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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KAboutBox in KApp?
From:       David Sweet <dsweet () Glue ! umd ! edu>
Date:       1999-10-21 11:23:02
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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:

> David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > > Careful now before any work is duplicated ;)
> > >
> > > I have completed an "About KDE" dialog box that should replace
> > > the current one in KApplication::gethelpMenu(). The reason
> > > why I have not
> > > comitted it yet is that i don't really know how/if this will break
> > > any library dependence. The dialog box code uses kdeui stuff
> > > (KAboutDialog)
> > >
> > > DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS? Can KApplication use
> > > code from kdeui?
> > 
> > No, but why does this help menu thing have to be in KApplication ?
> > Some applications have no menus at all (kioslaves, kfmclient, kded...).
> > I would rather see that help menu thing in kdeui.
> > 
> > > If no, then "getHelpMenu()" should either be moved or I have
> > > to duplicate quite a lot of code.
> > I would say move.
> > 
> > It's UI, really. It shouldn't be in kdecore.
> > 
> There is a  lot more than that in KApp that is UI and should be moved.
> The icon stuff, the theme stuff, etc. I'm pro moving, but I'm a bit
> clueless where to :)
> 
> Greetings, Stephan
> 

Maybe a new kdeui class is in order to hold all of this.
Maybe  KUIResources, KUIGlobal, ... ?

Dave

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