> On Aug. 28, 2014, 5:02 p.m., Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > Errr, what do you mean it doesn't do anything? > > > > It's used > > http://lxr.kde.org/source/frameworks/kxmlgui/src/kaboutapplicationdialog.cpp?v=kf5-qt5 > > http://lxr.kde.org/source/frameworks/kjobwidgets/src/kuiserverjobtracker.cpp?v=kf5-qt5 > > http://lxr.kde.org/source/frameworks/kconfigwidgets/src/kstandardaction.cpp?v=kf5-qt5 > > Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Ug, so all these classes expect a property to be set in QApplication > which may be set by KAboutData if you remember to call setProgramIconName(), > but not used by any part of Qt? Should these should be ported to > QApplication::windowIcon? > > Albert Astals Cid wrote: > Which QApplication property are you talking about? > > QString KAboutData::programIconName() const > { > return d->programIconName.isEmpty() ? componentName() : > d->programIconName; > } > > KAboutData &KAboutData::setProgramIconName(const QString &iconName) > { > d->programIconName = iconName; > return *this; > } > > Jonathan Riddell wrote: > yes that's the one, it sets a variable in KAboutData and sets a property > in QCoreApplication. But not the same property as is actually used by Qt to > set the icon. most app authors won't expect to have to call a second method > to set the icon especially one that doesn't actually set the icon. > > Albert Astals Cid wrote: > I think it's a much better idea to have a Q_COREAPP_STARTUP_FUNCTION in > kguiaddons to set the icon based on that property and document that > setProgramIconName will set the icon if linking to kguiaddons it than > deprecating something that we use. > > Or even better implement support for applicationIconName in Qt itself. > > Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Those both seems excessive. This property adds no value to Qt, it should > just be scrapped. > > Albert Astals Cid wrote: > Adds value to ourselves, there's lots of places where we pass the > application icon by name, not by QIcon as QApplication has, how are you going > to change the use of > > http://lxr.kde.org/source/frameworks/kjobwidgets/src/kuiserverjobtracker.cpp?v=kf5-qt5 > > To use a QIcon there? > > Alexander Volkov wrote: > -QString programIconName = > QCoreApplication::instance()->property("applicationIconName").toString(); > +QString programIconName = QGuiApplication::windowIcon().name(); > > Albert Astals Cid wrote: > Problem is that nothing guarantees QIcon will have a name(). > > Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Nothing guarantees there is a applicationIconName property, especially > since setting it doesn't actually set the icon so most app developers will > not use it > > Albert Astals Cid wrote: > Define "it doesn't actually set the icon", because it sets it for me in > all the places i need, sure it doesn't set QGuiApplication::windowIcon(), but > what's that useful for?
It seems flakey. When I tried it with a template programme from kapptemplate it didn't work. It did work for Harald but then after reinstalling he says it stopped working. Best to avoid it I think and use the API which Qt provides for us. - Jonathan ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119977/#review65445 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Aug. 28, 2014, 4:39 p.m., Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119977/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Aug. 28, 2014, 4:39 p.m.) > > > Review request for KDE Frameworks. > > > Repository: kcoreaddons > > > Description > ------- > > Mark setProgramIconName() as deprecated, it did not do anything since > kcoreaddons no longer uses QtGui so it can not set the icon. > > BUG: 337938 > > > Diffs > ----- > > src/lib/kaboutdata.h 2d8bd5645150a57739e94f9f71b112b20ec0e01f > src/lib/kaboutdata.cpp 5ad81de814c123f50b17bb542331459e15649f4b > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119977/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > compiled a program made with kapptemplate 4.14.1 which uses this function, > successfully gives a warning during compile > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan Riddell > >
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