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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fixes in ktopwidget & ktoolbar
From:       Johannes Sixt <Johannes.Sixt () telecom ! at>
Date:       1998-04-04 17:37:01
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On Sat, 04 Apr 1998, Sven Radej wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Apr 1998, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>>Why don't you just restore the old KTopLevelWidget and invent a derived class
>>that does all the fancy stuff. This wouldn't break anything..
>
>The only problem so far is krn and I'm looking at it now.

NONONONO, it's not. There are lots of other applications out there, besides
those in the distribution. Some of them (at least mine - kdbg) are affected!!!!

>If you want to use derived, toolbars, menubars, ownBars...,be free to
>reimplement KTW including updateRects (). 

Grrrrrrrrrr. Yes, I know. I could also feel free to reinvent the wheel......

>KTW is made to be easy to use.

This is wrong design.

Make a generally working KTopLevelWidget that glues things together without
making too many assumptions - the original KTW did this quite well. Then derive
a new class, KEasyToUseTopLevelWidget, which is easy to use.

-- Hannes

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