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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kpixmapcache vs kiconloader
From:       David Faure <faure () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-05-25 20:03:45
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On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 09:28:16PM +0200, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As far as I can see, both do almost the same. Is there a
> reason for Kpixmapcache or can it be merged into kiconloader?

I first thought that they should be merged (which means that kiconloader would get
all the additional methods that exist in kpixmapcache).
BUT : this would mean that the result of the merge would have
to be in kio, because it uses the mimetype stuff !
(e.g. pixmapForURL(...), pixmapForMimeType(...))
=> in fact I see no way of merging.

We don't want all apps that use the icon loader to be required to link to kio...
The same problem ever and ever again....

The only thing that could be removed from kpixmapcache are toolbarPixmap and wallpaperPixmap.

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