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Subject: Re: KApplication -> KInstance
From: David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date: 1999-10-30 13:30:54
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I see the point, but as Stephan said, you should do this without
faking arguments where there are none...
How did you think of faking the args in KLibLoader ?
A similar approach could be used, but without making them args...
On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 03:36:07PM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>
> Perhaps I should add another example:
>
> Imagine the user editing an embedded spreadsheet in a KWord document.
> Now the user decides: "Hey, I want to edit the spreadsheet in a separate
> window"
This isn't possible currently, is it? :)
> This will make KWord issue a createShell() call on the KSpread
> part, creating a new KSpread shell. IMHO this toplevel window (shell)
> should have a "KSpread" caption, and not a "KWord" caption.
>
> However currently it would have a "KWord" caption.
>
> Ciao,
> Simon
>
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, David Faure wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 02:56:45PM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Are there any objections against moving
> > > >
> > > > KApplication::caption()
> > > > KApplication::makeStdCaption()
> > > > KApplication::icon()
> > > > KApplication::miniIcon()
> > > >
> > > > and the command line parsing code in KApplication
> > > >
> > > > to KInstance?
> > >
> > > How can you have command line arguments in a KInstance if it's not the
> > > kapp ones ?
> >
> > IMHO we should provide the args via the KInstance constructor and should
> > also add support for "pseudo commandline arguments" in KLibLoader.
> >
> > > About caption and icons, I don't know. You want to have the instance-specific
> > > ones when activating a part in koffice ? Like my kword window suddenly gets
> > > a kspread icon and title ? Why not, but might be confusing...
> > > Or is it for something else ?
> >
> > The simplest point is: I'd like to be able to set the caption in
> > Konqueror.
> >
> > However I cannot do this by calling KApplication::makeStdCaption.
> > (this works only in standalone mode)
> >
> > If we hack support for part/view-specific captions into
> > Canoosa^T^T^T^T^T^TKParts, then it might be good to also change the icon,
> > when the active view changes, because having a caption like "KSpread -
> > Blah" but still seeing the KWord icon looks even more confusing IMHO :)
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Simon
> >
>
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David FAURE
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