16 files changed, 591 insertions, 1345 deletions
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/exports.map b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/exports.map
deleted file mode 100644
index ba501f9ae076..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/exports.map
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-UDK_3_0_0 {
-    global:
-        GetVersionInfo;
-        component_getImplementationEnvironment;
-        component_getFactory;
-        component_writeInfo;
-
-    local:
-        *;
-};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4access.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4access.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..336d2d4a458e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4access.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+*
+* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+*
+* Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+*
+* This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+* only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+* (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+* version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+* <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+* for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+*
+************************************************************************/
+
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+#include "sal/config.h"
+
+#include "QFont"
+#include "QString"
+#include "kemailsettings.h"
+#include "kglobalsettings.h"
+#include "kprotocolmanager.h"
+
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx"
+#include "cppu/unotype.hxx"
+#include "osl/diagnose.h"
+#include "osl/file.h"
+#include "rtl/string.h"
+#include "rtl/ustring.hxx"
+
+#include "kde4access.hxx"
+
+#define SPACE      ' '
+#define COMMA      ','
+#define SEMI_COLON ';'
+
+namespace kde4access {
+
+namespace {
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+
+}
+
+css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any > getValue(rtl::OUString const & id) {
+    if (id.equalsAsciiL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ExternalMailer"))) {
+        KEMailSettings aEmailSettings;
+        QString aClientProgram;
+        ::rtl::OUString sClientProgram;
+
+        aClientProgram = aEmailSettings.getSetting( KEMailSettings::ClientProgram );
+        if ( aClientProgram.isEmpty() )
+            aClientProgram = "kmail";
+        else
+            aClientProgram = aClientProgram.section(SPACE, 0, 0);
+        sClientProgram = (const sal_Unicode *) aClientProgram.utf16();
+        return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+            true, uno::makeAny( sClientProgram ) );
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SourceViewFontHeight")))
+    {
+        QFont aFixedFont;
+        short nFontHeight;
+
+        aFixedFont = KGlobalSettings::fixedFont();
+        nFontHeight = aFixedFont.pointSize();
+        return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+            true, uno::makeAny( nFontHeight ) );
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SourceViewFontName")))
+    {
+        QFont aFixedFont;
+        QString aFontName;
+        :: rtl::OUString sFontName;
+
+        aFixedFont = KGlobalSettings::fixedFont();
+        aFontName = aFixedFont.family();
+        sFontName = (const sal_Unicode *) aFontName.utf16();
+        return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+            true, uno::makeAny( sFontName ) );
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("EnableATToolSupport")))
+    {
+        /* does not make much sense without an accessibility bridge */
+        sal_Bool ATToolSupport = sal_False;
+        return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+            true, uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::valueOf( ATToolSupport ) ) );
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("WorkPathVariable")))
+    {
+        QString aDocumentsDir( KGlobalSettings::documentPath() );
+        rtl::OUString sDocumentsDir;
+        rtl::OUString sDocumentsURL;
+        if ( aDocumentsDir.endsWith(QChar('/')) )
+            aDocumentsDir.truncate ( aDocumentsDir.length() - 1 );
+        sDocumentsDir = (const sal_Unicode *) aDocumentsDir.utf16();
+        osl_getFileURLFromSystemPath( sDocumentsDir.pData, &sDocumentsURL.pData );
+        return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+            true, uno::makeAny( sDocumentsURL ) );
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetFTPProxyName")))
+    {
+        QString aFTPProxy;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "FTP" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("ftp://ftp.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aFTPProxy.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            KUrl aProxy(aFTPProxy);
+            ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( sProxy ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetFTPProxyPort")))
+    {
+        QString aFTPProxy;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "FTP" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("ftp://ftp.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aFTPProxy.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            KUrl aProxy(aFTPProxy);
+            sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( nPort ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPProxyName")))
+    {
+        QString aHTTPProxy;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTP" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("http://http.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aHTTPProxy.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            KUrl aProxy(aHTTPProxy);
+            ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( sProxy ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPProxyPort")))
+    {
+        QString aHTTPProxy;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTP" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("http://http.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aHTTPProxy.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            KUrl aProxy(aHTTPProxy);
+            sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( nPort ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPSProxyName")))
+    {
+        QString aHTTPSProxy;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            aHTTPSProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTPS" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            aHTTPSProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("https://https.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aHTTPSProxy.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            KUrl aProxy(aHTTPSProxy);
+            ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( sProxy ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(
+                   RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPSProxyPort")))
+    {
+        QString aHTTPSProxy;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            aHTTPSProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTPS" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            aHTTPSProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("https://https.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aHTTPSProxy.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            KUrl aProxy(aHTTPSProxy);
+            sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( nPort ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetNoProxy"))) {
+        QString aNoProxyFor;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+            aNoProxyFor = KProtocolManager::noProxyFor();
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( !aNoProxyFor.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            ::rtl::OUString sNoProxyFor;
+
+            aNoProxyFor = aNoProxyFor.replace( COMMA, SEMI_COLON );
+            sNoProxyFor = (const sal_Unicode *) aNoProxyFor.utf16();
+            return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+                true, uno::makeAny( sNoProxyFor ) );
+        }
+    } else if (id.equalsAsciiL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetProxyType"))) {
+        int nProxyType;
+        switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+        {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+            nProxyType = 1;
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            nProxyType = 0;
+        }
+        return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >(
+            true, uno::makeAny( (sal_Int32) nProxyType ) );
+    } else {
+        OSL_ASSERT(false); // this cannot happen
+    }
+    return css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >();
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4access.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4access.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfb7bc1ac945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4access.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+*
+* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+*
+* Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+*
+* This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+* only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+* (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+* version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+* <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+* for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+*
+************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SHELL_SOURCE_BACKENDS_KDE4BE_KDE4ACCESS_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SHELL_SOURCE_BACKENDS_KDE4BE_KDE4ACCESS_HXX
+
+#include "sal/config.h"
+
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/Optional.hpp"
+
+namespace com { namespace sun { namespace star { namespace uno {
+    class Any;
+} } } }
+namespace rtl { class OUString; }
+
+namespace kde4access {
+
+com::sun::star::beans::Optional< com::sun::star::uno::Any > getValue(
+    rtl::OUString const & id);
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx
index 7eb093bf7217..44ddb49bd025 100644
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx
@@ -1,158 +1,258 @@
 /*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4backend.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.7 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+*
+* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+*
+* Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+*
+* This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+* only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*
+* OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+* (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+* version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+* <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+* for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+*
+************************************************************************/
+
 #include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+#include "sal/config.h"
 
