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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Understanding KWord sources
From:       Klas Kalass <klas.kalass () gmx ! de>
Date:       2001-12-06 23:04:21
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Am Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2001 23:26 schrieb Chris Howells:
[...]
> What I'd really like to know is what the "best" way of getting acquainted
> with the sources of a new program that you want to hack on is. Sure, this
> will vary between programs, and some will be more complicated than others
> -- but surely there must be some kind of generic technique that can be
> applied to all programs to get a better understanding of the sources?

What I usually do is to start with main() and try to understand how everything
interacts until the Program is initialized and runs. Then I try to find out how
things interact when there is user interaction.

Hope this general approach helps and is not too generic.

Greetings,
Klas
 
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