[Kde-pim] [Korganizer-devel] printing access to koprefs

[Allen Winter]

On Monday 12 January 2009 8:29:24 pm Ron Goodheart wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Allen Winter <winter at kde.org> wrote:
> 
> > Ron,
> >
> > Please use the kde-pim mailing list for discussion.
> > The korganizer-devel list is really only for bugs use.
> >
> > On Monday 12 January 2009 12:02:05 am Ron Goodheart wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I'm looking for some help on what would be the right way to get some
> > > additional information for printing.
> > >
> > > There is a preference that defines the color of an overdue ToDo item that
> > I
> > > would like to access when printing the Todo. However my attempt to add
> > > 'koprefs.h' failed.
> > > "error: koprefs_base.h: No such file or directory".
> > >
> > You'll find that in the top-level korganizer build dir.
> >
> > > This header file is generated and does exist in my build directory under
> > > <build>/korganizer.
> > >
> > > For instance, I was trying to use
> > > "KOPrefs::instance()->todoOverdueColor()".
> > >
> > There is currently no way to access the KOrganizer global preferences from
> > within the print subsystem.  This is due to a cyclical dependency of the
> > libraries.
> > IIRC, we need a refactoring.  Perhaps now in 4.3 would be a good time to
> > finally
> > make this refactoring happen.
> >
> > > Is there something else I need to do or access this information in
> > another
> > > way?
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > I can't think of any better idea than the refactoring I describe above.
> > It may be as simple as breaking the koprefs out into its own little
> > library.
> >
> > Do you want to do that?
> >
> > -Allen
> 
> 
> The refactoring does sound like a good idea. I'm willing to do this but want
> to kill off a few more of the printing problems first. I wouldn't be hurt if
> someone else wanted to do it before I can get to it. The bug this would fix
> is pretty minor compared to some still outstanding but would apply more
> broadly once done.
> 
FYI. I'm working on this today.
The internal KOrganizer dependencies are an unholy mess.
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