From koffice-devel  Mon Jan 25 02:45:00 2010
From: "Dr. Robert Marmorstein" <robert () narnia ! homeunix ! com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:45:00 +0000
To: koffice-devel
Subject: Re: Specific API questions
Message-Id: <201001242145.01631.robert () narnia ! homeunix ! com>
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> Note that I just committed a change that the dataCenterMap is removed and
> replaced by a resourceManager (formerly KoCanvasResourceProvider)
>=20

This looks like a *VERY* nice API change.  I'm looking forward to playing w=
ith=20
it.

> When the canvasController gets focus it is supposed to iterate over all t=
he
> dockers added to the mainwindow and dynamic cast it to a
> KoCanvasObserver(Base), if it works then it will call setCanvas on it.
>=20

Okay.  That makes sense.  I'm not sure why this wasn't happening in my code=
=2E =20
I'll have to poke at it some more.

> > 2.  I would like to extend this so that the configuration elements
> For an example see  KWDocument::firePageSetupChanged
> where the page number is updated.
> I guess that somewhere in the libs/main/ there is code that alters the
> properties and it should use a similar mechanism to put those properties =
in
> the inlineTextObjectManager() (if it exists)
>=20

Yes, I think I'd figured out I need an inlineTextObjectManager.  Figuring o=
ut=20
how to get (the right) one has been the trick.  I'll look at the example yo=
u=20
pointed me to, which should help.

> You likely want to get the KAction for that, which indeed requires a KoVi=
ew
> instance.
> Not sure what the proper solution is, but you should use
>  KoCanvasBase::canvasWidget()
> and then repeatedly call parentWidget() on that to get to the top.
> One of those in the stack will likely correctly
>   qobject_cast<KoView*>(widget);
> so you can use that.
>=20

Hmm.  More complicated than I expected, but it makes sense.  I'd tried play=
ing=20
with canvasWidget to get a KAction, but didn't realize I'd need to use=20
"parentWidget" too. =20

> Hope my additions help.
> Apologies for the heavy refactoring in trunk that will likely mean you ne=
ed
> to change some of your code to compile again. The class renames I did
> yesterday (KoDockFactory -> KoDockFactoryBase etc) come to mind.

Not a problem.  I'm glad to see the code evolve to provide new features and=
=20
better API for development.  I just hope I can make contributions that are=
=20
worth the time you guys have invested helping me . . .

I've been delighted with how friendly and welcoming the koffice community i=
s. =20
Thanks so much for your help here.

Robert

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