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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: A new framework for embedding ... without CORBA
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1999-09-29 11:02:22
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Jo Dillon wrote:

> David Faure (David.Faure@CRAMER.CO.UK) spake thusly:
> > If we keep the current openparts, I'll simply implement the equivalent
> > of KAccelMenu in it - and I'm sure anybody could implement it for another
> > toolkit when necessary. We don't what the future is, so of course we don't
> > know if the open solution will really be helpful - but since we already have
> > it,
> > why go for a closed solution now...
> 
>   Why not do both? Use this shared library stuff for our own code
> but leave the door open to supporting bonobo components as well?
> I don't see why this is an either/or thing; surely we can embed components
> in two different ways if we need to?

Why not an indirect approach? Please keep in mind that I don't know what
I'm talking about, but isn't it possible to create a Qt widget that is
simply a frame on which a Bonobo component gets embedded?

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