From kde-core-devel  Thu Dec 02 14:48:58 2004
From: Benjamin Meyer <ben () meyerhome ! net>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:48:58 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KNewStuff Wallpapers
Message-Id: <200412020949.01973.ben () meyerhome ! net>
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On Thursday 02 December 2004 2:16 am, Andras Mantia wrote:
> On Thursday 02 December 2004 03:27, Aaron Seigo wrote:
> > because it isn't KDE-Look, or even artwork, specific. KOrganizer has
> > used KNewStuff for some time to provide an easy way to grab events
> > calendars, for instance.
>
> And we use in Quanta to get:
> - new language support
> - new toolbars
> - new documentation packages
> - new scripts
> - new templates
> from a central download server.
>
> KNewStuff is just a library name, use for whatever you want and (you
> should) name your dialogs and put texts to make clear for the user what
> can he/she do. It's somewhat similar to kdeaddons (extends an
> application), just that usually the "stuff" that you can get this way
> doesn't require compilation, so it's really a click & install for the
> user.
>
>  I have an extension class in kdewebdev to add support for checking MD5
> sum and signature of the downloaded items, just that I need some time
> to work and integrate with knewstuff from kdelibs.
>
> Andras

Ok, as it is really is to be used by users to add onto the application they 
are using?

- -Benjamin Meyer

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