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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:15:00 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	(message from Bernhard Kraft on Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:23:54 +0100)
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Export filters
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> How are the export filters of PCB currently implemented?

PCB has a shared library hook for runtime-loadable actions and
exporters, although the common ones are built into pcb.  If you look
at one of my plugins you'll see how to add an action at runtime:

http://www.delorie.com/pcb/teardrops/
more at http://www.delorie.com/pcb/

For exporters, PCB looks for a function called "hid_<filename>_init()"
(i.e. frob.so -> hid_frob_init()) or, more easily, a function called
pcb_plugin_init().  This function may call any of the same functions that
built-in hids call, including hid_register_hid().