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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: What is Kformula's status?
From:       Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna () total ! net>
Date:       2000-02-27 21:00:56
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, David Faure wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 05:02:46PM +0000, C Y wrote:
> >   Does anyone know what the current status of Kformula is? The web page on 
> > http://koffice.kde.org for Kformula hasn't been updated in some time.  Is it 
> > still at 0.0.1?  Will it be included in the KDE 2.0 release?  Sorry if I'm 
> > missing something, but this component would be important for most of my uses 
> > of a word processor, as I am a physics major and equations are part of the 
> > game.  I can't find a feature list either, so I'm really in the dark as to 
> > what it is supposed to be capable of.  Anybody have any info?
> > 
> > (Oh, incidently, from what I have seen, KOffice is going to rock the linux 
> > world when it reaches 1.0.  Great work guys!)
> 
> KFormula is now a library (in kdelibs), not a Part anymore (i.e.
> not a standalone application nor a KOffice component).
> 
> And KSpread and KWord make use of it already.
> 
> Try them :)

Yeah, this situation passed a bit unobserver, and I believe it's a pity.
KFormula *has* to be a part IMHO. KPresenter looses 60% of its usefulness
without a formula part. And no, including a kword part just for a formula
doesn't cut it, IMHO. Am I wrong? 

Cristian Tibirna

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