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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KWin hacking
From:       Mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       1999-12-28 16:28:09
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Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> Geert Jansen wrote:
> >
> > Mosfet wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, I did. In general I prefer QXEmbed as well but the applets need to
> > > be able to dock and undock and thus need to be able to XReparentWindow
> > > themselves several times. QXEmbed isn't good for this. Are you having
> > > problems with the current code?
> >
> > Yes, there is one problem: DND on the docked windows doesn't work. The Qt
> > embedding protocol does support this, but XReparentWindow doesn't.
> >
> > It should be possible to use QXEmbed for the docking, and XReparentWindow
> > for undocking, giving both multiple reparenting and DND.
> 
> Perhaps this is more an argument to extend QXEmbed? Can you explain
> exactly what you need Mosfet?

Already did, this message was only halfway through the thread ;-)

> 
> BTW, I have been looking at QXEmbed again w.r.t. the java stuff, and I
> think I might have been wrong about using it before QtAWT is done - it
> might work after all. You will still lose most of its advantages though.
> :-(
> 
> My plan for this currently is to get the current code working then spend
> a lot more time working on QtAWT. Many of the current difficulties would be
> solved by this. The only problem is that it is a pain in the neck to write
> and isn't made any easier by Java 2.
> 
> Rich.
> 
> >
> > Greetings,
> > --
> >     Geert Jansen                       email: <g.t.jansen at stud.tue.nl>
> >     Phylosopher, Physicist                        PGP key ID: 0xD2B5E7CE
> 
> --
>      Richard Moore              rich@ipso-facto.freeserve.co.uk
> http://www.robocast.com/        richard@robocast.com
> http://developer.kde.org/       rich@kde.org

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