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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Neat interface or Bloat you decide
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-10-23 5:38:03
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:55:46PM -0400, George Staikos wrote:
> On Monday 22 October 2001 22:41, ian reinhart geiser wrote:
> 
> > 	I added a feature that I have found very handy, but I fear it may be
> > misplaced or considered bloat.  So I ask you please review this patch.
> >
> > It provides a dcop interface to KMainWindow to allow the screen capture of
> > a window.
> >
> > Example:
> > 	dcop kwrite kwrite-mainwindow#1 grabImageToFile test.png
> >
> > Will capture KWrites main window to a png.
> >
> > I have attached the diff, has anyone an opinion?  I know you do ;)
> 
>    I was thinking that this would be useful too.  What a coincidence. :)  
> It's a good way to eliminate the need for snapshot utility programs, which 
> there are always many, but never the right one.

Hmm, so a user will start typing DCOP commands? I think it will have the opposite
effect, since it just made building a client a lot easier..

I don't think I am the right one to say; but I think this is inches over the 
edge of bloat..
Personally this is a feature that I don't see adds anything to KDE and makes
KDE bigger for no good reason. Maybe this is a small feature (byte-wise) , but I 
don't hope that KDE3 gives the KDE hackers the impression that a 'finished' 
library (kdelibs) has to come with extra features..
The real goal for KDE3.x lies not in better library methods (well a little, yes) 
but in better userspace software.

*a bit worried*

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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