-#include "kde4backend.hxx"
-#include "kde4commonlayer.hxx"
-#include "kde4inetlayer.hxx"
-#include "kde4vcllayer.hxx"
-#include "kde4pathslayer.hxx"
+#include "kapplication.h"
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#include "boost/noncopyable.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/Optional.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/PropertyVetoException.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/XPropertyChangeListener.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySetInfo.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/beans/XVetoableChangeListener.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/lang/XMultiComponentFactory.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx"
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx"
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx"
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp"
+#include "com/sun/star/uno/XCurrentContext.hpp"
+#include "cppuhelper/factory.hxx"
+#include "cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx"
+#include "cppuhelper/implementationentry.hxx"
+#include "cppuhelper/weak.hxx"
+#include "rtl/string.h"
+#include "rtl/ustring.h"
+#include "rtl/ustring.hxx"
+#include "sal/types.h"
+#include "uno/current_context.hxx"
+#include "uno/lbnames.h"
 
-KDEBackend* KDEBackend::mInstance= 0;
+#include "kde4access.hxx"
 
-KDEBackend* KDEBackend::createInstance(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-{
-    if (mInstance == 0)
-    {
-        mInstance = new KDEBackend (xContext);
-    }
+namespace {
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star;
 
-    return mInstance;
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getServiceImplementationName() {
+    return rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend"));
 }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+css::uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > SAL_CALL getServiceSupportedServiceNames() {
+    rtl::OUString name(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "com.sun.star.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend"));
+    return css::uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString >(&name, 1);
+}
 
-KDEBackend::KDEBackend(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-        throw (backend::BackendAccessException)
-    : BackendBase(mMutex), m_xContext(xContext)
+class Service:
+    public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<
+        css::lang::XServiceInfo, css::beans::XPropertySet >,
+    private boost::noncopyable
 {
-}
+public:
+    Service();
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+private:
+    virtual ~Service() {}
 
-KDEBackend::~KDEBackend(void)
-{
-}
+    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName()
+        throw (css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    { return getServiceImplementationName(); }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService(rtl::OUString const & ServiceName)
+        throw (css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    { return ServiceName == getSupportedServiceNames()[0]; }
 
-uno::Reference<backend::XLayer> SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getLayer(
-    const rtl::OUString& aComponent, const rtl::OUString& /* aTimestamp */)
-    throw (backend::BackendAccessException, lang::IllegalArgumentException)
-{
-    uno::Reference<backend::XLayer> xLayer;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > SAL_CALL
+    getSupportedServiceNames() throw (css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    { return getServiceSupportedServiceNames(); }
 
