * - <a class="el" href="modules.html">API elements</a>
46 * - <a class="el" href="files.html">Header files</a>
48 * For a "quick start guide" in developing C-Pluff based applications,
49 * see the example in the examples directory of the source distribution.
51 * The latest version of the framework implementation
52 * and documentation is available at
53 * <a href="http://www.c-pluff.org/">C-Pluff web site</a>.
55 * This documentation has been generated from the C-Pluff source code
56 * using <a href="http://www.doxygen.org">Doxygen</a>.