D29711: Create kcmshell.openSystemSettings() and kcmshell.openInfoCenter() functions

[Nathaniel Graham]

ngraham added a comment.


  In D29711#670503 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D29711#670503>, @ltoscano wrote:
  
  > If the scope of this change is just about Plasma applet, of course systemsettings is going to be around.
  
  
  Yes the scope of this change is purely for Plasma applets; look at the dependent patches.
  
  > But are you sure you want to kill kcmshell? KCMs are not for Plasma only. Opening them outside Plasma would still require a minimal shell.
  > 
  > Regarding this change, I guess you may have discussed it already, but wouldn't it be possible to find out whether systemsettings is available (and then kinfocenter) and use it, without adding a new function?
  
  We didn't kill kcmshell, it's explicitly still around.
  
  I can't add new behaviors to the existing function because of the reasons listed in the description section of this patch.

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