-    if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.Office.Common" ) )
-    {
-        xLayer = new KDECommonLayer(m_xContext);
-    }
-    else if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.Inet" ) )
-    {
-        xLayer = new KDEInetLayer(m_xContext);
-    }
-    else if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.VCL" ) )
-    {
-        xLayer = new KDEVCLLayer(m_xContext);
-    }
-    else if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.Office.Paths" ) )
-    {
-        xLayer = new KDEPathsLayer(m_xContext);
-    }
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL
+    getPropertySetInfo() throw (css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    { return css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySetInfo >(); }
 
-    return xLayer;
-}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setPropertyValue(
+        rtl::OUString const &, css::uno::Any const &)
+        throw (
+            css::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
+            css::beans::PropertyVetoException,
+            css::lang::IllegalArgumentException,
+            css::lang::WrappedTargetException, css::uno::RuntimeException);
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getPropertyValue(
+        rtl::OUString const & PropertyName)
+        throw (
+            css::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
+            css::lang::WrappedTargetException, css::uno::RuntimeException);
 
-uno::Reference<backend::XUpdatableLayer> SAL_CALL
-KDEBackend::getUpdatableLayer(const rtl::OUString& /* aComponent */)
-    throw (backend::BackendAccessException,lang::NoSupportException,
-           lang::IllegalArgumentException)
-{
-    throw lang::NoSupportException( rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("KDEBackend: No Update Operation allowed, Read Only access") ),
-        *this) ;
-}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL addPropertyChangeListener(
+        rtl::OUString const &,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener > const &)
+        throw (
+            css::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
+            css::lang::WrappedTargetException, css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    {}
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removePropertyChangeListener(
+        rtl::OUString const &,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener > const &)
+        throw (
+            css::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
+            css::lang::WrappedTargetException, css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    {}
 
-rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getBackendName(void)
-{
-    return rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend") );
-}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL addVetoableChangeListener(
+        rtl::OUString const &,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener > const &)
+        throw (
+            css::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
+            css::lang::WrappedTargetException, css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    {}
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeVetoableChangeListener(
+        rtl::OUString const &,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener > const &)
+        throw (
+            css::beans::UnknownPropertyException,
+            css::lang::WrappedTargetException, css::uno::RuntimeException)
+    {}
 
-rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getImplementationName(void)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    return getBackendName() ;
-}
+    bool enabled_;
+};
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Service::Service(): enabled_(false) {
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XCurrentContext > context(
+        css::uno::getCurrentContext());
+    if (context.is()) {
+        rtl::OUString desktop;
+        context->getValueByName(
+            rtl::OUString(
+                RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("system.desktop-environment"))) >>=
+            desktop;
+        enabled_ = desktop.equalsAsciiL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("KDE4")) &&
+            KApplication::kApplication() != 0;
+    }
+}
 
-uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getBackendServiceNames(void)
+void Service::setPropertyValue(rtl::OUString const &, css::uno::Any const &)
+    throw (
+        css::beans::UnknownPropertyException, css::beans::PropertyVetoException,
+        css::lang::IllegalArgumentException, css::lang::WrappedTargetException,
+        css::uno::RuntimeException)
 {
-    uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> aServices(1) ;
-    aServices[0] = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend")) ;
-
-    return aServices ;
+    throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+        rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("setPropertyValue not supported")),
+        static_cast< cppu::OWeakObject * >(this), -1);
 }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+css::uno::Any Service::getPropertyValue(rtl::OUString const & PropertyName)
+    throw (
+        css::beans::UnknownPropertyException, css::lang::WrappedTargetException,
+        css::uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    if (PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("EnableATToolSupport")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ExternalMailer")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SourceViewFontHeight")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SourceViewFontName")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("WorkPathVariable")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetFTPProxyName")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetFTPProxyPort")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPProxyName")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPProxyPort")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPSProxyName")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetHTTPSProxyPort")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetNoProxy")) ||
+        PropertyName.equalsAsciiL(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("ooInetProxyType")))
+    {
+        return css::uno::makeAny(
+            enabled_
+            ? kde4access::getValue(PropertyName)
+            : css::beans::Optional< css::uno::Any >());
+    }
+    throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(
+        PropertyName, static_cast< cppu::OWeakObject * >(this));
+}
 
-sal_Bool SAL_CALL KDEBackend::supportsService(const rtl::OUString& aServiceName)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > SAL_CALL createInstance(
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const &)
 {
-    uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > const svc = getBackendServiceNames();
+    return static_cast< cppu::OWeakObject * >(new Service);
+}
 
-    for(sal_Int32 i = 0; i < svc.getLength(); ++i )
-        if(svc[i] == aServiceName)
-            return true;
+static cppu::ImplementationEntry const services[] = {
+    { &createInstance, &getServiceImplementationName,
+      &getServiceSupportedServiceNames, &cppu::createSingleComponentFactory, 0,
+      0 },
+    { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+};
 
