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    If you don't want to compile all of kdenetwork, you can do the following steps:
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    svn co -N svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdenetwork
    cd kdenetwork
    svn up krdc
    svn up cmake
    cmakekde
    </code>
    To compile the original soc-krdc code:
    To compile the original soc-krdc code:



    Revision as of 12:56, 8 August 2007

    KRDC (KDE Remote Desktop Connection) - UI Redesign and overall revamp

    This SoC project is going to improve KRDC. For more informations please read the SoC application information [1]. This page should give you a short overview about the project roadmap and progress. You can probably also find updates on my blog[2]

    Project Plan

    My aim in this project will be to completely overhaul KRDC. This will include the following points:

    First part

    • make KRDC functional under Qt4 / KDE4
    • rework the user interface, almost certainly providing a tabbed interface (#136049)
    • clean up the code to make it more maintainable (mainly user interface code, adopting clean KDE 4 / Qt4 conventions, and look to reduce duplicate code - for example, the SmartPtr implementation)
    • provide better integration into the KDE desktop (for example, #123346, better kwallet integration)
    • update vnc part (consider using external lib or update at least to a more recent version) (#59026)

    Second part

    • consider points listed on http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Krdc+Roadmap
    • close as many issues (bugs/feature requests) as possible. Priority issues are:
      • #136049 RFE: use tabbed interface
      • #59026 Synchronize KRDC with LibVNCClient
      • #103934 Support for more rdesktop options
      • #123346 Dock icons not themeable
      • #124082 remember and suggest the last visited address
      • #116934 "report bug" entry missing
      • #108619 Special Keys button in full screen mode
      • #121146 window title should include host connection type
      • #132367 kwallet integration only stores the password, username needed as well for some viewers

    -> Some other issues should be easy to resolve (or will be resolved automatically together with other bugs - e.g. after VNC update).

    • update / rewrite user documentation

    Code

    You can find the code in KDE SVN; /trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/krdc[3]

    (Recently moved from /branches/work/soc-krdc[4])

    Compiling

    Of course you need a working and up-to-date kdelibs environment for building KRDC. To setup the correct environment to compile KRDC please follow the instructions at Getting_Started/Build/KDE4#Abstract.

    As KRDC is included in kdenetwork it will be installed as part of this package.

    svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdenetwork cd kdenetwork cmakekde

    If you don't want to compile all of kdenetwork, you can do the following steps:

    svn co -N svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdenetwork cd kdenetwork svn up krdc svn up cmake cmakekde

    To compile the original soc-krdc code:

    svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/work/soc-krdc mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDEDIR .. make make install

    Dependencies

    For RDP support rdesktop is needed. This is a runtime dependence.

    http://www.rdesktop.org

    For VNC support libvncclient (libvncserver) is required (<=0.9).

    http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net

    References