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

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> 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 ?
>
> Thanks


I don't think you can use Python plasmoids till 4.2. And I've been
search for such info myself, last time I checked, there we _no_ python
demos in the svn. This article you linked to itself is just 4 days
old.


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