-    return false;
 }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT void * SAL_CALL component_getFactory(
+    char const * pImplName, void * pServiceManager, void * pRegistryKey)
+{
+    return cppu::component_getFactoryHelper(
+        pImplName, pServiceManager, pRegistryKey, services);
+}
 
-uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString>
-SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getSupportedServiceNames(void)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT void SAL_CALL
+component_getImplementationEnvironment(
+    char const ** ppEnvTypeName, uno_Environment **)
 {
-    return getBackendServiceNames() ;
+    *ppEnvTypeName = CPPU_CURRENT_LANGUAGE_BINDING_NAME;
 }
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT sal_Bool SAL_CALL component_writeInfo(
+    void * pServiceManager, void * pRegistryKey)
+{
+    return component_writeInfoHelper(pServiceManager, pRegistryKey, services);
+}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 01599c41a74d..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4backend.hxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.4 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XSingleLayerStratum.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/InvalidBootstrapFileException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/CannotConnectException.hpp>
-#include <cppuhelper/compbase2.hxx>
-
-#ifndef INCLUDED_MAP
-#include <map>
-#define INCLUDED_MAP
-#endif
-
-namespace css = com::sun::star ;
-namespace uno = css::uno ;
-namespace lang = css::lang ;
-namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
-
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-typedef cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper2<backend::XSingleLayerStratum,
-                       lang::XServiceInfo> BackendBase ;
-
-/**
-  Implements the SingleLayerStratum service for KDE access.
-  */
-class KDEBackend : public BackendBase {
-    public :
-
-    static KDEBackend* createInstance(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
-
-        // XServiceInfo
-        virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  )
-            throw (uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const rtl::OUString& aServiceName )
-            throw (uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-        virtual uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  )
-            throw (uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-        /**
-          Provides the implementation name.
-
-          @return   implementation name
-          */
-        static rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getBackendName(void) ;
-
-        /**
-          Provides the supported services names
-
-          @return   service names
-          */
-        static uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> SAL_CALL getBackendServiceNames(void) ;
-
-        //XSingleLayerStratum
-        virtual uno::Reference<backend::XLayer> SAL_CALL
-            getLayer( const rtl::OUString& aLayerId, const rtl::OUString& aTimestamp )
-                throw (backend::BackendAccessException, lang::IllegalArgumentException) ;
-
-        virtual uno::Reference<backend::XUpdatableLayer> SAL_CALL
-            getUpdatableLayer( const rtl::OUString& aLayerId )
-                throw (backend::BackendAccessException, lang::NoSupportException,
-                       lang::IllegalArgumentException) ;
-
-    protected:
-        /**
-          Service constructor from a service factory.
-
-          @param xContext   component context
-          */
-         KDEBackend(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-            throw (backend::BackendAccessException);
-
-        /** Destructor */
-        ~KDEBackend(void) ;
-
-    private:
-
-        /** Build KDE/OO mapping table */
-        void initializeMappingTable ();
-
-
-        /** The component context */
-        uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> m_xContext;
-
-        /** Mutex for reOOurces protection */
-        osl::Mutex mMutex ;
-
-        static KDEBackend* mInstance;
-};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be.xml b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea2d9be6dd6b..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE module-description PUBLIC "-//StarOffice//DTD ComponentDescription 1.0//EN" "module-description.dtd">
-<module-description xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
-    <module-name>kde4be</module-name>
-    <component-description>
-        <author> Éric Bischoff </author>
-        <name>com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend</name>
-        <description> The KDE4 configuration backend </description>
-        <loader-name>com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary</loader-name>
-        <language>c++</language>
-        <status value="beta"/>
-        <supported-service>com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend</supported-service>
-        <service-dependency>...</service-dependency>
-        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XBackendChangesListener</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XBackendChangesNotifier</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XLayerHandler</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XSingleLayerStratum</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XMultiComponentFactory</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XServiceInfo</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XSingleComponentFactory</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XTypeProvider</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XAggregation</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XCurrentContext</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XWeak</type>
-        <type>com.sun.star.registry.XRegistryKey</type>
-    </component-description>
-    <project-build-dependency>cppuhelper</project-build-dependency>
-    <project-build-dependency>cppu</project-build-dependency>
-    <project-build-dependency>sal</project-build-dependency>
-    <runtime-module-dependency>cppuhelper3$(COM)</runtime-module-dependency>
-    <runtime-module-dependency>cppu3</runtime-module-dependency>
-    <runtime-module-dependency>sal3</runtime-module-dependency>
-</module-description>
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4becdef.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4becdef.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index da0d22ead22e..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4becdef.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4becdef.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.8 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
-#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
-#include "kde4backend.hxx"
-
-#include <kapplication.h>
-
-#include <cppuhelper/implementationentry.hxx>
-
-#include <com/sun/star/registry/XRegistryKey.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
-
-#include "uno/current_context.hxx"
-
-namespace css = com::sun::star ;
-namespace uno = css::uno ;
-namespace lang = css::lang ;
-namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
-
-//==============================================================================
-
-static uno::Reference<uno::XInterface> SAL_CALL createKDEBackend(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-{
-    try {
-        uno::Reference< uno::XCurrentContext > xCurrentContext(uno::getCurrentContext());
-
-        if (xCurrentContext.is())
-        {
-            uno::Any aValue = xCurrentContext->getValueByName(
-                rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "system.desktop-environment" ) ) );
-
-            rtl::OUString aDesktopEnvironment;
-            if ( (aValue >>= aDesktopEnvironment) && (aDesktopEnvironment.equalsAscii("KDE")) && (KApplication::kApplication() != NULL) )
-                return * KDEBackend::createInstance(xContext);
-        }
-
-        return uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>();
-
-    } catch (uno::RuntimeException e) {
-        return uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>();
-    }
-
-}
-
-//==============================================================================
-
-static const cppu::ImplementationEntry kImplementations_entries[] =
-{
-    {
-        createKDEBackend,
-        KDEBackend::getBackendName,
-        KDEBackend::getBackendServiceNames,
