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List:       kde-i18n
Subject:    corbifying kget
From:       Matt Koss <koss () napri ! sk>
Date:       1999-03-21 11:10:42
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I have just finished a basic update for Qt 2.0 - especially preferences dialog
was all stucked together.
Right now it looks fine and it even works !  :-)

Now I would like to corbify kget, so that we can finally integrate it with a
konqueror.
I have read all manuals and tutorials, looked at konqueror.idl and some 
kodeknight stuff too.
Still I am kind of confused about the way how to do it efficiently.

I hope that some KOM gurus will give me an advice for start.
Also, please correct me if I say something totally wrong in this article, this
is a first time that I am trying to create something with CORBA and KOM.

So far my idea is :

Konqueror side :
------------
1. konqueror will define a new type - Transfer :
    struct Transfer  {
        string source;
        string dest;
    };

2. konqueror will define a new event - newTransfer : 
    typedef Transfer EventNewTransfer;
    const string eventNewTransfer = "Konqueror/NewTransfer";

    this event will be emited in two cases :
       a.) User drags som file / files from one folder to the another.
           This is a simple move or copy operation.
       b.) User clicks Shift + left mouse button on some link = URL, and this
            URL points to the file of other then html type.
           This will be something like "Save URL" operation.


Kget side :
--------
1. I will modify kget, so that it accepts also file URL's - this way also
   normal copying of two local files will be handled by kget.

2.  In the main() function I will install eventFilter for the event
     Konqueror/NewTransfer.
     I still don't know, which object in konqueror will emit this NewTransfer
     event and how will I get the handle for it. As far as I looked at the
     konqueror sources, the copying files is not yet implemented in the
     konqueror, so I guess that GUI guys will give me some message about
     how they are going to do this.

3.  I will create a script that will somehow register the services offered by
    kget.
    But does it mean, that kget will have to be started from the startkde 
    script ? And will it be on the screen all the time as a window or docked  
    widget ? Or will the window be first opened when konqueror or some other
    app does a request for a transfer ?

The name for the functions / events are only for a reference.
I guess that they will be changed if somebody suggests better names.

Comments / suggestions ?

Regards

			Matt


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Matej Koss	e-mail: koss@napri.sk
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