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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Scripting status for koffice?
From:       "Shaheed Haque" <shaheedhaque () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2001-01-03 20:56:25
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Christian,

>Why can't DCOP be used as a generic interface for KDE apps' internals? Let 
>me
>tell a tale I lived during the last holidays....

[ snip ]

This is exactly what I meant/was assuming: that DCOP should the API for 
scripting.

>My dream is of writing a .php file, which start a GUI-less kivio, create 
>some
>chart with <somehow>-acquired data, boot up a PostScript script (yep, it's 
>a
>programming language) to render the chart itself, with some high-class
>rendering capabilities, then hand it all over to OCAML to write the rest of
>the document surrounding the said chart. and back to the PHP file to send
>back to the user.
>
>Now, that's _FOUR_ scripting languages, all of 'em needing interfaces to 
>KDE.
>
>Is there, currently, someone attacking this problem? Is there a "We'll do 
>it
><this way> when we'll come around doing it" plan? Anyone else interested?

There is interest (me, and via proxy, others!) - hence the note!

Thanks, Shaheed
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