-        cppu::createSingleComponentFactory,
-        NULL,
-        0
-    },
-    { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0 }
-} ;
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-extern "C" void SAL_CALL component_getImplementationEnvironment(
-                                            const sal_Char **aEnvTypeName,
-                                            uno_Environment **) {
-    *aEnvTypeName = CPPU_CURRENT_LANGUAGE_BINDING_NAME ;
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-extern "C" sal_Bool SAL_CALL component_writeInfo(void *,
-                                                 void *pRegistryKey) {
-
-    using namespace ::com::sun::star::registry;
-    if (pRegistryKey)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            uno::Reference< XRegistryKey > xImplKey = static_cast< XRegistryKey* >( pRegistryKey )->createKey(
-                rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/") ) + KDEBackend::getBackendName()
-            );
-
-        // Register associated service names
-            uno::Reference< XRegistryKey > xServicesKey = xImplKey->createKey(
-                rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/UNO/SERVICES") )
-            );
-
-            uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> sServiceNames = KDEBackend::getBackendServiceNames();
-            for (sal_Int32 i = 0 ; i < sServiceNames.getLength() ; ++ i)
-                xServicesKey->createKey(sServiceNames[i]);
-
-            return sal_True;
-        }
-
-        catch( InvalidRegistryException& )
-        {
-            OSL_ENSURE(sal_False, "InvalidRegistryException caught");
-        }
-    }
-
-    return sal_False;
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-extern "C" void *component_getFactory(const sal_Char *aImplementationName,
-                                      void *aServiceManager,
-                                      void *aRegistryKey) {
-
-    return cppu::component_getFactoryHelper(
-        aImplementationName,
-        aServiceManager,
-        aRegistryKey,
-        kImplementations_entries) ;
-}
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ce844672225..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4commonlayer.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.7 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
-#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
-
-#include "kde4commonlayer.hxx"
-
-#include <kemailsettings.h>
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
-
-#include <QFont>
-
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
-
-#define SPACE      ' '
-
-//==============================================================================
-
-KDECommonLayer::KDECommonLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-{
-    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
-    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
-
-    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
-    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
-    if( xServiceManager.is() )
-    {
-        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
-            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void SAL_CALL KDECommonLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
-    {
-        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
-        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
-    }
-
-    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(3);
-    sal_Int32 nProperties = 0;
-
-    // Email client settings
-    KEMailSettings aEmailSettings;
-    QString aClientProgram;
-    ::rtl::OUString sClientProgram;
-
-    aClientProgram = aEmailSettings.getSetting( KEMailSettings::ClientProgram );
-    if ( aClientProgram.isEmpty() )
-        aClientProgram = "kmail";
-    else
-        aClientProgram = aClientProgram.section(SPACE, 0, 0);
-    sClientProgram = (const sal_Unicode *) aClientProgram.utf16();
-
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Common/ExternalMailer/Program") );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sClientProgram );
-
-    // Source code font settings
-    QFont aFixedFont;
-    QString aFontName;
-    :: rtl::OUString sFontName;
-    short nFontHeight;
-
-    aFixedFont = KGlobalSettings::fixedFont();
-    aFontName = aFixedFont.family();
-    sFontName = (const sal_Unicode *) aFontName.utf16();
-    nFontHeight = aFixedFont.pointSize();
-
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Common/Font/SourceViewFont/FontName") );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sFontName );
-
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Common/Font/SourceViewFont/FontHeight") );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "short" ) );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nFontHeight );
-
-    if( nProperties > 0 )
-    {
-        aPropInfoList.realloc(nProperties);
-        m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDECommonLayer::getTimestamp(void)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
-    // on each office launch.
-
-    KEMailSettings aEmailSettings;
-    QString aClientProgram = aEmailSettings.getSetting( KEMailSettings::ClientProgram );
-    aClientProgram = aClientProgram.section(SPACE, 0, 0);
-
-    QString aFixedFont = KGlobalSettings::fixedFont().toString();
-
-    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp,
-                    sep( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$" ) );
-
-    sTimeStamp = (const sal_Unicode *) aClientProgram.utf16();
-    sTimeStamp += sep;
-    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aFixedFont.utf16();
-
-    return sTimeStamp;
-}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ce4cd4dc962..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "kde4backend.hxx"
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
-#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
-
-namespace css = com::sun::star ;
-namespace uno = css::uno ;
-namespace lang = css::lang ;
-namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
-namespace util = css::util ;
-
-/**
-  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
-  the org.openoffice.Office.Common configuration component.
-  */
-class KDECommonLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
-{
-public :
-    /**
-      Constructor given the component context
-
-      @param xContext       The component context
-    */
-
-    KDECommonLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
-
-    // XLayer
-    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
-        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
-            lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException,
-            uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-    // XTimeStamped
-    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
-        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
-
-    protected:
-
-    /** Destructor */
-    ~KDECommonLayer(void) {}
-
-    private :
-        uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
-};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index bc661a093fb7..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,255 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4inetlayer.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.7 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
-#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
-
-#include <kprotocolmanager.h>
-
-#include "kde4inetlayer.hxx"
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
-
-#define COMMA      ','
-#define SEMI_COLON ';'
-
-//==============================================================================
-
-KDEInetLayer::KDEInetLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-{
-    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
-    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
-
-    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
-    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
-    if( xServiceManager.is() )
-    {
-        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
-            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void SAL_CALL KDEInetLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
-    {
-        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
-        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
-    }
-
-    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(8);
-    sal_Int32 nProperties = 0;
-
-    switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
