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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: Program identification module - about dialogs
From:       David Faure <David.Faure () cramersystems ! com>
Date:       1999-12-08 9:48:39
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This is a very good idea.

As Francois-Xavier Duranceau pointed out to me, a very good thing would be
to 
have a way to send bug reports from the application as well. While I'm
not going to ask you to do that :-), you could add

void addProgramName(const QCString &)

so that when such a bug-report-sending dialog exists, it will be able to
send the bug report using the program name ("Package" in bugs.kde.org terms)
and the version (please _do_ add AddVersion !)  :-)

About the location, I'd rather see this in kdeui.
I know the info applies to any program, but without ui you can't see it...
But it's definitely a good thing if the info is not only available when the
about box
is shown.

BTW this also raises the question of whether
> void addSubmitBugsTo(QString emailAddress);
is a good thing.
For third-party programs yes, but for those handled by bugs.kde.org it's
probably
better to redirect bugs there.

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



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Espen Sand [mailto:espen.sand@neo.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:22 AM
> To: kde-core-devel@kde.org
> Subject: Program identification module - about dialogs
> 
> 
> Ok, for a change here is something not related to .desktop ;)
> 
> I have talked with Gary Meyer (maintainer of KCron) during the 
> last days on the topic making a better std "about 
> application" dialog box.
> 
> In order to get this working we need some idetification 
> module and here is
> what he proposed:
> 
> class KTAboutProgram 
> {
> void addAuthor(QString name, QString emailAddress = "", 
> QString URL ="");
> void addCredit(QString name, QString forText, QString 
> emailAddress ="", QString URL = ""),
> void addProjectWebsite(QString URL);
> void addCopyrightStatement(QString copyright);
> void addLicenseText(QString licenseText); // Espen: Perhaps 
> just an Id.
> void addOtherText(QString paragraph);
> void addSubmitBugsTo(QString emailAddress);
> // Espen: I would like to have an addVersion( const QString 
> str ) as well.
> }
> 
> I would like to store such a moldule in kapp. Of course, this 
> object will just
> be a pointer and only allocated if ever used, so it will not 
> waste much space. 
> 
> I am planning add the improved about box to KHelpMenu. This 
> dialog box could 
> then read the stored values of the KTAboutProgram object to 
> make the contents. 
> 
> Is this something we should do? I think the idea of an 
> identification module is
> very useful. As it is today there is no structure or 
> guidelines at all so
> almost anything would be an improvement.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Espen Sand
> 
> 

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