From kde-core-devel  Sat Mar 31 08:06:16 2001
From: Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 08:06:16 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Fwd: Kaboodle
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98606319509070

#if Neil Stevens
> On Friday 30 March 2001 06:05 pm, Rik Hemsley wrote:
>  > noatun uses a plugin mechanism, so if it's asked to embed itself and
>  > play an mp3, surely it only needs to load two plugins, the kparts
>  > interface and the ID3 tag loader.
> 
> OK, so what you're saying is that Noatun should run in two different 
> modes: the normal standalone mode where it loads all the plugins the 
> user wants, and a kpart mode where it loads a fixed set of plugins.

No, nothing to do with running in 'different modes'. Just that you
only load the plugins you need, when you need them.

> Why not just make the two modes different apps?  It's easier to 
> maintain, and less bug-prone, because each codebase is aimed at doing 
> one thing.

Well, adding a kpart to noatun seems easier than writing a separate
kpart with a whole new app. Less code, less bug-prone :)

Rik