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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: mimetype specific information
From:       Martijn Klingens <mklingens () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-10-22 18:07:25
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On Monday 22 October 2001 19:46, David Faure wrote:
> > In this case I would add the possibility to specify a KPart instead of
> > the key/value system. The key/value system should not be left out here,
> > since in many cases it is just what we need. And easy to implement and
> > low on resource usage. But for some specialized cases one might want to
> > put a real GUI there with widgets and all.
> >
> > Hmm... isn't that already possible?
>
> You mean like associating a part with a given mimetype - which is possible
> since KDE-2.0 ? Don't confuse things here. Mimetype->KPart already exists.
> What this is about, is mimetype->additional information to be shown in a
> directory view, and in the properties dialog.

And I meant associating _another_ KPart for the properties dialog with more 
specialistic data that is not used in a normal KPart. A bit like in Windows 
where e.g. Novell Netware drives get their own PropertySheet where you can 
add/remove rights, see disk space and quota on the server, etc.

In case of KDE, this might be handy for mountpoints to show a pie chart with 
disk usage and quota usage, a list of processes that use this mount point, an 
unmount button, .... . And that was only the mount point. For a KWord doc you 
can show stats like author, number of lines, etc. For an executable the 
libraries that it links against ('ldd filename'). Numerous possibilities...

Martijn

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