[Kde-hardware-devel] SolidBackendSelector API review

[Dario Freddi]

Great. To start off, we should put the widget code in playground and
start hacking there. We gotta be quick and finish the work in a week,
so we won't miss the freeze. If you could start putting the widget in
playground (I am behind a proxy now) we could meet on IRC and finish
together what's missing

2009/3/30, Ben Cooksley <sourtooth at gmail.com>:
> 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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>>
>> Dario Freddi
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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
>