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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KRegistry implementation...
From:       Simon Hausmann <tronical () gmx ! net>
Date:       1999-07-22 13:45:39
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On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:

> I would like to discuss the current implemention of KRegistry.
> 
> KRegistry acts like a "in memory" database of mimetypes and .desktop files.
> It can be used to access information about a mimetype/desktop file (icon,
> comment, etc.) without parsing the corresponding configuration file.
> 
> Currently, the whole registry is saved in a binary format under
> ~/.kde/share/config/kregistry and its completely loaded in memory.
> 
> The limit of this approach is memory consumption, expecially if you have
> a large number of applications installed.

Not if it is loaded only one single time, in kded :-)

Ciao,
 Simon

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