I realised my code was fine so that it was probably a problem with globals, and found out that you can't use them here, or at least that they can't be modified. So I used the datastore, and it works now, which is nice.
Working solution can be found on the links I provided above. On Nov 7, 2:15 pm, Niall <twom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Lee. I've been working on and off over the last > couple of days and I think I'm stuck. > > The code I'm using can be found here > --http://code.google.com/p/googlewaverobots/source/browse/trunk/robotte... > and the gadget is found > herehttp://code.google.com/p/googlewaverobots/source/browse/trunk/robotte... > > (I decided to try to replicate the translation robot, as it seemed > like it'd teach me a good amount about python and the APIs) > > Anyway, the problem I'm having is that I can't get the robot, when a > new blip is submitted, to read the state of the gadget, but when I > modify the languages in the dropdown options it gets them fine. I > think the problem is in how I search for the gadget, as when I modify > the state of the gadget it works well, but if I don't it doesn't find > the gadget. > > I searched the groups and can't find a way of doing this that works > for me. I tried making global variables so that when the gadget is > modified the language pairs would likewise be modified. I made two > variables fr and to (language from which and to which we're > translating) and in the onBlipSubmitted I did a global fr and global > to and tried modifying them in the gadget key, elem gadget loop but to > no avail -- I got no errors, but it wouldn't modify the values for me. > You can also see what I've tried on the previous revisions of the > code. If I set a default value for the global variables I can't change > it, and if I don't set anything it says that the global name is not > defined. > > Any help is very much appreciated. > > Cheers. > > On Nov 5, 12:52 am, Lee <leeyuan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Looking at the API, the following python object will allow you to > > create a local UI on the client browser > > > waveapi.document.Gadget(resource) > > > And > > > blip.GetDocument().AppendElement(Element*) > > > Subclassed instances of Element are also allowed, so you can initiate > > a document.Gadget object > > > The wave environment already provides an interface for the host > > application (more info > > athttp://code.google.com/apis/wave/extensions/gadgets/guide.html), > > the following might help > > > The gadget will contain a list that automatically invokes wave.getState > > ().submitDelta(dict); everytime the change event occurs on the list > > (you can do this via jQuery) and the result is sent back to the > > application, which does what it needs off of the information. > > > On 4 Nov, 17:14, Niall <twom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks for your reply, Lee. > > > I don't think the code for aunt-rosie is available (aunt- > > > ro...@appspot.com to use it, and the developer's website is > > > herehttp://andrewhitchcock.org/?post=322) > > > > I think I know what I have to do, though. I was looking at the row of > > > four source code, so I think I have to make a bit of a module like > > > what it's got herehttp://rowoffour.appspot.com/gadget.xml > > > I'll go play around with this for a while and report back with > > > successes and failures. > > > > On Nov 4, 10:39 pm, Lee <leeyuan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The beauty of API design, and this is especially true of Google > > > > projects, is that the binding exposes the same sets of methods and > > > > objects for every language that it supports, so in theory it should be > > > > relatively easy to port specific portions of the app across different > > > > languages (all you need is a the most rudimentary amount of knowledge > > > > about the syntax of Java). > > > > > If you can provide the link to download for the aunt-rosie robot, I > > > > can help you locate and port the code to python. (Although it may be > > > > in the API document, make sure that you check there first). > > > > > On 4 Nov, 08:42, Niall <twom...@gmail.com> wrote: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-wave-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-wave-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
