Purpose as a KDE Framework

[Aleix Pol]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Kai Uwe Broulik <kde at privat.broulik.de> wrote:
> Yes please!
>
> I recently discovered Quick Share and was surprised that we didn't market this stuff more :)
>
> One thing I wasn't sure is where the share assistant UIs are going to be used, ie. if they're Plasma exclusive or can be used from (widget) applications, too. The latter limits us to bare QtQuick Controls unfortunately. Another approach could be to make a service in Plasma that presents the UI bits similarly to what most mobile OSes offer (Plasma mobile needs that too!) - and also perhaps forward the request to eg. Android intent chooser when on Android.
>
> Keep up the awesome work, Aleix! :)

Purpose is a framework, not a service. Nevertheless Plasma can offer a
service based on Purpose.

As purpose is designed nowadays, you can create any UI you want on
top. It will of course be more work than just using the one offered by
Purpose of course. Purpose::AlternativesModel is the kernel of the
issue, you can build any view you want on top of it and the API is
public and (should be) stable.

Aleix