Porting to KDE2

[Andreas Schlapbach]

Plus there's a guide for porting KDE 1.1 to KDE 2.0 here 

kdelibs/KDE2PORTING.html

It's online here

http://us.mandrakesoft.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/KDE2PORTING.html

Andreas

Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> It is generally pretty simple, I have ported several apps
> over the course of the last few weeks. We are planning to
> offer an official help line for apps developers after the
> release, but in the mean time feel free to ask me anything
> about this. In fact, if you tell me about the app (eg. where
> I can get the code) I am happy to talk you through the process.
> 
> Step one is generally to take the source directory of the app
> and drop it into the KDE 2 configure script template. Then
> re-run Makefile.cvs, configure etc. Finally type make, you
> will get a bunch of errors. Most of these are fixable in seconds
> (when you know the corresponding function) and a very basic
> port can be done in minutes. Doing a full port that uses the
> new facilities takes a bit longer, but with well designed apps
> it is still something that can be done in a few hours.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rich.
> 
> Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there somewhere a tutorial on HowTo port applications from KDE1 to 2?
> > I know there are notes on the trolls site for porting to Qt2. But I don't
> > know where to start with my (modest) app.
> > Thanks for any hint!
> >
> > Anne-Marie
> > a-m.mahfouf at lineone.net
> 
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