-    {
-        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
-            setProxy(aPropInfoList, nProperties, 1,
-                     KProtocolManager::noProxyFor(),
-                     KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTP" ),
-                     KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "FTP" ),
-                     KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTPS" ));
-            break;
-        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
-        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
-        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
-// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
-// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
-// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
-            setProxy(aPropInfoList, nProperties, 1,
-                     KProtocolManager::noProxyFor(),
-                     KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("http://www.openoffice.org") ),
-                     KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("ftp://ftp.openoffice.org") ),
-                     KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("https://www.openoffice.org") ));
-            break;
-        default:                            // No proxy is used
-            setProxy(aPropInfoList, nProperties, 0);
-    }
-
-    if ( nProperties > 0 )
-    {
-      aPropInfoList.realloc(nProperties);
-      m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEInetLayer::getTimestamp(void)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
-    // on each office launch.
-
-    QString aProxyType, aNoProxyFor, aHTTPProxy, aHTTPSProxy, aFTPProxy;
-
-    switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
-    {
-        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy:
-            aProxyType = '1';
-            aNoProxyFor = KProtocolManager::noProxyFor();
-            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTP" );
-            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTPS" );
-            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "FTP" );
-            break;
-        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:
-        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:
-        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy:
-            aProxyType = '1';
-            aNoProxyFor = KProtocolManager::noProxyFor();
-            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("http://www.openoffice.org") );
-            aHTTPSProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("https://www.openoffice.org") );
-            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("ftp://ftp.openoffice.org") );
-            break;
-        default:
-            aProxyType = '0';
-    }
-
-    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp,
-                    sep( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$" ) );
-
-    sTimeStamp = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxyType.utf16();
-    sTimeStamp += sep;
-    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aNoProxyFor.utf16();
-    sTimeStamp += sep;
-    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aHTTPProxy.utf16();
-    sTimeStamp += sep;
-    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aHTTPSProxy.utf16();
-    sTimeStamp += sep;
-    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aFTPProxy.utf16();
-
-    return sTimeStamp;
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void SAL_CALL KDEInetLayer::setProxy
-    (uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> &aPropInfoList, sal_Int32 &nProperties,
-     int nProxyType, const QString &aNoProxy, const QString &aHTTPProxy, const QString &aFTPProxy, const QString &aHTTPSProxy ) const
-{
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetProxyType") );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( (sal_Int32) nProxyType );
-
-    if (nProxyType == 0) return;
-
-    if ( !aNoProxy.isEmpty() )
-    {
-        QString aNoProxyFor(aNoProxy);
-        ::rtl::OUString sNoProxyFor;
-
-        aNoProxyFor = aNoProxyFor.replace( COMMA, SEMI_COLON );
-        sNoProxyFor = (const sal_Unicode *) aNoProxyFor.utf16();
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetNoProxy") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sNoProxyFor );
-    }
-
-    if ( !aHTTPProxy.isEmpty() )
-    {
-        KUrl aProxy(aHTTPProxy);
-        ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
-        sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPProxyName") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sProxy );
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPProxyPort") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nPort );
-    }
-
-    if ( !aHTTPSProxy.isEmpty() )
-    {
-        KUrl aProxy(aHTTPSProxy);
-        ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
-        sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPSProxyName") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sProxy );
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPSProxyPort") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nPort );
-    }
-
-    if ( !aFTPProxy.isEmpty() )
-    {
-        KUrl aProxy(aFTPProxy);
-        ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
-        sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetFTPProxyName") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sProxy );
-
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetFTPProxyPort") );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nPort );
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 64d00fec45fc..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QString>
-
-#include "kde4backend.hxx"
-
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
-#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
-
-namespace css = com::sun::star ;
-namespace uno = css::uno ;
-namespace lang = css::lang ;
-namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
-namespace util = css::util ;
-
-/**
-  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
-  the org.openoffice.Inet configuration component.
-  */
-class KDEInetLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
-{
-public :
-    /**
-      Constructor given the component context
-
-      @param xContext       The component context
-    */
-
-    KDEInetLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
-
-    // XLayer
-    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
-        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
-                lang::NullPointerException,
-                lang::WrappedTargetException,
-                uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-    // XTimeStamped
-    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
-        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
-
-    protected:
-
-    /** Destructor */
-    ~KDEInetLayer(void) {}
-
-private :
-    uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
-
-    void SAL_CALL setProxy
-        (uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> &aPropInfoList, sal_Int32 &nProperties,
-         int nProxyType, const QString &aNoProxyfor = QString(),
-         const QString &aHTTPProxy = QString(), const QString &aFTPProxy = QString(), const QString &aHTTPSProxy = QString()) const;
-};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 2511d0b57405..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4pathslayer.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.5 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
-#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
-
-#include "kde4pathslayer.hxx"
-
-#include <QString>
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
-
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-
-#include <osl/security.hxx>
-#include <osl/file.hxx>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
-
-#define SPACE      ' '
-
-//==============================================================================
-
-KDEPathsLayer::KDEPathsLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-{
-    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
-    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
-
-    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
-    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
-    if( xServiceManager.is() )
-    {
-        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
