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To: Kavitha <kavitha@watson.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: unix plugins 
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 16:36:58 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Hi,
Not too long ago I built the unix midi plugin and I use amaya to load
the plugin. I don't think that the bsdi version of netscape supports
plugins however the linux version of netscape/communicator does however
you have to locate a linux plugin or build one in a linux box.

	Cheers,
	Amancio
>From The Desk Of Kavitha :
> Hi,
> 
>   I  want to know if there are any plugins for Unix based platforms, specific
ally
> for FreeBSD, NetBSD, AIX? Most of the plugins I found on the Web are for Wind
ows & Mac.
> I have found a plugin-sdk for unix from netscape developer site. But it just 
doesn't
> work, i.e. I'm able to create the sharable object module and put it in .netsc
pae/plugins.
> But netscape just  doesn't recognise it. It doesn't even give any error. It b
ehaves as if
> the netscape/plugins directory is empty. Has anyone tried this before? Any po
inters will be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> Kavitha 
>