The Tasks DataEngine

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Tuesday 16 September 2008, Alain Boyer wrote:
> This led me to take a look at the tasks data engine and applet. I was
> surprised to see that they don't talk to each other.

there's another person working on the tasks applet atm, so probaby good you 
started with the engine =)

> My first task (no
> pun intended) was to extend the data engine.
>
> My goal is to completely encapsulate the taskmanager library within
> the tasks data engine. My theory is that this would simplify the
> existing tasks applet and allow the creation of other task-like
> applets without re-writing code.

yes...

> I have some code that adds a custom task DataContainer and Service.
> This allows you to interact (maximize, minimize...) with windows using
> a service. It works, but it seems like a lot of overhead to simply
> minimize a window...

have you actually measured it? if so, what's the cost, both in terms of 
instantiation time and memory usage?

note that even if we don't use this (due to overhead) in the main task applet, 
it would still be highly useful to other applets (i already ran into this with 
the ktorrent applet)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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