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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Marketing of KOffice 2.0.0
From:       Boudewijn Rempt <boud () valdyas ! org>
Date:       2009-03-24 8:23:37
Message-ID: 200903240923.37931.boud () valdyas ! org
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On Monday 23 March 2009, Benjamin Reed wrote:

> If you want screenshots on OSX, I'd be happy to provide them.  KOffice
> for the most part is looking pretty good on OSX.

I've still got the problem that klauncher doesn't work and that closing any 
KOffice application always crashes. Maybe I shouldn't build everything from 
scratch but try to build KOffice against the fink packages :-)

> One big missing feature that'll be a killer for folks, though, is it's
> not currently possible to register certain document types with KDE
> applications so they auto-open (.doc, .xls, etc.)  Apparently it
> requires applications to understand a specific API and register for
> "file open" events, and I'm not sure how to reconcile that with KDE's
> freedesktop-style property-file registration.  :(
>
> Is there anyone around with some mac chops who would mind
> investigating with me how to do that?  KOffice will be *very* popular
> on OSX once it interacts nicely with the finder, I think.

Shouldn't this be done one the kdelibs level? I wish I had some more time -- 
it can't be too difficult. Maybe after 2.0.

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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org
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