From kde-devel  Wed Aug 22 14:01:50 2001
From: Mathieu Chouinard <chouimat () videotron ! ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:01:50 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Kicker extension
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=99848899324979

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:53, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> Following an idea I had, I implemented an dynamic extension mechanism to
> kicker. Basically, this mechanism allows to add menu entries to the K-menu
> using dynamically loaded libraries (kind of plugins). I applied it to the
> integration of kdeprint into kicker and you can see the result here:
> http://users.swing.be/kdeprint/kicker_ext.png (note: when you select a
> printer, the job viewer is started with that printer).
>
> Technically:
> - defined a PanelXMenu class that inherits PanelMenu
> - added 2 virtual functions "pixmap()" and "title()" that are used
>   when inserting the entry into the K-menu
> - modified k_mnu.cpp to read the "Extensions" key from the config
>   file (in "menus" group), to know which extensions need to be loaded,
>   then load the extensions and add the menu entry
> - you can also think about associating those dynamic menus with
>   PanelPopupButton to add specialized buttons to the panel (not done
>   however).
>
> This allows to build tools like "quickbrowser" except that it is
> dynamically loaded.
>
> Now come the questions:
> - do you find it useful? (I do as it gives kicker greater flexibility, and
>   you can also put some code into libraires, reducing kicker's size)
> - what should I do with it? Now, everything is in kicker directory, but I
>   guess the base class should be moved to kdeui, which would implies some
>   changes in the code.
>
> Comments are welcome.
> Michael.
I like this very much.
MAthieu
 
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