pyRadKDE 0.4.2

installation:

• easy_install pyRadKDE

setup:

• Add a mouse gesture for “pyrad.py”: go into KDE systemsettings -> keyboard shortcuts -> add a gesture with the action “pyrad.py” (you might have to enable gestures in the settings, too - in the shortcuts-window you should find a settings button).

• customize the menu by editing the file “~/.pyradrc” or right-clicking items.

Alternate setup with dbus (much faster but incomplete):

• Add “/usr/bin/pyrad.py” as script to your autostart (systemsettings->advanced->autostart) TODO: make it not show the GUI

• Add the mouse gesture to call D-Bus: Program: org.kde.pyRad ; Object: /MainApplication ; Function: newInstance

• Alternately set the gesture to call the command “dbus-send –type=method_call –dest=org.kde.pyRad /MainApplication org.kde.KUniqueApplication.newInstance”

usage:

• call “pyrad.py” to start and show pyRad and “pyrad.py –quit” to shutdown the process in the background. “pyrad.py –help” shows the usage. “pyrad.py –daemon” starts pyRad without showing the GUI.

• In systemsettings add the mouse gesture to call D-Bus: Program: org.kde.pyRad ; Object: /MainApplication ; Function: newInstance

• Use your gesture to call up the command wheel when you want to call one of your included programs.

• Left-click the program to start it. You can also press the key shown in the programs tooltip for the same effect.

• Right-click an item to edit it. Middle-click an item to add a new one after it (clockwise).

• Make folders by using the action [(“kreversi”, None), (“icon”, “action”), (“icon2”, “action2”), …]. Actions are simply the commands you’d use on the commandline (there’s no shell scripting though, except via bash -c “for i in 1 2 3; do echo $i; done”).

plan:

• new command scheme: right-click always edits, middle-click adds a new item. -done

• items arranged clockwise. -done

• right-click on center opens a general config dialog. -todo

• a general config dialog. -todo

• first run of new version shows image as usage guide. -todo

• Edit dialog should show the icon graphically. A click on the item should show the edit dialog we have when editing the K-Menu. -todo

• Edit dialog should have a radio button for the action: “create folder”. -todo

• register a global shortcut / gesture in KDE from within the program -> usable as soon as it’s installed. -todo

• make it show faster. -todo

• add option –only-daemon to only start the daemon without showing the GUI

ideas:

• use plasma.

• Show the program cathegories from the K-Menu.

• Get the folders and actions from Nepomuk somehow -> favorites or such.

• Option to have an auto-optimizing wheel layout :)

• adjust icon size to the number of icons in the circle.

• Adjust circle radius to the number of icons.

• Show the icons inside a folder over/around the folder icon.

• Add a CLI fallback, so people can also access their actions via the shell.

• Talk to DBus directly (for higher performance). -> dbus-send –type=method_call –dest=org.kde.pyRad /MainApplication org.kde.KUniqueApplication.newInstance (from http://www.staerk.de/thorsten/index.php/Hacking_KDE)

• Keyboard shortcuts (1, 2, 3, … for the wheel items -> click paths to programs)

• Check if an app is already open. If it is, simply switch to it (dbus -> get winID, forceActivateWindow(winID)?). Sample DBus calls: dbus-send –dest=org.freedesktop.DBus –type=method_call –print-reply / org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames ; dbus-send –dest=org.kde.konqueror-14040 –type=method_call –print-reply /konqueror/MainWindow_1 org.kde.KMainWindow.winId; dbus-send –dest=org.freedesktop.DBus –type=method_call –print-reply / org.freedesktop.DBus.NameHasOwner string:”org.kde.pyRad” To bring a background app to foreground, hide its main window, then show it again. -> /konqueror com.trolltech.Qt.QWidget.hide + …show + hide pyRad PID stuff: http://code.google.com/p/psutil/

PyPI url: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyRadKDE

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