-            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void SAL_CALL KDEPathsLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
-    {
-        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
-        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
-    }
-
-    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(1);
-    sal_Int32 nProperties = 0;
-
-    QString aDocumentsDir( KGlobalSettings::documentPath() );
-    rtl::OUString sDocumentsDir;
-    rtl::OUString sDocumentsURL;
-    if ( aDocumentsDir.endsWith(QChar('/')) )
-        aDocumentsDir.truncate ( aDocumentsDir.length() - 1 );
-    sDocumentsDir = (const sal_Unicode *) aDocumentsDir.utf16();
-    osl_getFileURLFromSystemPath( sDocumentsDir.pData, &sDocumentsURL.pData );
-
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Paths/Variables/Work") );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
-    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sDocumentsURL );
-
-    if( nProperties > 0 )
-    {
-        aPropInfoList.realloc(nProperties);
-        m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEPathsLayer::getTimestamp(void)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
-    // on each office launch.
-
-    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp,
-                    sep( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$" ) );
-
-    QString aDocumentsDir;
-    aDocumentsDir = KGlobalSettings::documentPath();
-
-    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aDocumentsDir.utf16();
-
-    return sTimeStamp;
-}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 40d31a73c4f9..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4pathslayer.hxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.3 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "kde4backend.hxx"
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
-
-#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
-
-namespace css = com::sun::star ;
-namespace uno = css::uno ;
-namespace lang = css::lang ;
-namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
-namespace util = css::util ;
-
-/**
-  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
-  the org.openoffice.Office.Paths configuration component.
-  */
-class KDEPathsLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
-{
-public :
-    /**
-      Constructor given the component context
-
-      @param xContext       The component context
-    */
-
-    KDEPathsLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
-
-    // XLayer
-    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
-        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
-            lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException,
-            uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-    // XTimeStamped
-    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
-        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
-
-    protected:
-
-    /** Destructor */
-    ~KDEPathsLayer(void) {}
-
-    private :
-        uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
-};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 780c3e4e7ce1..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************
- *
- * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
- *
- * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
- *
- * $RCSfile: kde4vcllayer.cxx,v $
- * $Revision: 1.5 $
- *
- * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
- * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
- * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
- * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
- * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
- *
- ************************************************************************/
-
-// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
-#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
-
-#include "kde4vcllayer.hxx"
-
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
-
-//==============================================================================
-
-KDEVCLLayer::KDEVCLLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
-{
-    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
-    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
-
-    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
-    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
-    if( xServiceManager.is() )
-    {
-        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
-            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
-    }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void SAL_CALL KDEVCLLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
-    {
-        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
-            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
-        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
-    }
-
-    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(1);
-
-/*
-   Commenting out, does not make much sense without an accessibility bridge
-===========================================================================
-#if defined(QT_ACCESSIBILITY_SUPPORT)
-// Accessibility tools under Qt for UNIX are available starting with Qt 4.0
-    int nVersionMajor = 0;
-    const char *q = qVersion();     // "3.1.0" for example
-    while ('0' <= *q && *q <= '9')
-        nVersionMajor = nVersionMajor * 10 + *q++ - '0';
-    sal_Bool ATToolSupport = (sal_Bool) (nVersionMajor >= 4);
-#else
-    sal_Bool ATToolSupport = sal_False;
-#endif
-===========================================================================
-   End of commented out section
-*/  sal_Bool ATToolSupport = sal_False;
-
-    aPropInfoList[0].Name = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.VCL/Settings/Accessibility/EnableATToolSupport") );
-    aPropInfoList[0].Type = rtl::OUString(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
-    aPropInfoList[0].Protected = sal_False;
-    aPropInfoList[0].Value = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::valueOf( ATToolSupport ) );
-
-    m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEVCLLayer::getTimestamp(void)
-    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
-{
-    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
-    // on each office launch.
-
-    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp(
-                RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "FALSE" ) );
-
-    return sTimeStamp;
-}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 16036ee89122..000000000000
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "kde4backend.hxx"
-
-#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
-
-#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
-
-namespace css = com::sun::star ;
-namespace uno = css::uno ;
-namespace lang = css::lang ;
-namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
-namespace util = css::util ;
-
-/**
-  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
-  the org.openoffice.VCL configuration component.
-  */
-class KDEVCLLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
-{
-public :
-    /**
-      Constructor given the component context
-
-      @param xContext       The component context
-    */
-
-    KDEVCLLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
-
-    // XLayer
-    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
-        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
-        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
-            lang::NullPointerException,
-            lang::WrappedTargetException,
-            uno::RuntimeException) ;
-
-    // XTimeStamped
-    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
-        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
-
-    protected:
-
-    /** Destructor */
-    ~KDEVCLLayer(void) {}
-
-    private :
-        uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
-};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk
index 6f92762e5ae1..1f9093a95aee 100644
--- a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 #
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 # 
-# Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+# Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 #
 # OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
 #
-# $RCSfile: makefile.mk,v $
-#
-# $Revision: 1.5 $
-#
 # This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
 #
 # OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -35,11 +31,7 @@ TARGET=kde4be
 
