[Kdeev-books] returned home sick

[Brad Hards]

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On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:58 pm, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> Anyway, we should proceed like the following:
>
> - collect the subjects on which there is already documentation available
> somewhere, developer.kde.org or elsewhere. There's also a site called
> www.zez.org or zeez.org that has some chapters on how to develop with Qt on
> certain aspects, you may want to check that out
Sounds good. I'm going to be away for a few days (in Melbourne, VIC), but I'd 
like to put up my outline again - see below. In addition to the things below, 
we need some or all of the following:
C++
Qt (Qt tutorial , Visual designer)
KDE Visual Dictionary 
KDE Library API Reference 
KDE in Python 
Translating documents with KDE Tools 
Writing manuals, KDE Style (KDE DocBook Author's Guide, KDE Style Guide)

Probably the old KDE 2 book can provide a useful guide too.

Brad

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  <Title>Programming with KDE</>
  <AuthorGroup>
   <Editor><FirstName>Brad</><Surname>Hards</>
     <affiliation><orgname>Sigma Bravo Pty Limited</orgname></affiliation>
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  <Abstract>
   <Para>
    This document is an early draft of a programmers guide to using
KDE. It also provides example code, released under the GPL.
   </>
   <Para>
    This document is matched to Qt 3.2 and KDE 3.2.
   </>
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 * using autoconf and automake
 * maybe command line applications (KCmdLineArgs and the like)
 * maybe writing documentation
 * maybe translating documentation
 * using ARTS ??????
 * maybe starting other applications (KProcess, KProcIO,
startServiceByDesktopPath, KRun)
 * .desktop files and kded ?
 * kdeinit ?
 * kdeprint ?
- -->
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 * writing KOffice filters ?
 * database connectivity ?
 * kxmlrpcd ?
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<part><title>KDE with other languages</title>

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