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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: A new framework for embedding ... without CORBA
From:       Mosfet <mosfet () jorsm ! com>
Date:       1999-09-29 14:04:43
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Stefan Taferner wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Mosfet wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Jo Dillon wrote:
> > > David Faure (David.Faure@CRAMER.CO.UK) spake thusly:
> > > > Let's take an example :
> > > > a menu in kspread is either a QPopupMenu or an OPMenu.
> > > > We have to choose here, we can't do both.
> > > 
> > >   Hmm - I was talking specifically about Bonobo support here. It seems
> > > to me that what we'd need to do is optionally provide a CORBA interface
> > > that takes calls from a Bonobo object saying 'manage my menu', which would
> > > be translated to a QPopupMenu. I.e. not actually Openparts as such, just
> > > a compatibility layer for bonobo.
> > > 
> > 
> > I don't think bonobo is really a concern at this point. Getting this new
> > framework working and optimized for KDE2 is ;-)
> 
> Whatever the solution is, there are some points for me:
> 
> Compiling Kde already takes a long time on my machine.
> 
> Kde apps are large enough. Adding more code by duplicating the classes
> is something that is neither elegant nor a good solution.
> 
> Speed and stability is an issue.
> 

You got it, my opinion too (although not being the one actually coding all
this stuff that's all this is - my opinion ;-) 


> --Stefan
-- 
Daniel M. Duley - Unix developer & sys admin.
mosfet@mandrakesoft.com
mosfet@kde.org
mosfet@jorsm.com

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