[patch] KToolInvocation: re-enable Windows code, share with UNIX, add invokeTerminal()

Jaroslaw Staniek js at iidea.pl
Wed Apr 2 22:18:46 BST 2008


Ralf Habacker said the following, On 2008-04-02 11:29:
> Aaron J. Seigo schrieb:
>> On Tuesday 01 April 2008, Ralf Habacker wrote:
>>  
>>> I suggest to allow kde internal (konqueror) and external browser
>>> switchable by a configuration switch.
>>>     
>>
>> i'm not exactly sure what you mean here (i can think of a few things 
>> :).. so in order to disambiguate a bit, do you mean:
>>
>> * a different browser for when the user is in a KDE session or outside 
>> of it?
>>
>> * a different browser for when they are on win/mac/$PLATFORM vs a "KDE 
>> native platform"?
>>
>> * simply the ability to specify an alternative to konqueror?
>>
>>   
> I'm refering to the last point because on windows there will be single 
> package installations like Koffice, amarok and others which do have not 
> konqueror and/or kmail in there package but have the need for an 
> external browser/mail client.

OK, just a note: I'd say, a well defined HKCU registry key shall be used by 
default under windows. Only power users would ask their machines to use 
different browser in the KDE subsystem (e.g. konqueror), and another on the 
outside (e.g. firefox or IE).

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