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Subject:    Re: Review Request: GlobalShortcuts Plugin for ActivityManager (kamd)
From:       "Lamarque Vieira Souza" <lamarque () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-04-10 9:48:31
Message-ID: 20120410094831.19955.70841 () vidsolbach ! de
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> On April 4, 2012, 5:13 p.m., Lamarque Vieira Souza wrote:
> > service/plugins/globalshortcuts/globalshortcuts.cpp, line 41
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104428/diff/4/?file=55580#file55580line41>
> > 
> > Maybe the slowness has nothing to do with your patch. Last weekend I was \
> > debugging a crash in Bluedevil (when I turn off my bluetooth controller). I had \
> > to restart kded4 to do some tests and I noticed that while kded is loading its \
> > modules the whole desktop freezes. 
> > Usually the splash screen hides this problem, in my case there were no splash \
> > screen since I restarted only kded4.
> 
> makis marimpis wrote:
> Hm, in every case i tried the plugin by restarting my kde session.
> Without the plugin, all icons in the loading screen, load (doh) almost \
> simultaneously. When the plugin kicks in all icons load as before (fast) - but it \
> stops (for a long time) when loading (what i assume it is) the plasma desktop (the \
> icon before the enormous K)... 
> Is there some Qt way to do some kind of profiling in KDE?
> 
> makis marimpis wrote:
> If the DBus slowness thing, is related to Plasma, should i wait until it is fixed \
> somehow to the next point release? Or, the "modifying SharedInfo" answer could also \
> be accepted (as long as it is compatible with the master branch)?

This plugin is loaded in EventProcessor's constructor, which is called from \
ActivityManager's constructor, so we have a chicken and egg problem here that may be \
the cause of the delay. This plugin tries to contact ActivityManager through dbus to \
list the current list of activities but ActivityManager loads the list from disk \
after allocating the EventProcessor object. You can try adding a slot \
GlobalShortcutsPlugin::realInit() containg everything that is in \
GlobalShortcutsPlugin::init() today and call it from GlobalShortcutsPlugin::init() \
using "QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, SLOT(realInit()));". That will make sure \
ActivityManager is already allocated when the plugin is initialized.


- Lamarque Vieira


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On April 4, 2012, 6:56 a.m., makis marimpis wrote:
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> (Updated April 4, 2012, 6:56 a.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for KDE Base Apps, KDE Runtime, Plasma, and Ivan Čukić.
> 
> 
> Description
> -------
> 
> (follows discarded review: 104391)
> 
> The plugin adds global keyboard shortcuts for changing the activity.
> Defaults start from Qt::MetaModifier + Qt::Key_F1.
> 
> Initially, this functionality was implemented (without correct results) using \
> KActitivities::Controller. Using DBus seems fine, just that... it forces kamd to \
> start with 3-4 seconds delay - so it really needs modification/and i would like \
> more guidance related to dbus :D. Other than that, feedback is needed. 
> 
> 
> This addresses bugs 265069 and 273467.
> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265069
> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273467
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
> service/plugins/CMakeLists.txt 3e965c0a201a7eee2c9868fcf163cf55af636858 
> service/plugins/globalshortcuts/CMakeLists.txt PRE-CREATION 
> service/plugins/globalshortcuts/activitymanager-plugin-globalshortcuts.desktop \
> PRE-CREATION  service/plugins/globalshortcuts/globalshortcuts.h PRE-CREATION 
> service/plugins/globalshortcuts/globalshortcuts.cpp PRE-CREATION 
> 
> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104428/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> Logged in.
> Used the default shortcuts to switch activities.
> It works!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> makis marimpis
> 
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On April 4th, 2012, 5:13 p.m., <b>Lamarque Vieira \
Souza</b> wrote:</p>  <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
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0; ">GlobalShortcutsPlugin::~GlobalShortcutsPlugin()</pre></td>

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class="kt">bool</span> <span class="n">GlobalShortcutsPlugin</span><span \
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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Maybe the slowness has \
nothing to do with your patch. Last weekend I was debugging a crash in Bluedevil \
(when I turn off my bluetooth controller). I had to restart kded4 to do some tests \
and I noticed that while kded is loading its modules the whole desktop freezes.

