From kde-core-devel  Tue Sep 28 05:28:47 1999
From: Kurt Granroth <granroth () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 05:28:47 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: IDEA: KStandardApps
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=93855987419245

Richard Moore wrote:
> I was thinking the other day that it would be nice to have a class
> analogous KStandardDirs that allowed access to some common apps. For
> example kfiledialog and kfm both have an option to run kfind - it would
> be nice if we could make this a more general facility. For example I
> think we should be able to:
> 
> - Run find on a directory
> - Open a mailer with a specified mail address
> - Open a URL
> - Open a terminal
> - Your idea here
> 
> Centralising this would allow people to write plugin replacements if
> they don't want to use the standard KDE applications. It should be trivial
> to implement. What do you think?

Hmm... isn't this what KOM and our trader promise?
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