> ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ---------- > From: Sebastian Kügler <se...@kde.org> > To: plasma-devel@kde.org > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:11:24 +0100 > Subject: Re: Subject: Plasmate status > Hey, > > On Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:45:37 Diego Casella ([Po]lentino) wrote: > > > The timeline feature doesn't work for me. Adding a save point doesn't > > > seem to > > > do anything, the timeline stays empty. I've not debugged that yet, so > it > > > might > > > be an easy fix. (Not sure though in how far that part is supposed to > work > > > in > > > general.) > > > > Probably the guy (don't rememer his nick) that ported the old Workflow > dock > > to the standar menu forgot to connect > > the clicked signal of the "new savepoint" menuitem with the > > "newSavePoint()" slot :) > > I'll have a look at that. > > > I was also thinking to write a GSoC proposal about a deep refactoring of > > PlasMate codebase (plugin-based), since it's not easy to mantain in its > > current state, make it not crashing if the previewer crashes, add the > theme > > creation support, maybe try adding Qt QML editor into plasmate, and make > it > > ready for its first release. > > I strongly disagree with a "deep refactoring" of the code. It's fairly > small, > and I didn't run across any structural problem. In fact, it's very easy to > get > hacking on it, and the code bears little to no surprises. >
Ok, however more modularization wouldn't hurt :) > The editor part, which is the most interesting probably, is already plugin- > based (it picks the editor used based on the mimetype). > Crashing the previewer should not be possible anyway, and if it is, it > needs > fixing in libplasma. In general, scripted plasmoids (which plasmate is all > about) cannot crash plasma (or in that case the previewer). > > I might be missing something here, in that case, please enlighten me. :) > I'll try to pinpoint the problem; these days I was developing a qml plasmoid, and plasmate was pretty crashy :( > > That said, I'd be willing to mentor a GSoC project with the goal to release > a > stable and complete version at the end of it. That excludes anything which > brings Plasmate further away from a release, though. Plasmate has been > lingering for too long, we should bring it to a release instead of > tinkering > on the codebase. > > Oh great :) If you think it's feasible, I will put my ideas together and fill a proposal. > The editor part is interesting, we can go two ways here: Work with Qt > Creators > QML editor, or move towards kdevelop and make sure kdevelop understands it > and > can auto-propose object properties and their syntax. Neither of those is > necessary for a 1.0, imo. They're certainly desirable, though. Agreed. > > Ok, now back to KMix QML applet =) > > Have fun, and thanks for the comments :) > You're welcome, cheers! Diego > -- > sebas > > http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 > > -- H: Who is Watson without Sherlock Holmes? G: Watson was a genius in his own right. My personal blog: http://polentino911.wordpress.com/
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