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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    RE: RE: internet keywords - great!
From:       Yves Arrouye <yves () realnames ! com>
Date:       1999-11-02 23:30:40
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> > Furthermore, there is no need to restart KDE for kio to 
> recognize the newly added
> > protocol, in other words it will realize the presence of 
> the new protocol
> > dynamically.  Correct ?
> I'm not 100% sure, but I think yes. That depends on KProtocolManager
> (whether he only parses .desktop files on startup ... oh stupid me,
> it works since your app isn't even started when "make 
> install" is done.
> Since the protocol manager is in a library, it only parses 
> the .desktop
> files on your app's startup.
> 
> So : no problem.

But what if one wants all applications to take advantage of it? Do they need
to be killed? Suppose I write a URL handler that implements I2L (letting one
get a URL from a URN for fetching), can I just install my handler and start
typing urn:ietf:rfc2616 in konqueror?

Yves.

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