From kfm-devel Fri May 25 09:41:09 2001 From: David Faure Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:41:09 +0000 To: kfm-devel Subject: Fwd: RE: FWD: A question about konqueror X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kfm-devel&m=99078804004146 Carsten, what's the status of the tabbed sidebar ? ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: RE: FWD: A question about konqueror Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 04:54:33 -0500 From: Jonathan Lee To: David Faure >The first is very easy: a hidden file in the directory itself. This way it >remains associated with the directory if it gets copied, or moved, or renamed. >This can either be a field of the .directory file (after encoding the \n >characters... hmm, some trickery needed here),or simply a new file, say >.dirnotes or whatever Nautilus use (why not choose the same, for compatibility). I agree that this would be the most practicle approach and very scalable to new features being added. >The second is open to suggestions. A plugin could indeed be a way: that means, a >menu item that triggers some code in a separate library, to -for instance- pop >up a dialog and ask for the notes to be entered. But another way is to relate >this to the 3rd point (visualizing) by simply making the notes editable (so, >seeing and editing can be done at the same place). Usability is of utmost importance and would probably lead towards the second - much like Nautilus, the editing and reading would be done both in the side bar. This requires the most work, and will probably cause frustrations, but will pay of in the long run in ease of use. With the Nautilus source as an example it should be attainable. >but currently Konqueror's sidebar can't play that role, as long as it's a simple >tree view. There are plans to make it something with tabs, where some tabs could >host a tree view, but other tabs could for instance host the notes for a >directory [say, the one in the current view]. But that's not done yet, not sure >what the current status is.... This is right where I'm going with this idea, including adding a search tab (hopefully to do both local and web searches) amongst others. Do you know who was spearheading this idea? I'd like a status update from them. My friends and I talking about doing this would prefer that a _core_ Konqueror developer were to implement the extension of the side bar to insure that is is _sane_ and non-conflicting with the rest of the program, while we work on an assortment of tabs. Failing this I guess we could do it all, but I wouldn't hold breath over its completion, we won't be doing anything to Konqueror this invasive until we've poured over the source enough to be fairly sure we're not going to break a lot in the process. >Well, just a few ideas to get the idea going, but I don't have time for >developing on Konqueror anymore. But I can provide more precise pointers into >the code if you feel like doing some of this ! Thanks we'll probably ask at some point before we're done with this. > >David. > >> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- >> Subject: A question about konqueror >> Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:38:24 -0500 >> From: Jonathan Lee >> To: neundorf@kde.org >> >> >> Alex, >> >> I found your name on the Konqueror developers page and wanted to run an idea >> past you. My name is Jonathan Lee, and I am a secretary for a Linux Users >> Group in Missouri (USA). Our mission as a LUG is to advocate Linux on the >> desktop to individuals and corporations. To do this we have chosen KDE as >> our desktop, and have found it met with great success. Konqueror is >> especially well liked and I want to thank you personally for your >> contributions on this exceptional project. The developers list has you >> listed as the "List Views" maintainer and developer. Nautilus, recently >> released by the ill-fated Eazel, included a Notes tab and feature in the >> list view for writing notes about the files in a directory or where other >> misc. data might be found. This is an amazing feature especially amongst >> those working with people new to Linux. I want to inquire if that could be >> realistically built into Konqueror. If so, who would we contact about doing >> so. We would be very interested in assisting in the development process, >> from actual code writing, testing, bug reporting, and otherwise. I >> personally feel this could further KDE and its file manager in the eyes of >> the industry and especially the client side user. Thank you so much for >> your time, I'm sorry to have written in this unsolicited manner. I look >> forward to hearing from you, and hope this idea can flourish. >> >> Jonathan Lee >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >-- >David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org >http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/, http://www.konqueror.org/ >KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today ------------------------------------------------------- -- David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/, http://www.konqueror.org/ KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today