Plasmate previewer, again =P

[Diego Casella ([Po]lentino)]

>
> ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ----------
> From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo at kde.org>
> To: plasma-devel at kde.org
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:53:48 -0600
> Subject: Re: Plasmate previewer, again =P
> On September 10, 2009, Diego Casella ([Po]lentino) wrote:
> > > ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ----------
> > > From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo at kde.org>
> > > To: plasma-devel at kde.org
> > > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:23:26 -0600
> > > Subject: Re: Plasmate previewer, again =P
> > >
> > > On September 10, 2009, Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
> > > > As we could not have the meeting on that time as Diego and Aaron were
> > >
> > > busy
> > >
> > > > at Tokamak,
> > >
> > > actually, we showed up on irc at the stated time and waited around ...
> :/
> >
> > yup ...
> >
> > > > It'll be nice to have some status update. Diego what things are
> > > > remaining to be implemented, i.e. which were planned but are not yet
> > > > implemented?
> > >
> > > we put together a really short list of "things to do next"; Diego, do
> you
> > > have
> > > that still?
> > >
> > > Of course !
> >
> > Since up to now the code structure is not as good as we want, the basic
> >  idea was to build a core class that handles our UI stuff, a
> ProjectManager
> >  class to create/load projects and keep track of its files, and other
> >  stuffs. As soon as everything works well, first we have to provide a
> >  secure way to upload the package ( the idea is to use QCA to sign the
> >  package ); second, that is, when an user download a package from our
> >  server, we have to alert the user with one of these signals ( iirc :P ):
> >
> >    - Green flag: package signed by both KDE and the developer ( =
> >  completely trusted );
> >    - Blue flag: package signed by KDE, but not by the developer;
> >    - Yellow flag: package signed by the developer, but not by KDE;
> >    - Red flag: package is not signed ( = install it at your own risk ).
> >
> > Also, some improvements on Plasma::PackageMetadata should be done ( if
> >  there are no issues with BC ):
> >
> >    - Made method's name more coherent ( for example, if the entry we want
> >  to retrieve is "X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name" and the getter is called
> >  "PluginName()", why the setter is named "setName()" ? it should be
> >  "setPluginName()" ! )
>
> it is setPluginName().
>

Ops, you are right ! These days my brain is completely screwed up ...
The funny part is I used both of them in my code =P

>
> >  ; - extend the API in order to handle more entries (
> >  for example, up to now there is no API call to write the
> >  "X-Plasma-MainScript" entry, so i'm forced to use QFile to open the
> >  metadata.desktop file, and then append that string manually O_o )
>
> that probably belongs either in a subclass or via a
> PackageMetaData::setProperty(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)
> method
> since X-Plasma-MainScript is specific to plasmoid scripting and not to
> packages in general.
>
> > * At present, the TimeLine is broken again because the regexp fix made @
> > Tokamak was wrong: in fact the regexp "^commit [0-9a-ef]+$" always
> returns
> > the entire list of commits! I've adjusted it with
>
> hm. try setMinimal(true) on the QRegExp object.
>
> as for the sha1 hash, try:
>
> "^commit ([0-9a-f])+$"
>
> and then you can use QRegExp::cap(int), and use a while loop like the one
> in
> the QRegExp docu:
>
> while ((pos = rx.indexIn(str, pos)) != -1) {
>     list << rx.cap(1);
>     pos += rx.matchedLength();
>  }
>
> and cut up the list as you go.
>

Ok, I'll try it as soon as possible =)

>
> > * The editor works pretty good, I tried it and works perfectly.
>
> great :)
>
> > * The previewer is awesome, but its possible to test it with a "fake"
> > package and see if it load it correctly ?
>
> can you try it on a real package loaded in plasmate?
>

I'll have a look !

>
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