Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:11:58 +1000, Gavin wrote:
So I wrote a small but fairly useful python program
that I thought would make a good applet. Then on attempting to
dock/imbed it in the kde kicker I find that this procedure
is causing a lot of people pain.
It can be an "interesting" experience, yes.
So here's the question is it not possible/easier to build
a C applet/tray that will swallow any python script written for it?
That's what happened in the end. Jim Bublitz and I made lots of different
prototypes, but there always seemed to be something or other than didn't
work as expected. :-/
Kind of along the same lines as the 'System Tray' or 'Task Bar'
call it perhaps 'Python Tray/Bar'. Then all the user has to do
is load it and point its config to the python script/s.
Jim actually wrote a tool to add Python scripts to the panel. I turned it
into a Control Centre module at one point but, until Simon Edwards got round
to writing PyKDE Extensions*, it was pretty much undeployable on any other
machine than my own.
*
The 'Dock Application Bar' does this for dock apps but it's
not very flexible. Perhaps I'm missing some terrible complication
or maybe someone already knows exactly how this could be cleanly done?
Either way please let me know any thoughts
gavinkz(at)webmail(dot)co(dot)za. I would be happy to offer my meager
coding and testing skills at which point I guess I would subscribe
I should probably take another look at this and just upload what I have
to a site somewhere.
David
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Monday 28 August 2006 16:03, David Boddie wrote:
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:11:58 +1000, Gavin wrote:
So I wrote a small but fairly useful python program
that I thought would make a good applet. Then on attempting to
dock/imbed it in the kde kicker I find that this procedure
is causing a lot of people pain.

It can be an "interesting" experience, yes.

So here's the question is it not possible/easier to build
a C applet/tray that will swallow any python script written for it?

That's what happened in the end. Jim Bublitz and I made lots of different
prototypes, but there always seemed to be something or other than didn't
work as expected. :-/

Kind of along the same lines as the 'System Tray' or 'Task Bar'
call it perhaps 'Python Tray/Bar'. Then all the user has to do
is load it and point its config to the python script/s.

Jim actually wrote a tool to add Python scripts to the panel. I turned it
into a Control Centre module at one point but, until Simon Edwards got
round to writing PyKDE Extensions*, it was pretty much undeployable on any
other machine than my own.

*

The 'Dock Application Bar' does this for dock apps but it's
not very flexible. Perhaps I'm missing some terrible complication
or maybe someone already knows exactly how this could be cleanly done?
Either way please let me know any thoughts
gavinkz(at)webmail(dot)co(dot)za. I would be happy to offer my meager
coding and testing skills at which point I guess I would subscribe

I should probably take another look at this and just upload what I have
to a site somewhere.

I started putting something like this together - I think KPanelApplet and
KPanelExtension work K, and the installer also works. I got hung up on some
other features and never got around to finishing or releasing it. I think
I've sent someone a copy in the last few months, but don't recall any
feedback.

I've decided to put it aside until KDE 4 is released, and will probably get
back to it some time after that

Jim

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Tuesday 29 August 2006 01:03, David Boddie wrote:
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:11:58 +1000, Gavin wrote:
So here's the question is it not possible/easier to build
a C applet/tray that will swallow any python script written for it?

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I should probably take another look at this and just upload what I have
to a site somewhere.

I've uploaded something to play with to this location:

The installation instructions should get you started. I'll be offline for
the weekend, so if you have any questions or problems it will be Monday
before I can do anything about them. :-)

David

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