K4AboutData

[Stephen Kelly]

Stephen Kelly wrote:

>> Conclusion:
>> I think it's a lot simpler to keep things as is,
> 
> I can't say I understand fully, but thanks for looking into it!

I looked into this to try to understand, but I still don't understand why a 
patch something like this can not be applied:

index 9c5cf89..75be94e 100644
--- a/tier4/kde4support/src/kdecore/kcmdlineargs.cpp
+++ b/tier4/kde4support/src/kdecore/kcmdlineargs.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QUrl>
 
 #include "k4aboutdata.h"
+#include "kaboutdata.h"
 
 // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Design notes:
@@ -469,6 +470,18 @@ KCmdLineArgs::init(int _argc, char **_argv, const 
K4AboutData *_about, StdCmdLin
    addStdCmdLineOptions(stdargs);
 }
 
+void
+KCmdLineArgs::init(int _argc, char **_argv, const KAboutData *_about, 
StdCmdLineArgs stdargs)
+{
+  init(_argc, _argv,
+       new K4AboutData(_about->componentName().toLatin1(),
+                       _about->catalogName().toLatin1(),
+                       ki18n(_about->componentName().toLatin1()),
+                       _about->version().toLatin1(),
+                       ki18n(_about->shortDescription().toLatin1())),
+       stdargs);
+}
+
 QString KCmdLineArgs::cwd()
 {
    return QString::fromLocal8Bit(staticObj()->mCwd.data());
diff --git a/tier4/kde4support/src/kdecore/kcmdlineargs.h 
b/tier4/kde4support/src/kdecore/kcmdlineargs.h
index 10228cc..fa1896f 100644
--- a/tier4/kde4support/src/kdecore/kcmdlineargs.h
+++ b/tier4/kde4support/src/kdecore/kcmdlineargs.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class KDE4SUPPORT_DEPRECATED_EXPORT_NOISE 
KCmdLineOptions
 class KCmdLineArgsList;
 class KApplication;
 class K4AboutData;
+class KAboutData;
 
 /**
  *  @short A class for command-line argument handling.
@@ -339,6 +340,10 @@ public:
                    char **_argv,
                    const K4AboutData *about,
                    StdCmdLineArgs stdargs=StdCmdLineArgs(CmdLineArgQt|
CmdLineArgKDE));
+  static void init(int _argc,
+                   char **_argv,
+                   const KAboutData *about,
+                   StdCmdLineArgs stdargs=StdCmdLineArgs(CmdLineArgQt|
CmdLineArgKDE));
   /**
    * Initialize Class


Can you explain?

Thanks,

Steve.