Re: Plasma desktop scripting

[Aleix Pol]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Franklin Weng
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> A simple question:
>
> https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting#Activities_and_desktops
>
> Are the instructions for Plasma desktop scripting in the above link for
> Plasma 4 or Plasma 5?
>
> In the above link the activity creating API is:
>
> var activityId = newActivity("org.kde.plasma.folderview")
>
> However in Kubuntu 15.10 the syntax in layout.js is:
>
> var id = createActivity("Desktop");
> var desktopsArray = desktopsForActivity(id);
>
> I've spent months trying to customize Plasma 5 Desktop but very frustrated.
> I've tried to ask in the mailing list and irc channels but no luck.  (Please
> don't get me wrong.  I'm not blaming anyone for this.)  Would anyone please
> just tell me this simple question:  Is the information in the Techbase wiki
> (now Userbase wiki) up-to-date?  If not, is there any documents for Plasma 5
> Desktop scripting for now?
>
> If not, I may not have choices but to give up using KDE Plasma 5 as the
> default desktop in our system.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Franklin
>

Hi Franklin,
Coincidentally, I was playing with such code last week. It should be
the same (I think) as Plasma 4, and it should work.

Send an e-mail to the plasma-devel mailing list with the exact issue
you're having so we can figure out exactly what's wrong.

Aleix

Re: Plasma desktop scripting

[Albert Astals Cid]

El dilluns, 14 de març de 2016, a les 22:04:59 CET, Franklin Weng va escriure:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> A simple question:
> 
> https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting#Ac
> tivities_and_desktops
> 
> Are the instructions for Plasma desktop scripting in the above link for
> Plasma 4 or Plasma 5?

The plasma-devel mailing list seems like a place were you probably could get a 
better ansewr (sorry if you already tried there with no success).

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> In the above link the activity creating API is:
> 
> var activityId = newActivity("org.kde.plasma.folderview")
> 
> However in Kubuntu 15.10 the syntax in layout.js is:
> 
> var id = createActivity("Desktop");
> var desktopsArray = desktopsForActivity(id);
> 
> I've spent months trying to customize Plasma 5 Desktop but very
> frustrated.  I've tried to ask in the mailing list and irc channels but no
> luck.  (Please don't get me wrong.  I'm not blaming anyone for this.)
>  Would anyone please just tell me this simple question:  Is the information
> in the Techbase wiki (now Userbase wiki) up-to-date?  If not, is there any
> documents for Plasma 5 Desktop scripting for now?
> 
> If not, I may not have choices but to give up using KDE Plasma 5 as the
> default desktop in our system.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Franklin

Plasma desktop scripting

[Franklin Weng]

Hi,


A simple question:

https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting#Activities_and_desktops

Are the instructions for Plasma desktop scripting in the above link for
Plasma 4 or Plasma 5?

In the above link the activity creating API is:

var activityId = newActivity("org.kde.plasma.folderview")

However in Kubuntu 15.10 the syntax in layout.js is:

var id = createActivity("Desktop");
var desktopsArray = desktopsForActivity(id);

I've spent months trying to customize Plasma 5 Desktop but very
frustrated.  I've tried to ask in the mailing list and irc channels but no
luck.  (Please don't get me wrong.  I'm not blaming anyone for this.)
 Would anyone please just tell me this simple question:  Is the information
in the Techbase wiki (now Userbase wiki) up-to-date?  If not, is there any
documents for Plasma 5 Desktop scripting for now?

If not, I may not have choices but to give up using KDE Plasma 5 as the
default desktop in our system.


Thanks,
Franklin