David Faure wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 03:57:52PM +0200, Michael van der Westhuizen wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Maybe I'm not seeing something here, but where is the integration
> > between these classes? They all deal with related or similar
> > information, but it seems a developer has to:
> >
> > Create the appropriate KAboutData
> > Create the appropriate KAboutDialog
> > Connect the showAboutApplication signal of KHelpMenu to a slot to show
> > his about dialog.
> >
> > Surely it makes more sense for:
> >
> > KHelpMenu to use KAboutDialog directly.
> > KAboutDialog to use KAboutData directly (this is blatantly missing)
> >
> > Or, am I missing an obvious way to simplify telling a user about the
> > application.
> 
> You are totally right. But this is still "to do".
> Somebody volunteered, but I can't remember who.
> In fact KAboutDialog shouldn't be changed IMHO, it fits the "about KDE" entry.
> However a new dialog, that shows information about the application
> using KAboutData, is missing. This one would fit the "about app" entry.
Ahm, you are wrong. KAboutDialog is suited for
About-Application-dialogs. The About-KDE-box is only one of them. See
kaboutdialog_test.
Due to the changes in KDialogBase, it looks a little bit ugly, needs to
be polished. But works. So it is simply creating a KAboutDialog instead
of a message box.
--Mirko.
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