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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Setting http-referer for drag&drop.
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-01 23:26:06
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On Monday 01 October 2001 02:36 pm, David Faure wrote:
> Hmm, ok, let me rephrase & rethink that.
> There are two kind of "users" of KURLDrag.
> The apps that start a drag, and those that get a drop.
> When starting a drag, 99% of the applications will NOT be able to set
> a referrer (think of a URL in a mail, in a newsgroup, in a kword document,
> etc. Those won't have a HTTP referrer to set, nor any other kind of
> additional information about the URL). Ok, this simply means
> KURLDrag::newDrag must allow to set or not to set the metadata.

Yes.

> But you're right that those that receive a drop should use any information
> in the dragobject, to get the download right. That's where KURLDrag has
> to provide the appropriate stuff, and it must be easy to pass it off to
> KIO.

Yes.

Cheers,
Waldo
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