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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Open Recent... class ?
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-02-29 4:25:26
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#if Cristian Tibirna
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> 
> > #if mosfet
> > > This would be cool. I don't like my old hack and it would be neat to
> > > have a global repository of recent items :)
> > 
> > /me wonders why everyone loves the idea now, but last year it
> > was half-ignored. Oh well, I'm not proud. I'll do it again :)
> 
> I'm sure you know the answer. And I use a serious tone when I say the
> following, even if it seems I'm joking: even if this is a freedom game in
> the first place, you have to choose your moments. Last year there were
> things much more important to do/finish, people were concentrated on them.
> I think I recall well your postings. Although, I also remember I was
> reflecting like "well, let's see if this compiles, I'll be happy to make
> it load files at all, no need yet to bother about having a list of old
> files now".

Yep I was just starting off w.r.t. both C++ and KDE at that time
anyway, so I wasn't too surprised that my slightly hackish changes
were not instantly patched in :)

One thing you realise if you're not told it first. Code speaks
louder than words. We should have a 'newbie' branch, where people who
don't have much experience but want to do a proof-of-concept can
commit. That would keep some of the more vocal people on kde-look
happy ;)

> So, I can't but say thanks for your dedication :-)
> 
> About mimetype detection/saving stuff you mentioned in the other message,
> try to look at Mosfet's solution for kicker. He saves .desktop files from
> kfiledialog. That's one of the reasons I thought a global mechanism will
> be very useful. 

Yes, that's ok, but it doesn't work when you DnD to an app to load
a file... hang on, yes it does. You get the mimetype :)

Rik

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