Thanks that was quick!
I've just found out I'm working 16 hour days and weekends for the next 3
weeks, so it may take me a while - but I definately want to squeeze this
in somewhere.
- Chris
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 23:02:00 +0100, "Dirk Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> "Chris Griffiths" wrote:
> > I had a feeling it wasn't going to be easy ...
>
> It was easier than I thought.
>
> > Your idea sounds good, although I dont know enough about the current
> > setup to offer anything constructive.
> >
> > The main thing I guess is that there is no way to add a new "weather"
> > section without serious rework - it may get too complicated to have it
> > happen automagically as you've described, but even if the ammount of
> > changes to the core code could be minimized it would be a start.
>
> I just checked in some changes. There is no plugin fxd support in the
> skin yet, you have to add your tags in the skin file right now. I
> added areas for <splashscreen> and <headlines> in blue.fxd, I guess
> you want something like:
>
> <weather>
> <screen .../>
> <content .../>
> </weather>
>
> Screen is the area for the background. You may want to re-use existing
> layouts. "screen0" is the background + logo (if you have no idlebar),
> "blank screen" only the background. You may want to create your own
> background, maybe like the Splashscreen: the background image + a
> weather watermark.
>
> The name <content> is your choice. You don't need to name it content,
> choose what you like. For that, you need to inherit from skin.Area
> (look at Splashscreen in main.py). Make sure the name of the area
> matches your tag name (Splashscreen chooses content).
>
> class WeatherContent(skin.Area):
> def __init__(self, ...):
> skin.Area.__init__(self, 'content')
>
> def update_content(self):
> ....
> use self.layout to get the content informations
> (x,y,height,width). Again, take a look at Splashscreen
>
>
> And the plugin needs to register this new setup:
>
> skin.register('weather', ('screen', WeatherContent(), 'plugin'))
>
> If you don't want plugins to draw on your skin (like the idlebar),
> remove the 'plugin' in the list.
>
> To draw just call skin.draw(('weather', object)) and object is passed
> to WeatherContent as self.infoitem.
>
>
> Notice:
> o the Blankscreen is gone now, it was only a bad hack, so you need to
> use the new stuff now
> o skin.draw(('weather', object)) will change to
> skin.draw('weather', object) in the future. I don't know why there
> are two braces.
> o I don't think you can use the 'listing' area right now. But I guess
> you don't need it anyway
>
>
>
> Let me know if it works and if you need something else.
>
>
> Dischi
>
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