documenting javascript DataEgine and Runners

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On February 2, 2010, Will Stephenson wrote:
> On Monday 01 Feb 2010 17:35:24 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On January 31, 2010, Will Stephenson wrote:
> > > Speaking of this, was there a JS API change between 4.4 and trunk?
> > 
> > there shouldn't be; they should be identical. the idea is to keep strict
> > compat in the JS API from 4.4.0 onward.
> > 
> > > Specifically, the plasmoid.dataEngine() method appears to have moved
> > > from a global variable in 4.4 to a member of plasmoid.
> > 
> > i don't think that's changed at all, actually. the code is identical in
> > both  4.4 and 4.5. i just tested with trunk and dataEngine is still,
> > indeed, a global function.
> > 
> > i think that plasmoid.dataEngine would actually be better and more
> > consistent,  but i'm not sure it's worth breaking whatever JS plasmoids
> > exist prior to 4.4. there are already published JS plasmoids using the
> > top-level method and while it is a wart it's a smallish one and probably
> > not worth changing.
> 
> Ok, plasmoid.dataEngine() is used in
>  http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/JavaScript/DataEngine
> - is that just wrong?

yes :) i will fix that...

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