From kde-devel  Tue Aug 31 12:26:56 1999
From: John Corey <whoop () mtco ! com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:26:56 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: New KDE Dock Applet
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=93610204519788

Matthias Welk wrote:
> 
> 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.

Ah, ok.  As long as I'm not going insane, that's fine...