[PyQt] PyKDE4 OpenUrlArguments metaData ( QMap ) is uneditable

[Phil Thompson]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:31:41 +0100, "Daniel Nagy" <DanielNagy at gmx.de>
wrote:
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> 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?

It's nothing to do with PyQt and I can't speak for PyKDE.

Phil