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On Sunday 28 September 2008 21:44:49 James Richard Tyrer wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 28 September 2008 13:44:39 Jonathan Rawle wrote: > > > I've solved my problem before my message was approved! I downloaded > > > the > > > > > > latest kdegraphics 3.5 source and was able to build that again the > > > > version > > > > > of KDE that comes with CentOS, then install just Kuickshow. > > > > > > > > > > > > I see why RedHat don't include Kuickshow: some dependencies such as > > > ImLib > > > > > > are not included in RHEL, I had to get them from third party > > > > repositories. > > > > > Does anyone know if Kuickshow is still being maintained? There > > > > doesn't seem > > > > > to be a page for it at KDE Extragear. > > > > I'm not certain, but I suspect not, as I can't find anything recent > > either. Some of the functionality is on ShowFoto, and Gwenview can do > > everything Kuickshow did and more, I think, especially with kipi > > plugins, although users of KDE 4 still don't have the plugins. Since > > you're running KDE 3.5 I would think that Gwenview + kipi plugins is > > your best bet. > > Yes, Kuickshow is an orphan. It was decided that it would be dropped > since Gwenview conformed to the way KDE apps were normally designed. > KView is also an orphan except that I am the maintainer. There were > some political issues with my working on it which I don't understand (If > it is OK to write a new app, why isn't it OK to modify an existing app > so that it conforms to the KDE GUI guidelines?); but the rules said that > I would have to make if version 3.6.x which could not be shipped with > KDE-3.5.x. IAC, Gwenview has turned out to be an excellent application > so I don't see any need to port KView to KDE4 except that I prefer > generic names for applications. > > If you like the way that Kuickshow works (separate display window with > no decorations), I suggest that you install ImageMagick. Although it > does not have the advantage (?) of using Imlib. So, ImageMagick makes > it doubly redundant except that it would be nice if the KDE/Qt GUI > option was added to it -- as would be the case with several other > applications. The Sodipodi developer discovered that this wasn't that > difficult to modify the code so that it could be built either for GNOME > or KDE. And, (number 3) another issue, Imlib is also orphaned; it was > replaced by Imlib-2 which is not compatible so Kuickshow would have > needed to be rewritten to use the new library. All of which says that many 'wish-list' things are possible, but not without substantial work that can't be taken on by people already well-commited. IOW, if you have the interest and the capability the KDE project would love to hear from you. I love kuickshow too, and I'm sure these issues don't only refer to that one application. Anne |
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