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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Raptor=Dolphin?
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2008-06-29 17:40:56
Message-ID: 200806291840.57003.cannewilson () googlemail ! com
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On Sunday 29 June 2008 13:26:58 George Goldberg wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com> 
wrote:
> > On Sunday 29 June 2008 12:32:10 Peter Penz wrote:
> >> Hi Anne,
> >>
> >> Maybe Aaron can comment on this in more detail, but my attention was
> >> caught because of the "Dolphin" in the subject... The "Raptor=Dolphin"
> >> question is unclear for me: As Dolphin did not (and never was intended
> >> to) replace Konqueror my guess is that the question was meant as "Will
> >> Raptor be the new _default_ menu?" Is this the question?
> >>
> >> As far as I know:
> >> - Raptor is developed outside the scope of the core-plasma team.
> >> - There has been no decision done whether Raptor will be the default
> >> menu in future KDE versions. I think this topic even has not been
> >> discussed at all, as Raptor is still in alpha stage.
> >>
> >> The cool thing in Plasma is that the user is not restricted anymore to
> >> use one single application launcher menu :-) Currently there is Kickoff
> >> and KMenu available, Raptor and Lancelot are alternative solutions that
> >> might be available for KDE 4.2.
> >>
> >> Which of those 4 menus might be default for KDE 4.2/4.x is completely
> >> open.
> >
> > Hi, Peter.  There was the possibility that raptor had been renamed, for
> > any reason, and I needed to rule that out.  I propose to say that it is
> > being developed as a third option, together with Dolphin and Classic.  I
> > haven't come across Lancelot :-) so maybe I should look that up too.
>
> I think there is some confusion going on here. The classic menu,
> raptor, lancelot and kickoff are all menus for launching apps etc.
> Dolphin is a file manager, like Konqueror.
>
> Hope this clarifies it for you, Anne. (I guess this should probably be
> mentioned in the document your making too.)
>
>
It's already corrected before I came back to the thread, but thanks for the 
kick in the right direction :-)

Anne

 
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