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List:       kde-kimageshop
Subject:    Re: About krita internals
From:       Boudewijn Rempt <boud () valdyas ! org>
Date:       2017-12-13 9:01:45
Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.00.1712130957580.20110 () calcifer ! valdyas ! org
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2017, Brendan Scott wrote:

> using <action>.trigger()?

Yes.

> 
> > to build up the user interface: menu, toolbar buttons and shortcuts and
> > so on. So, triggering an action is exactly like pressing the shortcut
> > or selecting a menu item.
> 
> So actions generally don't receive input signals unless they are a tool or
> open their own window?
> 

Ah, no -- actions are separate from tools.

> And if they open their own window, can they be fed info programmatically?
> 
> Eg: can I write a script that runs the oilpaint filter on the active document
> with brushsize set to 5 and smooth set to 20 without it opening its own
> window?

You wouldn't do that using actions, but using the Filter class. You can set the \
configuration as a key-value map. Maybe it would be better to use the xml \
configuration format for that? You can see the xml from the the filter dialog. That \
also shows the filter parameters.

-- 
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org


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