From kde-i18n  Thu Apr 01 22:19:25 1999
From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo () hooked ! net>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 22:19:25 +0000
To: kde-i18n
Subject: Re: protocol stuff (was: Re: KFM Error)
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On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Simon Hausmann wrote:

> Ok, I think I got your idea now :-)
> But I also think that this is a quite difficult thing to do.
> For example how should we handle this:
> Just think of an application which is bound to a "mime-protocol" and which
> is capable to embed itself in Konqueror as view plugin. Using the
> mime-type solution number one, Konqy can check itself whether the app
> supports embedding (by scanning the .kdelnk) and the can handle the
> appropriate IMR stuff to launch it.

But I'm talking about if the user launches telnet://foo.bar.com

not if something that a slave gets has a mime type of x-protocol/telnet.

> But in case of a protocol-slave, how should Konqueror get to know that
> app xyz supports embedding and get access to the app's .kdelnk (...and
> therefore stop the slave from launching the app itself) ?

Perhaps some sort of trader, combined with that run-once code for
KApplication..

- alex