> > > * instead of having all those different svg's, you could put all the > > > elements into just one svg. more efficient all around, and probably > > > save your applet a few lines of code. obviously not critical =) > > > > I am very new to this and the only documentation is the .h files in > > /usr/include/plasma. I need better documentation. Anyway, this sounds > > good but ... tell me how :-) > > make an svg (in inkscape, or whatever you're using) with each of the > individual elements in it. give each element an id (e.g. "ringing"). call > setContainmentsMultipleImages(true) on your Plasma::Svg, then pass the name > of the element that should be painted to Plasma::Svg::paint. voila. >
Looks interesting. Something to do when things are final. > > > * lots of C like code in there, such as dealing with c strings. never > > > fun compared to Qt ;) > > > > Yep. A lot of this was lifted from "pure" c stuff like xringd and some > > examples of modem program that worked. I would eventually like to get it > > all into Qt4. I tried replacing the ringer with QSound but this is tied > > to NAS, not alsa and such. > > use KNotification > I have notifications disabled in kde, in other words no beeps, clicks and pops and microsoft-like tones. I want the ringer to sound regardless of these settings and toggle it in the applet. I have not kde documentation. > > > * for the crashes, try your applet in plasmoidviewer (plasmoidviewer > > > <pluginName>) and see if you can get a backtrace from that. note that > > > plasmoidviewer does store the settings, so it's a fine way to emulate > > > "on next login" > > > > The applet does not crash into the viewer. The excerpt cited was after an > > hour sitting on the screen! > > > > Big outstanding issue is getting icons into the UI. > > use KIcon. Get the same crashes. KIcon will give me more flexibility and less restrictions tied to resource folders, but it has to work first :-) _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
