Review Request 122981: add KGlobalAccel::loadShortcutFromGlobalSettings

[Martin Gräßlin]

> On March 22, 2015, 4:56 p.m., Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > src/kglobalaccel.h, line 260
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122981/diff/2/?file=356138#file356138line260>
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> >     typo in following
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> Gregor Mi wrote:
>     About why it is needed: see KGlobalShortcutTest::testLoadShortcutFromGlobalSettings: shortcut() does not behave as expected when the new method loadShortcutFromGlobalSettings() is not called
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>     I don't know if always calling loadShortcutFromGlobalSettings() before shortcut() would break existing code. E.g. in kwin/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid_config.cpp shortcut() is used without prior call of loadShortcutFromGlobalSettings().
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>     On the other hand, a call to loadShortcutFromGlobalSettings() might be harmless but I don't have a good overview of the KGlobalAccel usage patterns.
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> Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>     Honestly i have no idea on how this kglobalaccel thing works, but it seems to me you're just adding a way to workaround a bug instead of fixing it.
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> Gregor Mi wrote:
>     Me neither :-)
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>     I was hoping that someone with more experience with kglobalaccel can say more about the proposed solution.
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>     Like you Thomas suggested to put the loading method into shortcut() (which is essentially a one-liner: d->updateGlobalShortcut(action, KGlobalAccelPrivate::ActiveShortcut, KGlobalAccel::Autoloading);).

well we could try it: add the one-line change and try whether the unit tests pass and then try whether the case in DesktopGridConfig works.

Unfortunately I'm also not that into KGloalAccel code yet to be 100 % whether it's a valid change :-(


- Martin


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On March 22, 2015, 5:05 p.m., Gregor Mi wrote:
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> (Updated March 22, 2015, 5:05 p.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks, Martin Gräßlin and Thomas Lübking.
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> Repository: kglobalaccel
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> Description
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> In some cases you need to call loadShortcutFromGlobalSettings() in order not to get a an empty list when calling shortcut(). See discussion in https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122249/.
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> Diffs
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>   autotests/kglobalshortcuttest.h 2a7b40d34875e16345a659fb9764e4f536ad79c6 
>   autotests/kglobalshortcuttest.cpp 169bf92ffbff985cd4381e771c2fcecaff77156b 
>   src/kglobalaccel.h 3fe20ca8e4ec6ceb0bb9e54235aef7f1aeeb8c16 
>   src/kglobalaccel.cpp 1b6b3f5cb6d42401d684e6a491d12a6e57248fd1 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122981/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Gregor Mi
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