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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: ksysv usability
From:       Benjamin Meyer <ben () meyerhome ! net>
Date:       2004-05-31 2:12:54
Message-ID: 200405302212.54229.ben () meyerhome ! net
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On Sunday 30 May 2004 4:55 pm, Zack Cerza wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I use ksysv on occasion, but one thing has bothered me, though, since I
> first started using it. I assumed it was a simple bug that would be fixed
> soon, but that was a few releases ago.
>
> When you resize the main ksysv window, all the little "panels" in it stay
> the same size - the size being "too damn small to see anything." I don't
> know much at all about Qt programming (which is sad... anyone know a good
> book?), but it can't be that hard to change this behavior. I first thought
> to look for .ui files in kdeadmin-3.2.2/kdesdk/ (from the Debian package),
> but that only turned up UI designs for the
> config dialogs.
>
> So, is anyone here familiar with ksysv's code? Where is the interface
> defined if not in a .ui file? Would this be feasible to fix?
>
> Thanks,

Taking a quick peak at the code the gui isn't in a ui file, but generated.  
Taking a quick look at the app there is a several other usability items that 
should be cleaned up:

Use the standard KDE About dialog box
Use KConfigXT

It doesn't seem to be much work going on recently.  Perhaps if someone is 
intersted in taking over maintainership of this application...  

- -Benjamin Meyer


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