KConfig XT: kconfig_compiler & friends

[Waldo Bastian]

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See also http://lists.kde.org/?t=105969166500001&r=1&w=2

I am happy to announce the introduction of KConfigSkeleton / kconfig_compiler 
to kdelibs based on KPrefs / cfgc by Cornelius Schumacher.

The idea of this all is that application developers provide a config 
description file (*.kcfg) that describes the settings used by an 
applications. kconfig_compiler can then be used to generate a C++ settings 
class based on KConfigSkeleton. Such settings class offers a very convenient 
way for the application to access it's settings but it can also be used to 
automatically apply such settings to a settings dialog.

At the moment I have converted kjots, kcalc and kgpg to this new method of 
accessing configuration settings. 

I will give some comments on its usage in another mail.

Please note that this is still a work in progress. It's probably not a good 
idea to start making *.kcfg files for your own application just yet. The 
basics seem to be working just fine though and I didn't want to sit any 
longer on the changes to the applications that I have used as testbed.

It's also not unthinkable that any of my changes broke anything in the 
applications affected. If you notice any buggyness related to settings in 
these applications please let me know so that I can fix it.

Still TODO:
* Offer additional code generation options in order to create classes with a 
minimum of unneeded code.
* Integrate with build-system in the same way as .ui files are integrated.

Cheers,
Waldo
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