KDEspecific
KDEspecific (also KDE-specific) is an adjective and noun used in the KDE ecosystem to refer to code, features, APIs, or behavior that are specific to the KDE software stack and not part of the generic Qt toolkit alone. The term is used informally in discussions and documentation rather than as a formal designation. It contrasts with cross-platform, generic Qt APIs and with platform-agnostic code.
In practice, KDEspecific components rely on KDE Frameworks (KF5/KF6) such as KConfig for configuration management, KLocalizedString
The term is commonly used in documentation and code comments to signal that a module is intended
The KDE-specific approach has benefits for user experience and maintainability within KDE, but it can reduce
- KDE
- Qt
- Plasma
- KConfig
- KIO