 LIBTARGET=NO
 ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS=TRUE
-
-COMP1TYPELIST=$(TARGET)
-COMPRDB=$(SOLARBINDIR)$/types.rdb
-UNOUCROUT=$(OUT)$/inc$/$(TARGET)
-INCPRE=$(UNOUCROUT)
+VISIBILITY_HIDDEN=TRUE
 
 # --- Settings ---
 
@@ -64,12 +56,8 @@ CFLAGS+=$(KDE4_CFLAGS)
 # --- Files ---
 
 SLOFILES=\
-    $(SLO)$/kde4backend.obj \
-    $(SLO)$/kde4commonlayer.obj \
-    $(SLO)$/kde4inetlayer.obj \
-    $(SLO)$/kde4vcllayer.obj \
-    $(SLO)$/kde4pathslayer.obj \
-    $(SLO)$/kde4becdef.obj
+    $(SLO)$/kde4access.obj \
+    $(SLO)$/kde4backend.obj
 
 SHL1NOCHECK=TRUE
 SHL1TARGET=$(TARGET)1.uno   
@@ -82,8 +70,7 @@ SHL1STDLIBS=    \
         $(CPPULIB) \
         $(SALLIB) \
         $(KDE4_LIBS) -lkio
-        
-SHL1VERSIONMAP=exports.map
+
 SHL1DEF=$(MISC)$/$(SHL1TARGET).def
 DEF1NAME=$(SHL1TARGET)