[Kde-bindings] discrepancy in python bindings for plasma

[Richard Dale]

On Wednesday 18 February 2009 21:37:14 Simon Edwards wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Benjamin Kleiner wrote:
> > I have played around with the python bindings for plasma, and I noticed
> > that the config dialog can't be "hijacked", since
> > plasmascript.Applet.createConfigurationInterface() won't get called,
> > thou you can use showConfiguration to completely override it. Is it
> > supposed to be this way, and if yes, why?
>
> The scripted applet API doesn't fully mirror the C++ Applet API, and
> you'll have to ask the Plasma team as to why that it. Personally, I
> haven't missed createConfigurationInterface() in my plasma experiments.
> If it bothers you, you could put in a request to the Plasma people.
For Ruby, I reimplemented the C++ showConfigurationInterface() method and 
called createConfigurationInterfacer() from that:

   # Override this in your scripting applet
    def createConfigurationInterface(dialog)
    end

    def showConfigurationInterface
        dialogId = 
"#{@applet_script.applet.id}settings#{@applet_script.applet.name}"
        windowTitle = KDE::i18nc("@title:window", "%s Settings" % 
@applet_script.applet.name)
        @nullManager = KDE::ConfigSkeleton.new(nil)
        @dialog = KDE::ConfigDialog.new(nil, dialogId, @nullManager)
        @dialog.faceType = KDE::PageDialog::Auto
        @dialog.windowTitle = windowTitle
        @dialog.setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true)
        createConfigurationInterface(@dialog)
        # TODO: would be nice to not show dialog if there are no pages added?
        # Don't connect to the deleteLater() slot in Ruby as it causes crashes
        # connect(@dialog, SIGNAL(:finished), @nullManager, SLOT(:deleteLater))
        # TODO: Apply button does not correctly work for now, so do not show 
it
        @dialog.showButton(KDE::Dialog::Apply, false)
        @dialog.show
    end

-- Richard