[PyKDE] KPart problem

[Jim Bublitz]

On Monday 25 July 2005 14:03, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> >> Well, that works fine and I get a terminal, but I run into another
> >> problem.

> >> To use the TerminalInterface-specific functionality, you need a
> >> TerminalInterface like this:

> >> TerminalInterface* t = static_cast<TerminalInterface*>( p->qt_cast(
> >> "TerminalInterface" ) );

> > If TerminalInterface has Python bindings, sip.cast () might work. If it
> > has a
> > DCOP interface, that might also work.

> This seems to be the best path, but I think it doesn't. Any chance of it
> being added in the future? I know this is pretty much the outer fringes of
> the bindings, and I would probably be the only one using it.

The konsole DCOP interface doesn't seem to do what you need.

I should have looked at kdelibs in the first place rather than just checking 
to see if TerminalInterface was already in PyKDE. I don't believe 
TerminalInterface actually generates any code - I couldn't find it in any 
lib. It has no methods that aren't pure virtual and no base class. I'm not 
completely sure that sip would do anything useful with a class of that type 
(by itself), since there's no underlying lib to link to as far as I can tell.

It is, however,  the abstract base class for konsolePart in kdebase. Since 
you're creating a konsolePart in the first place, it wouldn't seem to be a 
problem to do bindings for konsolePart and use that instead of 
TerminalInterface - it inherits the TerminalInterface methods but 
additionally is also a QObject. In that case, the cast would be unnecessary - 
the subclass would seem more useful.

I don't think there'd be any problem with bindings for konsolePart, unless the 
TerminalInterface base class causes a problem - doesn't seem it would though. 
It'll probably take longer to add it to the build machinery for PyKDE than to 
actually do the bindings. konsolepart.h isn't in the kde3/include hierarchy, 
so I need to supply the .h file as part of PyKDE, but that might make things 
easier if I do run into a problem (I can modify the .h file if needed). It 
would probably be easier to make it part of the PyKDE kparts module than to 
make it a standalone module. I'll probably hide TerminalInterface altogether 
in PyKDE and just expose konsolePart.

I'll see if I can put something together in the next few days.

Jim