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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: feasibility of mapping pixels to code
From:       John Tapsell <johnflux () geola ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-06-08 12:17:02
Message-ID: 42A6E1BE.9020205 () geola ! co ! uk
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It would probably be easy enough to code.  This would probably be a 
feature for quanta rather than konqueror though.  See the VPL mode in 
quanta.
JohnFlux


Amir Michail wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Here's another idea.
>
>I think it might be interesting to allow a developer to move a pointer
>over various areas of an application display to automatically get
>relevant code.
>
>For example, when using konqueror, a developer could move a pointer
>over various areas of a web page to find the code responsible for
>rendering various html constructs..
>
>As another example, when using kword, a developer could move a pointer
>over various parts of a document to isolate code for normal text,
>footnotes, tables, etc.
>
>Is this feasible to do?  
>
>I suppose one could track the various Qt primitives being called to
>see what is drawn where and somehow make a connection to code that is
>responsible for invoking those primitives.
>
>Amir
> 
>  
>
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