Help on some Plasma methods

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday, July 12, 2013 19:03:54 Leonardo Giordani wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a little puzzled by the following methods I see implemented in
> digital-clock:
> 
> * paintInterface()
> * constraintsEvent()

You do not want to use either of these things. You should be using QML for new 
development.

In any case .. here’s the answers:

paintInterface is the method in which the plasmoid gets the chance to paint 
directly to the canvas. in qml this just doesn’t ever happen.

constraintsEvent: this is called when the form factor, screen location, 
immutability, etc changes 

again, in QML you don’t need to deal with this as they are properties you can 
bind to from the global plasmoid object

so short story: use qml. :)

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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