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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: mimetype specific information
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-10-22 18:24:16
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On Lundi 22 Octobre 2001 20:07, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> 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...

The properties dialog already accepts plugins(*) (unrelated to kparts, it's not
really the same thing). Try right-clicking a koffice document...

(*) with full credits to Simon for all this ;)

David.

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