Re: Integrating a Qt application with both desktops

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Mo McKinlay <mmckinlay gnu org> writes:
> 
> I wouldn't restrict this to help files. I'd provide a mechanism shared
> between the two for opening documents, regardless of type. Whether this
> means that a common lib<something> is shared between KDE and GNOME, or
> whatever, I don't really care, and neither would any user. It shouldn't be
> the job of the application to know whether to open GNOME's help browser or
> KDE's. Likewise, it's not a window manager job, either. Window managers
> should stick to managing windows. A common middle 'bit' on the other hand
> could work quite nicely. If both GNOME and KDE use this, then it's
> beneficial to everybody.
> 

Right. The MIME database with icons and app associations is what we
need to share.

Havoc