[PATCH] KIO::SlaveBase and the event loop

[Sebastian Trüg]

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 21:47:38 Sebastian Trüg wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 July 2008 17:56:40 Sebastian Trüg wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 July 2008 17:44:58 Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > > Sebastian Trüg wrote:
> > > >I create a local event loop in the listDir method and execute it after
> > > >starting my thread that does all the dbus communication. DBus signals
> > > > come in via a queued connection and are handled in the main thread
> > > > (they create listEntry calls). Once the initial listing is done
> > > > (search) I disconnect the dbus signals and reconnect them directly.
> > > > That is because once my local event loop is done I still need to get
> > > > the dbus signals to update my internal state and emit KDirNotify
> > > > signals.
> > > >It works but with a rather bis delay for the update signals that are
> > > > to be delivered directly. I don't really understand that since my
> > > > thread runs its own event loop.
> > > >
> > > >I hope this was not too confusing. ;)
> > >
> > > If you're going to use a separate thread for handling a D-Bus
> > > connection, do not use QDBusConnection::sessionBus() nor
> > > QDBusConnection::systemBus(). You must connect on your own.
> >
> > aha. that could be the problem since I was wrong: the signals after the
> > re-connect don't get delivered at all.
> >
> > I will try with my own connection. Damn, that means to change the query
> > client....
>
> hm, my own connection created with
>
> QDBusConnection::connectToBus(QDBusConnection::SessionBus,"NepomukQueryServ
>iceConnection")
>
> does not change anything. The signals still do not get delivered properly.
>
> Cheers,
> Sebastian

my bad. Yes, it worked. The signals are delivered properly. thanks. Now I only 
have to solve on issue: apparently KIO does not want me to execute KJobs in 
my second thread.... maybe I need some local scheduler there, too, or 
something...