KTemporaryFile::createLocalFile()

[Dominik Haumann]

On Wednesday 04 July 2007, Dominik Haumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> QTemporaryFile has static functions
>   QTemporaryFile * createLocalFile ( QFile & file )
>   QTemporaryFile * createLocalFile ( const QString & fileName )
>
> We have the following scenario in Kate:
>  1. somehow get a (temporary) file that is not deleted
>  2. run a diff programm and write the data to this file
>  3. call KRun::runUrl() to open kompare to show the diff
>  4. as kompare has the option X-KDE-HasTempFileOption it will remove
>     the file on application exit
>
> The code to solve (1) right now looks like this:
>
>   KTemporaryFile tmpfile;
>   tmpfile.setAutoRemove(false);
>   tmpfile.open();
>   QString fileName = tmpfile.fileName();
>   tmpfile.close();
>
> K/QTemporaryFile does not provide this functionality directly, the
> attached patch adds QString KTemporaryFile::createLocalFile()
> with the above implementation.
>
> Do we want that / ok to commit?
> If so, do I have to wait for a monday or what are the terms right now?

I've solved the issue for kate now even in a secure way if I understand 
correctly ;) We don't need this function anymore. I've also talked to David 
and Thiago and the consense is that such a thingy is sometimes needed but 
bad practice for the given reasons (see thread), and that's why it should 
not be supported in public API.

Cheers,
Dominik