This is a discussion on Re: KDF and Kwikdisk - KDE ; --===============0952425432== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart5870503.Z8Gi9iq8O3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --nextPart5870503.Z8Gi9iq8O3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 30 January 2006 15:27, Thomas King wrote: > Please point me to the correct list if need be. I've checked with the ...
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On Monday 30 January 2006 15:27, Thomas King wrote:
> Please point me to the correct list if need be. I've checked with the
> original author, and I've asked this on kde-linux, kde-quality, and
> kde-english-docs.
As you've noticed, the application seems terribly unmaintained; is it reall=
y a=20
good subject for a newbie tutorial to use something that is unmaintained,=20
unexaplains and possibly full of egregious bugs (caused by bitrot more than=
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anything else)?
> First question: Under configuring KwikDisk, I see a box with labels Icon,
> Device, Type, Size, Mount Point, Free, Full%, and Usage. If I click on one
> or more of those entries and it goes to "hidden", I see no change in
> KwikDisk or in KDiskFree...again, this is the KwikDisk configuration only.
> What is the function for this box?
I think it is code-reuse gone awry.
> Last question: In the "Mount Commands" tab, the Get Mount/Unmount Command
> boxes bring up a file browser. What kind of file are we looking for, or
> does it matter? I also made an assumption if those areas are blank that t=
he
> normal "mount" and "umount" commands are used with no arguments. Am I
> assuming correctly?
It looks like you select an executable for mount/unmount there. Perhaps a=20
shell script if you need to do fancy stuff. I wouldn't necessarily assume=20
that blank means anything useful.
Anyway, this whole app looks like it was thrown over the fence from KDE2 (w=
ho=20
in their right mind would use this particular UI for enabling/disabling=20
columns now?) and has rotted since.
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These are your friends - Adem
GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot
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