Usually the splash screen hides this problem, in my case there were no splash screen \
since I restarted only kded4.</pre>  </blockquote>



 <p>On April 5th, 2012, 6:02 p.m., <b>makis marimpis</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Hm, in every case i \
tried the plugin by restarting my kde session. Without the plugin, all icons in the \
loading screen, load (doh) almost simultaneously. When the plugin kicks in all icons \
load as before (fast) - but it stops (for a long time) when loading (what i assume it \
is) the plasma desktop (the icon before the enormous K)...

Is there some Qt way to do some kind of profiling in KDE?</pre>
 </blockquote>





 <p>On April 10th, 2012, 6:56 a.m., <b>makis marimpis</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">If the DBus slowness \
thing, is related to Plasma, should i wait until it is fixed somehow to the next \
point release? Or, the &quot;modifying SharedInfo&quot; answer could also be accepted \
(as long as it is compatible with the master branch)?</pre>  </blockquote>







</blockquote>
<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">This plugin \
is loaded in EventProcessor&#39;s constructor, which is called from \
ActivityManager&#39;s constructor, so we have a chicken and egg problem here that may \
be the cause of the delay. This plugin tries to contact ActivityManager through dbus \
to list the current list of activities but ActivityManager loads the list from disk \
after allocating the EventProcessor object. You can try adding a slot \
GlobalShortcutsPlugin::realInit() containg everything that is in \
GlobalShortcutsPlugin::init() today and call it from GlobalShortcutsPlugin::init() \
using &quot;QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, SLOT(realInit()));&quot;. That will make \
sure ActivityManager is already allocated when the plugin is initialized.</pre> <br \
/>




<p>- Lamarque Vieira</p>


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<p>On April 4th, 2012, 6:56 a.m., makis marimpis wrote:</p>






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<div>Review request for KDE Base Apps, KDE Runtime, Plasma, and Ivan Čukić.</div>
<div>By makis marimpis.</div>


<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated April 4, 2012, 6:56 a.m.</i></p>






<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">(follows discarded review: 104391)

The plugin adds global keyboard shortcuts for changing the activity.
Defaults start from Qt::MetaModifier + Qt::Key_F1.

Initially, this functionality was implemented (without correct results) using \
KActitivities::Controller. Using DBus seems fine, just that... it forces kamd to \
start with 3-4 seconds delay - so it really needs modification/and i would like more \
guidance related to dbus :D. Other than that, feedback is needed. </pre>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">Logged in. Used the default shortcuts to switch activities.
It works!</pre>
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<div style="margin-top: 1.5em;">
 <b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Bugs: </b>


 <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265069">265069</a>, 

 <a href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273467">273467</a>


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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
<ul style="margin-left: 3em; padding-left: 0;">

 <li>service/plugins/CMakeLists.txt <span style="color: \
grey">(3e965c0a201a7eee2c9868fcf163cf55af636858)</span></li>

 <li>service/plugins/globalshortcuts/CMakeLists.txt <span style="color: \
grey">(PRE-CREATION)</span></li>

 <li>service/plugins/globalshortcuts/activitymanager-plugin-globalshortcuts.desktop \
<span style="color: grey">(PRE-CREATION)</span></li>

 <li>service/plugins/globalshortcuts/globalshortcuts.h <span style="color: \
grey">(PRE-CREATION)</span></li>

 <li>service/plugins/globalshortcuts/globalshortcuts.cpp <span style="color: \
grey">(PRE-CREATION)</span></li>

</ul>

<p><a href="http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104428/diff/" style="margin-left: \
3em;">View Diff</a></p>




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