Review Request 113175: Always use an external viewer application to view files

[Sven Brauch]

> On Oct. 8, 2013, 4:47 p.m., Jonathan Marten wrote:
> > I'm not totally happy with this change.  Yes, the internal viewer is limited in functionality, but it has advantages:  (1) it is fast to open and can be closed again with a single keystroke;  (2) it remembers its size and can be resized without affecting the default window size of, say, KWrite or whichever external application is used;  (3) it can be forced to display an archive component of any type as plain text.
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> > There's nothing wrong with having the facility to open an archive component in its default application (or any other application), but it should be an option.  Either a configuration setting (Use internal viewer - Use external application), or a context menu with options View (in the internal viewer), Open (in the default application) or Open With... (any other application).

I guessed some people would not be happy with it, but it was worth a try ;)

How about a context menu action? Or, since the context menu is currently empty, just opening the external viewer on right-click?


- Sven


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On Oct. 8, 2013, 3:23 p.m., Sven Brauch wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 8, 2013, 3:23 p.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Base Apps.
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> Repository: ark
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> Description
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> This patch makes ark always use an external viewer application instead of using the clunky internal preview thing. The internal viewer would just embed a plain kpart into a window, but without providing any of the XMLGUI or whatever from that part. Thus, when you for example clicked a PDF, you couldn't print it. The advantages of the internal viewer are imo overall quite questionable, and are far outweighted by its disadvantages.
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> Plus, it removes code ;)
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> Diffs
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>   part/CMakeLists.txt 9e384438b60322f1d51d31e40c556b2912970ceb 
>   part/arkviewer.h bb41472eaec985e2e1b3d9c2f7c257c949316bf4 
>   part/arkviewer.cpp 053cd1c0502d3bb88895dc8d3653eaea9e6c3c83 
>   part/part.cpp b4ebcd27c462d2b8037b5ea40c56969eda71bdcb 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/113175/diff/
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> Testing
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> Clicking files opens them in the default application, as it should.
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> Thanks,
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> Sven Brauch
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