From kde-core-devel Mon Apr 09 20:52:06 2001 From: Waldo Bastian Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 20:52:06 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: External actions proposal X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98685434420546 On Monday 09 April 2001 14:43, Roberto Alsina wrote: > So, I feel there is a need to take DCOP to the next level. Yes, I agree. > Now, imagine that before building the UI from the XML files, you contact > this repository, and get a list of actions, each action being a call to > one such script. What about adding actions to the XML file that refer to a script? I don't like the "contact this repository" part, cause that adds startup delay. > This lets writing proof-of-concept features simpler, and they later can be > incorporated in the app. Yes. > This, really, doesn't seem all that hard to do, and I'm volunteering ;-) Ohhh thats the good part. > Of course before doing it, I want to hear any feedback you may have. > For example, I don't really know how long this may take. To what version > of KDE should I aim? 2.2? 2.3? 3.0 ;-) 2.2 sounds fine. Or 2.3 if you need more time. I don't think this requires any drastic changes, so no need to wait for 3.0 Cheers, Waldo -- bastian@kde.org | SuSE Labs KDE Developer | bastian@suse.com