So... how do I write a KDE4 widget using python ?

[Linuxguy123]

On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 13:31 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Linuxguy123 wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 11:45 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> >> I'd like to make a simple scrolling "banner" widget for my KDE4
> >> desktop.  
> >>
> >> I've read little blurbs about how KDE4 is now supposed to allow users to
> >> write their own widgets easily using Python.  So how do I do it ?  Where
> >> do I start ?
> >>
> >> I know about python and pyQt. But how does one make it a widget ?  Is
> >> there a tutorial somewhere ?
> >>
> >> A few more questions... 
> >>
> >> I'd like my banner to be frameless.  Just scrolling text on my desktop.
> >> It shouldn't doc in the taskbar. And I'd like it to handle right click
> >> events.
> >>
> >> Is this possible ?  
> > 
> > I found this example.
> > 
> > http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/PythonPlasmoid
> > 
> > But when I run the code, I get the following:
> > 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/home/xxx/workspace/Py Banner/src/default/test.py", line 4, in
> > <module>
> >     from PyKDE4.plasma import Plasma
> > ImportError: No module named plasma
> 
> You may need PyKDE4-4.2.0+ for that (when plasma was moved to kdelibs, 
> as part of the devplatform).

OK, that makes sense. I'll wait.

Most of the examples in
http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/PythonPlasmoid
don't run because of this problem or similar problems.  That and the
fact that nobody is mentioning KDE/Qt version numbers makes it confusing
for newbies.