Re: Make Everything a KPart
From what I think, this is almost the approach the KDE team is taking.
But we shouldn't exaggerate. Your scenario reflects nothing more than
having everything opened in the same window except having windows
overlap each other, which you can, IMO, more easily access while all
applications are running.
Paul Sandulescu
On March 29, 2004 12:27 pm, Bob Tilley (AT&T) wrote:
> Referencing the recent article on Slashdot concerning Gnome 2.6 and
> navigatability, this idea arose among my scattered thoughts and
> clammored for attention.
>
> Among the many desires of a user are such elements as: browsing the
> internet (Konqueror), viewing documents, editing documents, etc.
> Many document editors that began life as applications have been
> converted to KParts, for use inside the Konqueror browser.
>
> I would like to put forward the concept of converting all KDE
> applications to KParts, or include KPart-accessibility within all
> applications. I will explain this concept further below.
>
> Josephine User sits at her Debian Linux station to begin an internet
> browsing session. After perusing several news sites and blogs, she
> examines her home directory of /home/userj. Checking her To Do KPart
> list for the day, she sees that "Write module xxx" is scheduled.
> Going to the directory /home/userj/dev/ she sees a collection of
> documents titled "module-xxx.cpp", "module-xxx.h", etc.
> Double-clicking on module-xxx.cpp opens a KDevelop KPart and she
> begins editing the file. Finishing, she closes the KDevelop KPart
> which reveals the previous To Do KPart in its last state.
>
> Would it be possible to add a KPart-interface to KDE applications so
> that all applications can be used from within a Konqueror window?
>
> Bob Tilley
> tilleyrw@cfl.rr.com
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