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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: kio::netaccess and imagepreview
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-06-29 21:34:36
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:02:00PM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>   /* this is a bit tricky. We use a faked modal dialog to be able to
>      process the download syncronious. For the user it will look
>      (almost) as if the kfm-dialog is the modal dialog of your
>      application. After show() we will also enter a local event loop
>      within Qt. The modal_hack_widget will be hidden and destroyed in
>      the finish slot. This will implictly exit the local event loop
>      in addition (Matthias)
>   */
>   modal_hack_widget = new QWidget(0,0,WType_Modal);
>   modal_hack_widget->setGeometry(-10,-10,2,2);
>   copy(src, target);
>   modal_hack_widget->show();
>   qApp->enter_loop();
> 
> I wonder why it was removed from netaccess? :-)
> 
> Hmmm
> revision 1.5
> date: 1999/12/29 19:29:18;  author: granroth;  state: Exp;  lines: +11 -37
> [...]
> 2) Removed modalDialogHack.  Since this existed before KIO, I assume
>    it was somehow related to a Qt shortcoming?  In any event, I
>    removed it and everything worked like a charm.

Should we readd this, now that we don't use NetAccess anymore
for speed-critical missions such the image preview feature ?

Does this make any difference, finally ?

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