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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Removal of KEdit
From:       Jason Keirstead <jason () keirstead ! org>
Date:       2003-04-20 16:21:27
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On April 20, 2003 01:40 pm, Joseph Wenninger wrote:
> Hi
>
> I haven't followed the thread completely, so perhaps my proposal is a
> littlebit silly.
>
> A long time ago I modified kwrite to be a shell for any ktexteditor
> kpart. It doesn't work that well at the moment, but it should be fixable
> easily
>
> 1) replace the outdated dialogs in kedit with the one
> 2) wrap a ktexteditor interface around the editor widget
> 3) move it to kdebase. (Looking at the sources it doesn't look that big)
> 4) set the default editor of kwrite to that component
> 5) scrap the kedit stand alone app. perhaps add a kedit->kwrite link
>
> => only two editors, instead of 3
> *)one for developers who like the kate part and for the quanta app,
> which relies on the katepart features
> *)one for ordinary users

If youd id this you wouldn't replace the find dialogs, you would just remove them
completely, because the kwrite app properly uses the correct ones.

-- 
Jason Keirstead, BCS
http://www.keirstead.org
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