* src/misc/modules.c: removed an old win32 hack which was creating more problems than it was solving.

* configure.ac, mozilla/vlcshell.cpp, mozilla/support/npwin.cpp: mozilla plugin for win32 is finally working (well there's still work left).
* src/misc/modules.c: small clean-up and fixed --plugin-path on win32.

 * playlist : use new input variables.

special goom tree source as I was unable to use standard goom library.
(I will provide it once mmx/ppc included)
 * modules/visualization/Modules.am: added goom
 * include/vlc_block.h src/misc/block.c: introduce a new data block
 api (not yet tested, ported from my local new input work).

  fix broken tree

src, and build it in the stream_out_standard module to avoid a link

* src/misc/modules.c: if module_Need() was passed an interface module name, respect this choice even if vlc was run with a specific interface shortcut.

All: My shot at improving subtitle rendering in vlc. Now each vout uses a "text renderer" module to render text on the video when needed. I decieded to make this a module type, because other api's (win32 and macosx) is supposed to do better than freetype under some circumstances.

include/video_output.h: added some members needed by text renderer modules
src/video_output/video_output.c: load and unload text renderer module when needed
src/video_output/video_text.c: implemented some functions to show text on the video
include/osd.h: exported the functions to show text
modules/misc/Modules.am, module/misc/freetype.c: new text renderer module, largly based on the old osdtext module.
modules/video_filter/Modules.am, modules/video_filter/osd_text.c: removed the osdtext module
configure.ac: changes "osdtext" to "freetype" some places
modules/codec/spudec/*: when iconv is available, use it to convert textual subtitles from the encoding given by --sub-encoding to utf8. Use new code to render subtitles
modules/control/lirc/lirc.c: use new code to give feedback on buttons pressed. untested.
modules/demux/util/sub.c: remove all traces of the ugly old osdtext module
modules/misc/dummy/*: added a "text renderer" submodule in the dummy module
src/misc/modules.c: included osd.h as it seems to be needed to export symbols


final notes: you need to give a proper value to --freetype-font. This should be the path to a font file freetype2 can handle (almost any format afaik) with a unicode translation table in it. Windows ttf files will do. In linux at least openoffice distributes some fonts that work. I think macosx and beos also has useable fonts.

    conflicts. Most headers in that directory should probably be renamed to
    their vlc_ equivalent.

    with a couple of modules.

    collisions with a couple of plugins.

* modules/demux/util/id3tag.c: small cleanup.

	add sap, or sap="Name" in the stream output options

* ALL: removed the old channels server stuff (was deprecated).

  (incomplete).

* src/misc/modules.c: module_Need() now only raises the scores of the
   plugins matching the given shortcuts list, unless "none" is closing the
   list (in which case only the plugins matching the list can be selected).

   Which means that users will stop complaining vlc doesn't launch anymore
   or can't play anything after they have fiddled with their config
   options :))

  * ./src/misc/modules.c: fixed a pointer indirection bug.

* ALL: another bunch of fixes for the MSVC build.

   directory when there is no 'plugins' nor 'modules' subdirectory
   (may close #306)

    but Windoze will certainly do.

    directory whenever possible, to use it for the spudec font or to load
    plugins.

   instead of a (vlc_list_t); this modification was needed because BCB
   doesn't like at all when a function (compiled with mingw32) returns
   a struct...
 * ALL: modified the files to take this change into account
 * modules/gui/win32/menu.cpp: enabled the "Add interface" command

    the GetProgramPath call, stored the path in p_libvlc instead. Fixes
    compilation under anything other than OS X.

* ALL: added a new vlc_list_t common type. vlc_list_find() and vlc_list_release() have been modified
to use this new type.

    8 bit string under WinCE.
  * ./extras/Win32_msvc: scrapped this directory.
  * ./bootstrap: we now parse plugin makefiles to guess what to put in
    the MSVC project files. Only the dummy plugin has been tested yet.

* src/misc/modules.c: fixed small typo that was breaking the build.

    successfully opens plugins.
  * ./modules/misc/dummy/*: hacked the dummy plugin so that it compiles for
    WinCE.

    directory because the two project files are starting to diverge.
  * ./evc/vlc.c: created a specific vlc.c file for Windows CE.
  * ./src/misc/messages.c: as WinCE doesn't have stdout or stderr, the message
    queue outputs to a logfile (until we have a proper interface).

    WIN32 isn't always defined under WinCE, but might be. Grmbl.
  * ./include/*: changed a few u* and s* to uint*_t and int*_t.

    work is still needed for missing functions. I only touched libvlc for
    the moment, plugins will come in a long long while.
  * ./bootstrap: moved MSVC project files generation here; use --update-msvc.

    been modified. Maybe we'll need the other type, too, but this change will
    make things simpler in aout3.

  * ./src/playlist/playlist.c: removed two unused variables.
  * ./src/misc/modules.c: removed a debug message I had forgotten.
  * ./src/misc/modules_plugin.h.in: fixed a typo (thanks bozo).

  * ./include/main.h: removed p_vlc->i_status because it was not sufficient
    to represent all the possible states of p_vlc; each part should be tested
    separately upon destruction.
  * ./src/misc/objects.c: fixed a signed/unsigned bug that prevented creation
    of VLC_OBJECT_GENERIC objects.

  * ./src/misc/variables.c: added the VLC_VAR_COMMAND type which is simply a
    variable that stores a function pointer, and calls it when var_Get is
    called for it. The function argument is taken in val.psz_string.
  * ./src/misc/objects.c: vlc_dumpstructure and vlc_liststructure are no longer
    exported to the rest of the program; instead, they're VLC_VAR_COMMAND vars
    ("tree" and "list").
  * ./modules/control/rc/rc.c: moved a few commands to VLC_VAR_COMMAND vars.

* src/misc/modules.c: fixed a memory leak with the "plugin-path" config option.
* modules/audio_output/directx.c, modules/audio_output/waveout.c: ported the directx
   and waveout audio plugins to the new changes in the audio output layer.
* configure.ac.in: fixes for cygwin compilation, and the gtk plugin under mingw32.

    only two levels of -v are now possible: -v for warnings, -vv for debug
    messages (-q for no output at all).

    locales breakage.
  * ./src/libvlc.c: libvlc understands the VLC_VERBOSE environment variable,
    to be set between 0 and 4. Default value is 0 for a program using libvlc,
    but vlc sets it to 1 by default.
  * ./src/misc/configuration.c: -v now works the old way (-v, -vv, -vvv) as
    well as the new way (-v0, -v1, -v4). -v1 is the same as -v, and -v0 is
    the same as -q (quiet). Hope it's all understandable.

    p_libvlc, and each p_vlc is a child of p_libvlc. Reasons for this are:

     o the module bank and the message bank only need to be initialized once,
       which gives faster loads when multiple instances of libvlc are used,
     o we allow the possibility of different p_vlc sharing objects, for
       instance the audio output,
     o the CPU detection is only done once.

    This patch is not polished yet, but I cannot do any intensive tests for
    the moment because of a bug somewhere that leaves audio output objects
    lying here and there which needs to be investigated first. The current
    major issue is that the module bank is no longer freed.