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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: new "Label" keyword for desktop files...
From:       Steffen Hansen <stefh () mip ! sdu ! dk>
Date:       1999-07-26 13:34:57
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On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:

> This was my original proposal talking with Simon Hausmann (kded), and
> he objected that Name is already a general identifier for all kinds of 
> services, not only application .desktop files.
> 
> We might have KTrader::findServiceById(QString), but I'm sure that 
> developers will confuse it with KTrader::findServiceByName(QString).

Simon is right. Name is used as the server name in the Implementation
Repository, and as such it has to be unique. There is no need for an extra
identifier.
 
greetings,
-- 
Steffen Hansen                            
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