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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: kdebase/konqueror
From:       Simon Hausmann <shaus () helios ! Med ! Uni-Magdeburg ! DE>
Date:       1999-11-28 3:37:42
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On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, David Faure wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 05:42:53AM +0100, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 09:57:40PM +0100, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, David Faure wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 08:23:12PM +0100, CVS by shausman wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > kdebase/konqueror konq_mainview.cc,1.292,1.293
> > > > > > Author: shausman
> > > > > > CVSROOT: /home/kde
> > > > > > Sat Nov 27 20:23:12 MET 1999
> > > > > > Update of /home/kde/kdebase/konqueror
> > > > > > In directory zeus:/tmp/cvs-serv14184
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Modified Files:
> > > > > > 	konq_mainview.cc 
> > > > > > Log Message:
> > > > > > - mailto: hack (had to duplicate the hack/code :-(
> > > > > Yes, Konqueror can't use KRun for everything, so it has
> > > > > to check for mailto: (OTOH, when a mailto: is found, it could
> > > > > use KRun, no ?)
> > > > 
> > > > OK, yes, we can do a strncmp( "mailto:" ... and then allocate a new KRun
> > > > instance.
> > > > 
> > > > However we cannot use KonqRun, because then we cannot properly disable the
> > > > rotating gear. (hack: connect to the finished() signal of KRun
> > > > only for "mailto:" urls ... )
> > > 
> > > I don't get that.
> > > Why is it different from... say clicking on a file that launches an external
> > > program via KRun ? Say a kword file, for instance.
> > > (I wanted to say "text file" but it starts konq_textview, bad example !)
> > > 
> > > In both cases, konqueror just "shoots and forgets" and the rotating
> > > gear shouldn't even start (or if it does in the kword case, it should stop fast)
> > 
> > The problem is:
> > We enable the rotating gear as soon as we launch our KonqRun instance.
> > It (the gear animation) is stopped as soon as we know that we either can't
> > handle the url (at the end of ::openView(), which returns to
> > foundMimeType() ) or when the view finished (or even aborted) loading the
> > url.
> > 
> > However the mailto: case is different. foundMimeType() never gets called,
> > and we therefore can't disable the rotating gear.
> > 
> > One thing though is that KRun emits the finished() signal. It does so in
> > case of the mailto: url, too.
> > 
> > The problem with that though was to find out how KonqRun "finished"
> > (normal -> view embedding, external app or even that mailto: hack, where
> > no foundMimeType() is called) .
> > 
> > But I just had a closer look at the stuff again, and I found a solution to
> > get rid of the mailto:-hack-duplication :)
> > 
> > Clicking on mailto: links works now fine here :-) , without mailto: in
> > Konqueror itself :-)
> 
> I knew that a well-asked question would lead your powerful brain
> to the correct solution :-)
> 
> Will have a look tomorrow.
> (Hey Simon, it's late for you too ! Bedtime !) :-)

Hehe :)

It's early (in the morning) I'd say ;-)

*yawn*

Ciao,
 Simon (going to bed now :)

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