Re: Future of Knowit

I think Option 2 - wait for KDE 4 - definitely seems like the wisest
choice, as do moving over to XML and rewriting with a more MVC-ish
codebase in mind.  I can almost taste the success.  KDE 4 is on the
horizon; I feel like it makes sense to leave things alone until the
time comes.

Max

On 2/28/07, Michal Rudolf <mrudolf-W20+MoKGEJdEHWO/[email protected]> wrote:
> Max Cantor,  czwartek, 1 marca 2007:
> >Naturally, like a good little Computer Science student, I squawked,
> >"Avoid from-scratch rewrites!", and my regurgitated conventional logic
> >is refuted before I even hit the "Send" button.  :P
>
> >Since I haven't looked at the KnowIt source, I have no idea what the
> >size of its codebase is, but I'm going to take Michal on his word and
> >say that, if it's as small as it is, well, a from-scratch rewrite
> >might not be such a bad idea!  (As though I were a senior, valued
> >member of the KnowIt development team, I hand down opinions from on
> >high!)
> I know that optimistic yet unexperienced programmers (like me some time ago)
> believe they should rewrite each time they learn something new. I suffered
> from the same optimism, but it was some time ago (time passes...).
>
> So, I believe I have strong, not just aesthetic reasons for rewrite:
> 1. Current file format is inflexible, XML should be used instead. That will
> allow for some other requested features: icons, keywords, non-tree links.
> 2. Managing notes in a tree is not a good idea. Instead, data should be
> managed separately, with tree being just one of a few possible visualizations
> (others are for example plain list or list by keywords).
> 3. Knowit was developed with Qt QTextEdit widget limitations in mind. As it
> didn't allow to paste links, external link list was added. In Qt 4.0 it is
> possible to add links (and even images and tables) to existing text, so the
> widget is obsolete.
>
> All of this suggests rewrite in KDE 4. As I don't really have time to play
> with unstable KDE, I see three options left:
> 1. Do nothing
> 2. Wait for KDE 4 and start rewrite then
> 3. Rewrite now using Qt 4. Port to KDE 4 when it is available.
> --
> Michal Rudolf
>
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