On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 00:52, Shaun Reich <predator...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Martin Klapetek > <martin.klape...@gmail.com> wrote: > >The plasmoid is pure QML, therefore we can't do any dbus > > magic directly with it (or can we?). > > Well, remember, JS == QML, basically. So I don't see why not... > Is there any pure QML plasmoid using dbus? I'd be interested in this.. > > > So I'd like to know - is there any way that we can detect if the plasmoid > is > > in use from any KApp and not depend on Plasma libs? > > A dbus interface sounds the most reasonable, here -- in that case. > > >And related question is the dataengine in use only when the plasmoid is > active? > > In general I'd say yes, although it depends on what you are referring > to when you say "active". DataEngines do not exist until they are > called upon. When they are no longer being used (e.g. applet dies) > they will die as well. > > >If so, is it "safe" (in terms that we can rely on it 100%) to export some > activity > > indicator from the dataengine on dbus? > > That would be fine. Other dataengines create dbus interfaces as well, > so you are not alone in your need. > The thing that concerns me is that if the dataengine is created without the plasmoid, we'd get a false positive, which is unwanted. Also, the refCount in Plasma::DataEnginePriv would be very usefull if exposed to child classes of Plasma::DataEngine ;) --Marty
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