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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KStdActions. How to  add to...
From:       John Gluck <jgluckca () home ! com>
Date:       2001-10-12 7:20:30
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Hi Kurt.

Thanks for the info... I'm sure it will be of use to other budding KDE
programmers.

I have 2 more questions.

1- Is there any way to stop $KDEDIR/share/config/ui/ui_standards.rc from being
read by my program???

2- If there is an action defined in the $KDEDIR/share/config/ui/ui_standards.rc
that I don't want how can I remove it??
     Is this simply a case of not instatiateing the action I don't want??

>
> Okay, quick explanation of XML-GUI and standards:
>
> Before the XML-GUI code starts building your menus and toolbars, it
> searches for all the necessary XML resource (rc) files.  In the case of
> non-Kparts apps, there are two that it looks for: the global one and your
> local one.
>
> The global rc file implements the KDE Style Guide.  It has place-holders
> for every standard action.  If a standard action isn't instantiated, then
> it's placeholder is simply ignored.
>
> The XML-GUI code will take this global file and MERGE it with your local
> one.  It's not an append or replace.. it's a merge.  So if your local rc
> file has additional actions, it will merge them into the global tree
> dynamically.
>
> The global file can be found in $KDEDIR/share/config/ui/ui_standards.rc.
> If you look in it, you'll see that the standard File menu is called "file"
> (logically enough).  If you want your Munch action to appear in this
> menu, you simply have to create your local XML rc file to look something
> like this:
>
> <MenuBar>
>   <Menu name="file">
>     <Action name="my_munch_action" />
>   </Menu>
> </MenuBar>
>
> The XML-GUI code will take care of merging this into the global tree.
>
> --
> Kurt Granroth            | http://www.granroth.org
> KDE Developer/Evangelist | SuSE Labs Open Source Developer
> granroth@kde.org         | granroth@suse.com
>             KDE -- Conquer Your Desktop
>
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