KDE_* macros for autoconf

[Ravikiran Rajagopal]

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> > Where is the documentation for the KDE_* macros for autoconf?
>
> Just the source with occasional comments.

This has been a frequently asked question on kde-devel. The problem is the 
often repeated statement that the KDE (kapptemplate) framework does all the 
autoconf magic so that you do not need to worry about it. In particular, you 
do not _need_ to have more than a passing acquaintance with autoconf to use 
it. However, much of the auto* magic in KDE seems to be widely applicable 
(usable) to a lot of simple applications, and would save people a lot of 
drudgery if they were well-documented. The source with the occasional 
comments is not easily comprehensible to someone not very familiar with auto* 
tools.

I do consider the KDE build system part of the KDE application framework, and 
as such, a part of the core libraries. Part of the reason I started 
developing for Qt (and then KDE) was the enormous amount of usable 
documentation. (The other reason was C++, which I hesitate to say because of 
our current flamewar :-) George Staikos and others in the current glib thread 
have stated the argument for writing tutorials over just coding, and this is 
a great example.

Regards,
Ravi
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