[Kde-hardware-devel] SolidBackendSelector API review

[Ben Cooksley]

2009/3/30 Dario Freddi <drf54321 at gmail.com>:
> On Saturday 28 March 2009 23:02:34 Ben Cooksley wrote:
>> Apologies if I misunderstood it, but it seemed to me that this widget
>> would be integrated directly into the modules themselves ( Bluetooth
>> backend selection in the Bluetooth module, etc. ). If this wasn't the
>> idea then the API is definitely overkill.
>
> Exactly. What I'd like to avoid is another level of abstraction on kcmodules.
> Once we have this widget (I can give you some help, if you like), the
> additional functions would be:
>
>  - (set)BackendType() [That's everything we need: we can retrieve everything
> else from the .desktop file]
>  - (set)SelectedBackend() [To let developers pick the current choice]
>
> And then all needed internals.
>
> For graphics, now that I had a look, I'd keep the current one we have in
> Hardware, since it looks clean and easy. Though, it would be nice to have a
> "Test" button, but this should be implemented in the backends first.
>
> Also, from what I see, such a widget already exists in
> kdebase/workspace/solid/kcm/backendchooser, so it's mostly a matter of
> refining it and putting it into kdeui. What about that?
>
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Seems like GMail cut off the rest of my reply....

Placing the new widget in kdeui would be absolutely fine. Some help
would be great, since I have not created a class for KDE Libs before.
The existing widget looks quite good for a starting point, at least in
the UI portion.

Regards
Ben Cooksley