[GNHLUG] Seacoast/UNH/Durham/SLUG - Mon 14 Sep - KDE Plasmoids in Python

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 23:23:44 EDT 2009


Who  : Rob Anderson
What : KDE Plasmoids in Python
Date : Mon 14 Sep 2009
Time : 7 PM to 9 PM
Where: Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH

The KDE desktop previously used an application called SuperKaramba to
place active widgets on the KDE Desktop.  In KDE 4 they moved to new
framework that supports a number ways to create those widgets.  Plasma
is one of those framework components; it is based on Qt, and thus has
a PyQt4 interface.

Meanwhile: Months ago Rob presented a PyQt4 application he wrote
called "PictureToss".  It was written because a number of KDE 4
problems combined to make the KDE4 desktop slideshow much more
annoying than it was under KDE3.  Rob decided it was worth it to make
what he really wanted.  His PictureToss program let you turn images
into virtual photo glossies, toss them on your desktop, and drag them
around, arrange them, etc.  It was neat.

Then Rob discovered the backend Plasma code for Python wasn't really
ready yet, either, so the final tie-in to KDE was never done.  Future
releases of KDE4 solved most of the annoyances that originally drove
him into action, so PictureToss never made it into a KDE Plasmoid.

Now comes KDE 4.4 with new things to annoy Rob!  Unfortunate for him,
but good for us: He found the tools are now available, completed the
project, and created a Plasmoid out of PictureToss.  The process and
PyQt4 code needed will be covered in the September meeting.

Hope to see you there!

=== About SLUG ===

 SLUG is the Seacoast Linux User Group, and is a chapter of GNHLUG,
the Greater NH Linux User Group.  Rob Anderson is the SLUG
coordinator, and reliably comes up with interesting topics each month.
 SLUG meets the second Monday of every month, same time, same place.
You can find out more about SLUG and GNHLUG at their websites.

http://slug.gnhlug.org

http://www.gnhlug.org

 Meetings take place starting at 7:00 PM.  Meetings are open to all.
The meeting proper ends around 9ish, but it's not uncommon to find
hangers-on there until 10 or later.  They take place in Room 301 (the
third floor conference room), of Morse Hall, at the University of New
Hampshire, in Durham.


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