plasma-active-window-control - was -Re: 2 New Plasmoids in Kdereview

[Martin Kostolný]

Alright, I promise :). This project is now (thanks to Ben) also scheduled for building in KDE CI.

If there is anything I should clarify or change, please let me know.

Thanks!
Martin


On pondělí 15. ledna 2018 22:59:54 CET Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> El dilluns, 15 de gener de 2018, a les 0:15:59 CET, Martin Kostolný va 
> escriure:
> > You are right, integration of global-menu functionality is copied from
> > appmenu widget code. It is also mentioned in
> > plasma-active-window-control/plugin/README.
> > 
> > I consider it a temporary solution before a proper appmenu datasource is
> > introduced. David Edmundson wrote a while ago that the datasource is on the
> > way but it needs polishing and that I could look into that. I didn't yet
> > have enough time to look it up and dive in but I intend to.
> > 
> > In the meantime I use the copied code. Is it possible to use the existing
> > code without copying? Of course I can prepare a script that would
> > automatically copy it from another repo (plasma-workspace) and patch it but
> > it seems a bit hacky. I also don't know how would I integrate it in cmake
> > including making it work in KDE CI. Should I try to do that? Also there is
> > (I believe) no way to use a private plugin of a different widget.
> 
> Nah, don't do that, if you *promise* a solution is in the works and you'll 
> help with it i guess that's enough.
> 
> Any script or other solution will be a pain.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Albert
> 
> > 
> > Is there another way to solve this problem?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Martin
> > 
> > PS: It seems my mails to kde-core-devel have sometimes delays more then 1
> > day before they actually arrive to the archives. Is it normal or there is a
> > problem on my side?
> > On neděle 14. ledna 2018 23:47:53 CET Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > > El dissabte, 13 de gener de 2018, a les 10:46:01 CET, Martin Kostolný va
> > > 
> > > escriure:
> > > > 2) On the other hand plasma-active-window-control could be part of
> > > > kdeplasma-addons because it is multiplatform, has C++ plugin and uses
> > > > e.g.
> > > > TaskManager module of Plasma which changes from time to time. So it
> > > > would
> > > > be nice to release always compatible version of this widget.
> > > 
> > > There seems to be lots of copied code in here.
> > > 
> > > Why?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > >   Albert
> 
>