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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KControl: Printing to "Periphials"
From:       Frerich Raabe <frerichraabe () gmx ! de>
Date:       2001-11-29 14:44:47
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On Thursday 29 November 2001 01:12, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 November 2001 07:58 am, Stephan Binner wrote:
> > On Wednesday 28 November 2001 00:14, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > > Sounds good, although it should be noted that "System" contains modules
> > > that modify "system-wide" as opposed to "user-wide" settings. As a
> > > result those modules require root-accesss. I suspect that the Printer
> > > Manager can
> >
> > System/Konsole doesn't change anything system-wide. I remember someone
> > wanted to move it to somewhere else during a KControl cleanup. But who
> > was this :-|?
>
> Why is it in the control center in the first place? Other applications
> don't have their settings in the control center... (Not that I would mind
> having them there under a "Applications" tab or anything.)

An "Applications" subtree (which might mimic the K-Menu) makes sense IMHO for 
third party applications since not making it possible to put configuration 
dialogs there would lead the description "Control Center" ad absurdum.

The interesting part is - do people differ between "KDE" and "applications"? 
If so, does Konsole belong to KDE (being an integral element of the desktop), 
or is it just an application? This (people's perception of the desktop 
environment) is IMHO an at least as important factor when trying to judge 
where to put that dialog (as important as your straightforward 
"System/Konsole doesn't change anything system-wide" argument, since people 
do not necessarily know whether that dialog changes something system-wide or 
not.).

- Frerich

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