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List:       kde-kafka
Subject:    Re: libKafka?
From:       Jono Bacon <f9808590 () wlv ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2000-11-18 23:30:35
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On Saturday 18 November 2000 08:45, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > > So what you want is this:
> > >   A shared library which contains a KPart that anyone can use. For
> > > example
> > >   I could do a 'open with' in konqueror and open it with the Kafka
> > > part.
> > >
> > >   A seperate application that is kafka.
> > >
> > > Read that tutorial please ;)
> >
> > If you read my email again you would realise I am asking something
> > different. I *have* read the tutorial (I read it a while back), and in
> > terms of KParts, I think we are all pretty much agreed on it - Kafka
> > should come as a part which can be used by any app.
> >
> > If you read the email...my query is regarding whether we should put the
> > Part functionality of Kafka in libkafka or Kafka. I am making the
> > assumption that if we put it in Kafka the developer would need to have
> > the complete Kafka distribution installed to use the part (as the part
> > source is in the Kafka dir). I was querying in my email as to whether we
> > keep the Part functionality in a seperate libkafka so developers can use
> > it without having to get the entire Kafka source.
>
> Lets view this from another perspective; distributing the lib seperately is
> the only way you are going to do this (I am not thinking twice about an
> application like quanta making a parly distro of kafka)
>
> So kafka would need:
>  - kafka gui
>  - kafka plugins
>  - kafkalib
>
> I really dont think this should be 3 seperate RPM's (or 2 for that matter)

After some thought and discussion (mainly with WildFox in #kafka), I agree we 
should do it this way.

I have started writing some code, and KafkaView, KafkaEdit and KafkaApp are 
in place. Now the build framework and coding structure works, we can begin 
implementing the core Kafka functionality. :-)

At the moment actions work, and some HTML is displayed. The HTML part is the 
central widget and works fine. I will start work on WYSIWYG eding soon, but 
loads of work is in on Monday for Uni. :-(

	Jono

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Jono Bacon - [vmlinuz] - jono@kde.org
KDE/Qt Developer - Kafka Maintainer
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