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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: konquerer: kfm_part <-> kfmgui
From:       Simon Hausmann <tronical () gmx ! net>
Date:       1999-02-11 11:44:46
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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, David Faure wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 12:13:18PM +0100, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, weis@stud.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello all.
>> >> 
>> >> Currently konqueror supports two GUIs, the usual KfmGui and the
>> >> KfmPart/KfmMainWindow.
>> >> While working on KfmPart I just wondered why there are two GUIs at all?
>> >> 
>> >> I mean: Just in case we would remove KfmPart, the abstract gui stuff and make
>> >> KfmGui a part we'd have 
>> >>  (1) still the usual standalone KFM with KfmMainWindow as shell
>> >>       (from the users point of view there won't be any difference) 
>> >>  (2) A KFM running as full-featured KOM/OpenParts Application
>> >> 
>> >> This way we wouldn't have to modify both (often identically) GUIs if there are
>> >> changes in the menu structure for example.
>> >> 
>> >> Otherwise I actually don't see that much difference between KfmGui and
>> >> KfmPart/KfmMainWindow, or am I missing anything?
>> >
>> >No, you dont miss anything. KfmGui was prior work and the KOM/openParts
>> >stuff was added later. KOffice apps do use only one GUI stuff
>> >at the time, too. So I think we can perhaps drop KfmGui and put everything
>> >in KfmPart. Unfortuanetly I had no time to write GUI for KfmPart
>> >myself ... so I left the old one in.
>> 
>> If noone minds I'll kind of merge KfmGui and KfmPart to one single KfmGui.
>> (...by removing KfmPart, "adding" OP stuff to KfmGui (and kfm.idl) and making
>> KfmMainwindow the default shell for KfmGui)
>> 
>> Ok?
>OK, go for it.
>
>About the menu creation, when working on kfm II, we all agreed that
>accessing the items by number (e.g. for enabling/disabling) is a mess
>(if you want to move the items for GUI purposes...)
>so we thought of using ids instead.
>Is it possible to use ids with Openparts menus ?
>That would be great.

Sure! :-)

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>|  David FAURE                                                       |
>|  E-mail : David.Faure@insa-lyon.fr, faure@kde.org                  |
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