good day...

wanna ask for your help regarding my problem...

i created a simple system that uses plug-ins. The plug-ins work by creating a .so file of an application you want to plug-in...

i tested it with some applications already and its working.

right now, i am trying to make the Dillo browser as a plug-in... i created a .so file of dillo using the command:

gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,dillo.so.0 \-o R_dillo.so dillo.o -lc

with this, a lot of undefined symbols occured.... so instead of just using the dillo.o file... i added other .o files used by dillo... i used the same command but instead of only the dillo.o found in the end more of the .o files are added....

gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,dillo.so.0 \-o R_dillo.so dillo.o bookmark.o cache.o ...(so on) -lc

so when i did, some undefined symbol errors disapperead.... now the error says...

Modules/R_dillo.so: undefined symbol: gtk_type_check_object_cast[

can't seem to know the reason why this error occured...

what is the error all about?
how can i correct the error?
is the command i used correct in creating the .so file? other alternatives or commands creating .so?

Dillo uses GTK. Link the library with GTK and it should compile.

thanks. you're right about the problem. it is related with gtk libraries. the reason the shared object file of dillo cannot be called by the system is that they are being compiled using different versions of gtk. the system is compiled with gtk 2.0 and libgnomegui while dillo is compiled with gtk 1.2 alone.

i tried to compile the system using version 1.2 but a lot of bugs occured... one reason is that some of the functions are deprecated already or changed name. i edited parts of the code, but still there are lot of bugs left... the interface even became a mess. so my other option is to compile dillo using gtk 2.0. withoot using the make file, i manually compiled it using gcc. there was no error that appeared... however, when i executed the system and called the dillo shared object file, a new error emerged.

i think it was now related to the gnome library. i do not know if this is because the system uses the gnome library when compiled so dillo should be compiled in gnome as well. in other words, they should be compiled using the same libraries.

the system should be dependent on dillo and not vice versa but it seems that dillo is also dependent on the system.

is there any way to compile the system and the dillo with the libraries they used and then connect the two?

are there other gtk html libraries that use gtk 2.0 and have less dependencies? if anyone could give me sample browsers written in those libraries as well.. thanks