From kde-pim  Wed Sep 18 21:49:40 2002
From: Mathieu Chouinard <chouimat () videotron ! ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:49:40 +0000
To: kde-pim
Subject: Re: [Kde-pim] Kaplan: The road ahead
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[Mark Westcott reply]:
> On Wednesday 18 September 2002 8:42 pm, Daniel Molkentin wrote:
> > Moin!
> >
> > This is a status update on Kaplan development and a RFC at the same time
> > that many people have asked me fore to step forward in Kaplan
> > Development. I just wrote down some points and I am curious about your
> > opinions.
> >
> > 1) Kaplans general design
> >
> > At the moment Kaplan bases on an abstraction through plugins, that get
> > loaded on startup and hold some information about the Part to be loaded.
> > I would prefer if we could get rid of this cruft. All information we need
> > can be put in header files AFAICS.
> >
> > - Let KParts communicate directly
> >
> > I think this question is pretty much clear: If we can, we should use
> > kparts directly just like the kroupware guys do wherever possible. I
> > think the current design in the kroupware branch to move the
> > functionality into seperate classes might ease porting.
> >
> > 2) Kaplans name
> >
> > I agree with you that Kaplan is not a real good name for a consumer
> > product. I agreed with Don to call it Kontact. We will switch the name at
> > some point but I consider other (design) decitions to have precedence.
> >
> > 3) Configuration of the Parts.
> >
> > Do we agree that Kaplans Parts should store their config stuff into
> > kaplanrc when loaded as parts? How could a merged configuration look
> > like? I think Don did some researches in that area. Any news?
> >
> > 4) Kroupware integration
> >
> > Ok, let's see what they have so far and who is in charge:
> >
> > - Offline IMAP:
> > That's obviously a KMail thingy.
> >
> > - Handling of incoming VCal Events and:
> > Cornelius should probably comment on that. Anyone?
> >
> > - The KOrganizer side:
> > Looks like we won't need to change too much, I am currently trying to get
> > kroupware branch working to get an impression.
> >
> > - KAddressbook: Any strong feelings on the integration of the addressbook
> > (other than showing it?)
>
> Yes, some way of linking notes, appointments, todos etc to a specific
> addressee.  No idea how this could be achieved, other than the use of a pim
> database, but thats unwieldy.  Any ideas?
>
> Mark
just look at the qtopia-1.6.0-snapshot sources :)
Mathieu

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