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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: I just wonder
From:       "David Faure" <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-30 11:07:08
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> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Espen Sand wrote:
> > hmm, since a  number of applications can be embedded into konqueror
(kdvi,
> > kgostview etc) as viewers would it be considered interesting to  convert
> > khexedit to be able to do the same? Perhaps "core" and object files can
be
> > associated with it?
>
> I don't think it is usefull to let a hexeditor be the default for a
> file type. If you need a hexeditor you can use "open with".

I agree.

> > I don't know very much on how this can be done, but I figured this was
an ok
> > method of learning it. However I won't do it if you think this is not
useful in
> > konqueror.
>
> You could make a view which can be used for browsing "weird"
> file types
> like libraries, object files, core dumps etc. Such a view could show
> usefull information like:
> * libraries used by this library/object file.
> * sizes of the various sections in the library/object file

A nm and ldd frontend... good idea.

> * program responsible for the core dump
> * a backtrace leading to the core dump if available
>
> Just see what information you can extract with tools like
> gdb/objdump/nm or maybe libbfd.

Shouldn't those two be done by kgdb instead ?
It's already a gdb frontend...

--
David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems

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