Hacker Guide/VLC source tree
Revision as of 16:47, 2 April 2007 by Ustunozgur (talk | contribs)
This page lists the directories in the source tree of VLC, aimed at giving new beginners an overview of the code.
The directories are listed in alphabetical order, with an overview of their contents on the right:
| Directory Name | Directory Explanation |
|---|---|
| activex | activex bindings |
| bindings | Java and Python bindings |
| doc | Documentation (not up-to-date) |
| evc | I don't know |
| extras - | contrib (subdirectory of extras) - for required libraries (contains Makefiles to automatically download and compile (or cross-compile) and patch those. Please first attempt to get the development headers precompiled for your distribution.
extras also contains the emacs.init file (useful for coding in Videolan style) |
| include | Header files for vlc |
| ipkg | I guess this is not so important, last modified 2 years ago! |
| libs | Loader and secure rtp libraries |
| lxdialog | I guess this is not important, last modified 1 year ago! |
| m4 | Macro files needed for ??? |
| modules | |
| mozilla | Mozilla plugin |
| msvc | Deprecated, Microsoft Visual C files I guess |
| po | i18n files |
| python | not important |
| share | icons,scripts to make VLC the default player etc. |
| src | to-do |
| test | scripts to see if everything is OK |
