[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KCM rename
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-07-20 8:16:09
Message-ID: 200607201016.10116.faure () kde ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

On Thursday 20 July 2006 10:07, Matthias Kretz wrote:
> On Thursday 20 July 2006 09:11, David Faure wrote:
> > > But what is the semantic difference between config and setting? Why is
> > > that stuff called config in one place and setting in another? Looks
> > > strange to me.
> >
> > It's not the same stuff. Matthias' proposal is:
> > config == file on disk
> > settings == end user GUI
> 
> For me config and settings sound synonymous.

Yes but you skipped the part where I said that it would only ever going to be used as
"settings dialog", "settings module", "settings widget", etc. so it's clear that it's about
GUI. Especially if _not_ using a KSettings namespace, but rather names like KSettingsDialog :)

-- 
David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]