[PyQt] PyKDE4 OpenUrlArguments metaData ( QMap ) is uneditable

[Daniel Nagy]

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> Datum: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:45:31 +0000
> Von: Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
> An: Daniel Nagy <DanielNagy at gmx.de>
> CC: pyqt at riverbankcomputing.com
> Betreff: Re: [PyQt] PyKDE4 OpenUrlArguments metaData ( QMap ) is uneditable

> On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:51:05 +0100, "Daniel Nagy" <DanielNagy at gmx.de>
> wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > there is a PyKDE4-datatype at
> > http://api.kde.org/pykde-4.7-api/kparts/KParts.OpenUrlArguments.html 
> > and I don't seem to be able to modify the QMap "metaData" property.
> > From C++ you can easily do that, but not from python.
> > Here is how you can reproduce this issue:
> > 
> > $ python
> >>>> from PyKDE4.kparts import KParts
> >>>> oua = KParts.OpenUrlArguments()
> >>>> oua.metaData()["prop1"] = "val1"
> >>>> oua.metaData()
> > {}
> >>>>
> > 
> > So the QMap metaData remains empty. Do you have any hint on how I can
> edit
> > this from within python?
> > I am using Python 2.7.3.
> 
> I don't use PyKDE so this is a guess. The QMap is converted to a dict
> which is what you are updating. The QMap is never updated from the dict.
> There needs to be a separate API call (either real or added specifically
> to
> PyKDE) to do this, eg
> 
> meta_data = oua.metaData()
> meta_data["prop1"] = "val"
> oua.setMetaData(meta_data)
> 
> ...or...
> 
> oua.setMetaData("prop1", "val")
> 
> Phil

Thanks for your answer Phil,

unfortunately there is no such method as setMetaData.

If i write a patch to fix this, do you think the PyQT/PyKDE4 team would accept it?

Best,
Daniel