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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Recent document menu and KFileDialog
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-20 0:47:55
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#if Mosfet
> I used a Windows box a few days ago (it's been a long time ;-) and
> noticed they have a little menu of recently opened documents in their
> Start menu. I like this feature. It would be relatively easy to add to
> KFileDialog a routine that writes the URLs of opened files to a
> directory (with a maximum amount of entries of course). Then
> applications like kicker can show those URL .desktop files and launch
> the associated mimetype handler when clicked. Rather useful I think.

I did this a looong time ago and called it kjournal. Remember ? I deleted
the patches I made yesterday, proving the law that whatever you throw away
will be needed the next day.

I did it by adding a simple function in kdelibs, something like
KJournal::add(KURL filename);

This takes care of the case where you DnD-open a file, etc. You have to
look in every app for where it has actually opened a file (from the user's
perspective, so a document really) and add the call immediately after.

Nice to see someone is finally interested in doing it :)

Cheers,
Rik

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