[kde-linux] Building plasma applets

[David Baron]

>I have built one of my own and also the darkstat applet. Both started out 
with 
>the same tutorial, word for word.

>Results: Darkstat does not even show up on the add-widget menu. Mine does 
show 
>up but does not load ("cited as unknown"). The plasmoidviewer complains:

>findServiceByDesktopPath:  not found
>findServiceByDesktopPath:  not found

>this regardless of the name or filename I feed it.

>Has something changed since that tutorial was written?

.. and thar's the rub:

If one runs kde4-init --path for lib or services, /usr/local is NEVER 
mentioned! Anything locally compiled and placed in the /usr/local tree may not 
be found by apps like kbuildsyscoca or plasmoidviewer. How the heck I got my 
applet on the add applet menu is indeed a mystery since NO other applet I 
compiled and installed to /usr/loca/.... appears, nada.

I am not thrilled about having to install to /usr but many other local 
installs, erroneously or deliberately do so, and this may be the only way to 
use these applets or test mine (which currently crashes the viewer without 
doing much more than trying to put up an icon right now--at least I can 
attempt to LOAD it).

File a bug in kde4-init OR other objects?