> On June 17, 2015, 7:24 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > I don't really have the overview anymore, but the kdelibs4 solution was 
> > fully extensible, a servicetype desktop file could define new keys and 
> > their type. It looks like desktopfileparser.cpp doesn't have the same 
> > flexibility, if each and every app needs to add their keys to the code :(
> 
> Alex Richardson wrote:
>     Possibly we should let desktopfileparser read a servicetype file? Was 
> also suggested here: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/121672/

So it has to look in standardpaths and somewhere in the buildpath for a service 
file, then use that to generate the json file? I guess the servicefile could be 
fairly simple, as it just has to note unknown key/type combinations. The 
KDE4-style service files do have that information, and as long as we don't have 
to parse that at runtime, we should be fine. On the other hand, we'll get 
build-time dependencies on these servicetype files, as it's now not good enough 
anymore to install them at some point, the resulting json information is going 
to differ then.


- Sebastian


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On June 11, 2015, 4:16 a.m., Sebastian Kügler wrote:
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> (Updated June 11, 2015, 4:16 a.m.)
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> 
> Review request for KDE Frameworks, Alex Richardson and David Faure.
> 
> 
> Repository: kcoreaddons
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> 
> Description
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> 
> This patch adds X-KDE-FormFactor to the keys recognized as stringlists.
> 
> We would like to see this to go in to allow us to filter plugins (KCMs for 
> example) by form factor, so we only display UI plugins that are suitable for 
> a given target device.
> 
> The idea is that plugins indicate which form factor (for example media 
> center, tablet, desktop, etc...) they're suitable for, and the "host 
> application" filters based on these.
> 
> If this approach is deemed valid, I'd be happy to add convenience API to 
> KPluginMetaData, i.e. QStringList KPluginMetaData::formFactor(). This patch 
> would be the minimal implementation we'd need.
> 
> The naming of the key is of course open to better suggestions.
> 
> 
> Diffs
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> 
>   autotests/data/fakeplugin.desktop 95152f6 
>   autotests/kpluginmetadatatest.cpp 231ac36 
>   src/lib/plugin/desktopfileparser.cpp b19da6b 
> 
> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/124066/diff/
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> 
> Testing
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> 
> added autotest, also implemented using this in the Plasma Active settings app 
> as proof-of-concept, works like a charm.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sebastian Kügler
> 
>

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