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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt-only KDE applications
From:       Espen Sand <espensa () online ! no>
Date:       2002-01-22 23:11:10
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On Tuesday 22 January 2002 21:11, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 January 2002 04:45 am, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> > An application using libQtKDE is somewhere in the middle between a
> > standard Qt-only application and a true KDE application using the KDE
> > API. But this is seeing it from the programmer's perspective. For the
> > user, it will much closer to a true KDE application. Just that the same
> > binary will run without having KDE installed - with a slightly different
> > look and feel and less functionality.
> >
> > Opinions? Do you think that would be useful at all?
>
> Yes, I think this is very important. We are currently in the unfortunate
> position that we basically have to compete with Qt itself to get third
> party KDE applications. That's not healthy. For the same reason I would
> like to see basic parts of the KDE framework extended to other platforms,
> kde-cygwin plays an important role in that I think, but that route will
> take a long time.

Hi, (long time since my last msg. here)
Can only say I would try to use such a library if it existed. Could such
a library (or Qt's use of it) disable itself if there are dependency 
issues?

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Espen Sand
espen@opera.com
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