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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: konqeror crash (same as before, but other subject ;-))
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-02-23 21:33:19
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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 03:51:38PM -0500, Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, David Faure wrote:
> > > 
> > > How mean, it segfaulted in debug output while trying printf("%20C"). I
> > > see only one way to fix it: using kdebug2 ;-)
> > 
> > Damn that bug again. Printing a URL without using a format...
> > and I thought the bug was in ikwfilter... !
> 
> Sorry David, but that is not what ikwfilter is for.

I didn't say what it is for, I just had a wrong impression from the
debug output.

> IKW stands for Internet Keyword.  It is basically similar in concept to
> short-urls.  It allows you to type normal words rather than complicated or
> short URLs.  These names are then resolved by a central server ( in this
> case realnames.com ) which re-directs it to the appropriate location to which
> the keyword or normal word is associated.  For fun type KDE or GNOME in konqy's
> location bar and see what happens.  If the lookup fails, you are automatically
> forwarded to a search engine of your choice if one is available ( you chose
> one ) or you receive an error message from realnames' server.  Of course this
> will be configurable and thus can be shut by those that do not need these extra
> functionalities.

Yes, I know all this.

> BTW, we need to move the KURIFiltering code from kdebase to kdelibs as it can
> be used by any app that embeds the khtml widget.  It is currently being used
> by konqy with minicli to follow soon.  Can we put it under kio ?  I cannot see
> any other relevant place to put it as short URI also might need to make use of
> KIO down the line...

Are there really going to be alternative web browsers using libkhtml ??

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David FAURE
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