2009/2/3 Aaron J. Seigo <ase...@kde.org>: > On Monday 02 February 2009, matthias sweertvaegher wrote: >> btw, can somebody explain what's the deal with applets? I thought they >> were called plasmoids today and that the word applet was forbidden now >> ;) but in the sourcetree there are all kinds of references to applet. > > there are two places "applet" appears: > > in the source code tree (e.g. plasma/applets/battery) and that should probably > be changed to plasmoids. the name "plasmoid" came after applets when i began > to realize that we'd end up with non-plasma widgets available to users. so > this is a historical relic. > > the Applet class in the source tree. in name, this mimics the Applet class > from kicker. it is now the "meta-concept" for all widgets: regardless of > whether it is a plasmoid, a google gadget, edje, etc they are all, to the > internal Plasma code, Applets. > > as for what a "Plasmoid" is: Plasmoids are native Plasma widgets that use the > libplasma API.
thanks for the clarification, Aaron! I see in the meantime you dedicated a blog post to this :) It's a bit funny that although your description in this mail being much more concise, still delivers more information to me, heheh. different audiences I guess > p.s. welcome to KDE and Plasma dev :) thanks! next on my list is the unlock screen bug. let me see.. yes, it's known! as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178002 but seems kinda solved. I'll have to find a better bug I guess :) cu around guys and have fun there in Portugal! matthias _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel