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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: using kde-config for KDE detection
From:       Karol Pietrzak <kap4020 () rit ! edu>
Date:       2006-04-30 17:56:57
Message-ID: 200604301356.57444.kap4020 () rit ! edu
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On Sunday 30 April 2006 14:05, Frans Englich wrote:
> On Sunday 30 April 2006 17:45, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
> > On Sunday 30 April 2006 12:32, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> > > On Sunday 30 April 2006 18:17, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
> > > > Hello everyone.
> > > >
> > > > I've got two questions relating to kde-config:
> > > > 1. When did kde-config start appearing in KDE installations?  I seem
> > > > to have found references online mentioning it in KDE 3.0.3
> > > > installations. Has it existed all the way back to 3.0.x?
> > >
> > > Yes, according to http://tinyurl.com/feg8l it has been tagged with
> > > KDE_3_0_RELEASE
> > >
> > > > 2. Is using kde-config reliable?  SuSE Linux puts kde-config in the
> > > > kdelibs package, so it is always present when KDE is installed.
> > > > However, I'm sure there is some distribution out there that puts
> > > > kde-config into a -devel package or something.  Anyone know off-hand
> > > > of any such complications?
> > >
> > > That would be pretty stupid, as it is not a development related tool
> > > but rather meant to be used in KDE related shell scripts or similar,
> > > often used by system administrators.
> > >
> > > At least nowadays it is also used in the KDE startup script startkde,
> > > so kdebase would depend on a devel package which I find pretty
> > > unlikely.
> >
> > OK.  Seeing a lack of documentation on kde-config, I decided to start a
> > Wiki FAQ page on the matter.
>
> You really should write that as a man page, I'd say. It's written in
> Docbook, see for example:

I agree with you, actually.  An FAQ should just be part of the kde-config 
documentation.  However, this was just quick and easy and covers what I 
wanted to say.  That combined with the lack of time on my part led to the 
creation of a really short FAQ.

If anyone wants to continue that page, please by all means, reformat the whole 
thing and start from scratch if necessary. :)

> http://lxr.kde.org/source//KDE/kdebase/doc/kfind/man-kfind.1.docbook

Actually, that link is broken for me (404).

Thanks!

-- 
Karl Pietrzak
kap4020@rit.edu

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