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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: New KDE Dock Applet
From:       Matthias Welk <welk () fokus ! gmd ! de>
Date:       1999-08-31 7:29:23
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, John Corey wrote:

> Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, ian geiser wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > > Oh, just what I needed.  I too have a couple applets
> > > > I've thrown
> > > > together, not working completely yet though.  I was
> > > > just starting to
> > > > implement downloading stuff from web pages, so this
> > > > will hopefully make
> > > > that easier to learn. :)
> > >
> > >       i am cheating in the way that i am using KFM
> > >       to download the file.  KFM is damn nice for an
> > >       api but i guess the ease of programing makes
> > >       for a lack of features.
> > >
> > >       if anyone on the list can direct an easy yet
> > >       stable way to transfer files less painfully
> > >       than KSocket please post it.  The main problem
> > >       i have with KFM is it brings a window to the
> > >       front of the screen. This is a real hassel
> > >       when one is TRYING to play XEvil :P
> > 
> > Well, KDE 2 fixes that.
> > Simple way to download a file from the web... how about
> > 
> > system ("lynx -save http://whatever.com")
> > 
> > Not really correct, but it should work.
> 
> After downloading this kweather I found it wasn't a kicker applet as I
> assumed since I just had that on my mind working on my programs, but for
> KDE 1.x.  But from what I've seen in some other KDE 2 apps, to do this
> is just:
> 
> KIOJob *iojob = new KIOJob;
> connect(iojob, SIGNAL(SIGNAL( sigFinished( int ) ), this,
> SLOT(myFinished(int)));
> iojob->copy("http://www.whatever/url/file.html", "file:/tmp/file.html");
> 
> to save that to /tmp/file.html, right?  I think it was kghostview that I
> saw doing that, and I checked another couple apps.  So I did that in my
> applet, and here's what happens:
> 
> 25         iojob->copy(src.data(), dest.data());
> (gdb) n
> KIOJob::createSlave : Slave got
> kiolib (KIOJob): TRYING TO START /opt/kde-2/bin/kio_http
>  trying m_strSlave...Pass
>  m_strSlavePass ok (1)
> 28         NewsGroup *group = new NewsGroup("ltoday.rdf");
> (gdb) Slot copy called with:
> :http://linux/~jcorey/ltoday.rdf:file:/home/jcorey/ltoday.rdf:slotCopy 0
> BAH
> BAH$
> slotCopy 3
> kio_file : Starting
> kio_file : Adding .part extension to /home/jcorey/ltoday.rdf
> kio_http : Copied files file:/home/jcorey/ltoday.rdf
> KILLING SLAVE xb 13766
> 
> ... Apache's log registers the hit, everything looks like it downloaded
> fine, except there's no such file in my home directory, and the slot
> function is never called.  I even connected sigError() up, but it's not
> emitted either.  Does copy block or should I do everything I need with
> the file in the finished slot function (once it gets working right)?
> 
There is a problem with the current kio_http. After download is finished
kio_file deletes the new file again :-(

I will try to fix that, but it may take a while (I'm very busy).

Greetings, Matthias.
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