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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: FW: KDirStat
From:       Lars Knoll <Lars.Knoll () mpi-hd ! mpg ! de>
Date:       2000-03-13 15:57:40
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, David Faure wrote:

> Oops, forgot to cc the list.
> 
> > > On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, David Faure wrote:
> > > > http://www.suse.de/~sh/kdirstat/mainwin.gif
> > > > 
> > > > Wouldn't that rock, as a konqueror view ? ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > I am in contact with KDirStat's author, on comp.windows.x.kde.
> > > 
> > > Not only this, you are also in contact with the KDirStat 
> > > author on this list ;-)
> > 
> > Hehe :-))) Welcome on board. You've been very fast to subscribe ! :-)
> > 
> > > > He plans to do the porting, and I plan to have him make
> > > > a konqueror view instead of a separate application ;-)
> > > 
> > > If somebody gives me a hint on how to do this (or points me 
> > > to some doc on how to do this), I'll happily give it a try.
> > 
> > Obviously, getting the current CVS sources is in order.
> > The current views are perfect examples of how to do that,
> > of course. There was an attempt at some documentation for
> > creating views, but I'm afraid it's a bit out-of-date now
> > (Simon ?).

http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/components/index.html

And as far as I know, it's quite up to date.

Lars

> > 
> > Basically you have to put all the code in a library, define a .desktop
> > file for the view, and konqueror will 
> > 1 - display an entry in the view menu for this type of view
> > 2 - dlopen the lib when the users this view.
> > 
> > I saw the other two screenshots - obviously KDirStat is more than
> > a view more, it also has some functionality. But making them into
> > the lib, and providing menu entries / toolbar icons for accessing 
> > this functionality is no problem - KParts allows to add
> > menuitems and toolbar buttons for a "part", i.e. a view.
> > 
> > Looking forward !
> > 
> > --
> > David Faure
> > faure@kde.org - KDE developer
> > david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
> > david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems
> 
> 

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