[Uml-devel] umbrello kpart

[Jonathan Riddell]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:38:04PM +0000, Jonas B. Jacobi wrote:
> I would like to ask, whether you maybe already thought about or at least could 
> think about making umbrello a kpart.
> I am asking this, because i really would like to see(work on) an integration 
> of umbrello in kdevelop(gideon) with on the fly switching between uml/editor 
> view of the code. If you would do an umbrello kpart, i would like to start 
> working on some usability/gui issues in umbrello(especially handling of 
> adding/changing operations/attributes etc. is less usable than in other 
> uml-tools imho), if not, i will have to work on my own part ;).

The kpart has been thought about but it's not been done yet because it
is a /lot/ of work.  Making the main widget into a read-only kpart so
you could view diagrams in Konqueror might well be possible but
probably not very useful.  Integrating it into kdevelop is a lot more
work, it would involve serous changes to the code base like the
internal storage of classes etc.  Then you get into round-trip
software engineering (updateing code when diagrams updated and
vice-versa) which is very difficult.  But if you think you can manage
it then absolutly we're interested.

Improving adding/changing operations/attributes sounds interesting.
Can you give us more of an idea of what you're thinking of?  All
contributions gladly accepted of course.

Make sure you're using the KDE CVS version if you're working on
Umbrello 1. 

Jonathan Riddell