Index: plugins/garble/plugin.m4
===================================================================
--- plugins/garble/plugin.m4	(revision 28124)
+++ plugins/garble/plugin.m4	(working copy)
@@ -1,47 +1,36 @@
+
+garble_pkgs="libgsf-1 >= 1.12 libxml-2.0 >= 2.4.0"
 garble_deps="no"
 
 if test "$enable_garble" != ""; then
-    if test "$TOOLKIT" != "gtk"; then
-		garble_deps="no"
-		AC_MSG_WARN([garble plugin: only supported on UNIX/gtk platforms])
-	else 
-		# stolen from the original plugin.m4 in abiword-plugins
-		AC_CHECK_HEADER(readline/readline.h,[
-				AC_CHECK_HEADER(readline/history.h,[
-						AC_CHECK_LIB(readline,readline,[
-								garble_deps="yes"
-						],[     AC_CHECK_LIB(readline,rl_initialize,[
-										garble_deps="yes"
 
-								],,)
-						],)
-				])
-		])
-	fi
+PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([ $garble_pkgs ], 
+[
+	garble_deps="yes"
+], [
+	test "$enable_garble" == "auto" && AC_MSG_WARN([garble plugin: dependencies not satisfied - $garble_pkgs])
+])
+
 fi
 
 if test "$enable_garble" == "yes" || \
    test "$garble_deps" == "yes"; then
 
-if test "$enable_garble_builtin" == "yes"; then
-AC_MSG_ERROR([garble plugin: static linking not supported])
-fi
+AC_HEADER_TIME
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([garble plugin: for readline and friends])
-if test "$garble_deps" != "yes"; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([no])
-else
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-        GARBLE_LIBS="-lreadline -lhistory $GARBLE_LIBS"
-fi
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GARBLE,[ $garble_pkgs ])
 
 test "$enable_garble" == "auto" && PLUGINS="$PLUGINS garble"
 
 GARBLE_CFLAGS="$GARBLE_CFLAGS "'${PLUGIN_CFLAGS}'
 GARBLE_LIBS="$GARBLE_LIBS "'${PLUGIN_LIBS}'
 
+if test "$enable_garble_builtin" == "yes"; then
+	GARBLE_CFLAGS="$GARBLE_CFLAGS -DABI_PLUGIN_BUILTIN"
 fi
 
+fi
+
 AC_SUBST([GARBLE_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([GARBLE_LIBS])