[Konversation-devel] Implementing split screen

[Eike Hein]

On 02/25/2016 12:27 AM, Albert Yiamakis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am wondering about the possibility of implementing split screen for
> konversation, so as to be able to see multiple chat windows
> simultaneously, or have multiple views into the same on.
>
> There has been an issue posted on the bugtracking system (https://
> bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291261) for which I have now cast a vote.
> However, there doesn't seem to be much activity and the issue dates back
> to 2012, so I have been thinking of implementing this on my own.
>
> As I am unfamiliar with the Konversation source code however, I could use
> a pointer or two. Would it be correct that IRCView class is used by
> ChatWindow to show the irc messages and that what I am looking for
> essentially is to have multiple IRCView into the same ChatWindow?

Sort of, except things like Channel and Query are ChatWindow
instances and contain necessary business logic, so e.g. two
channels mean two ChatWindows. That either needs to be refac-
tored considerably (preferrable) or you need a ChatWindow
embedding other ChatWindows.


Cheers,
Eike