KDE Standard Directories
#!/usr/bin/env python
# [SNIPPET_NAME: KDE Standard Directories]
# [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: PyKDE4]
# [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: Site-independent access to standard KDE directories]
# [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Jim Bublitz <[email protected]>]
# [SNIPPET_LICENSE: GPL]
# [SNIPPET_DOCS: http://api.kde.org/pykde-4.3-api/kdecore/KStandardDirs.html]
from PyQt4.QtCore import SIGNAL, Qt
from PyQt4.QtGui import QLabel
from PyKDE4.kdecore import i18n, KStandardDirs
from PyKDE4.kdeui import KVBox, KHBox, KComboBox, KListWidget
helpText = """KStandardDirs provides methods for locating KDE objects
within the filesystem - for example, icons, configuration
files, etc.
KStandardDirs recognizes a number of data types (shown in the
combo box at left) and associates the types with directories.
You can use this information to locate a resource, or to
determine where to install a resource for you program.
"""
class MainFrame(KVBox):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
KVBox.__init__(self, parent)
self.help = QLabel (i18n (helpText), self)
self.layout ().setAlignment (self.help, Qt.AlignHCenter)
self.setSpacing (10)
hBox = KHBox (self)
self.layout ().setAlignment (hBox, Qt.AlignHCenter)
cBox = KVBox (hBox)
hBox.layout ().setAlignment (cBox, Qt.AlignTop)
hBox.setSpacing (25)
hBox.setMargin (10)
self.stdDirs = KStandardDirs ()
types = self.stdDirs.allTypes ()
comboLbl = QLabel ("Types", cBox)
combo = KComboBox (cBox)
combo.addItems (types)
cBox.layout ().setAlignment (comboLbl, Qt.AlignTop)
cBox.layout ().setAlignment (combo, Qt.AlignTop)
self.connect (combo, SIGNAL ("currentIndexChanged (const QString&)"), self.slotIndexChanged)
lBox = KVBox (hBox)
listLbl = QLabel ("Directories", lBox)
self.location = KListWidget (lBox)
self.location.setMaximumSize (400, 200)
lBox.layout ().setAlignment (listLbl, Qt.AlignTop)
lBox.layout ().setAlignment (self.location, Qt.AlignTop)
QLabel (self.stdDirs.installPath ("ui"), self)
self.slotIndexChanged (combo.currentText ())
def slotIndexChanged (self, s):
self.location.clear ()
self.location.insertItems (0, self.stdDirs.resourceDirs (str (s)))
# This example can be run standalone
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
from PyKDE4.kdecore import KCmdLineArgs, KAboutData, KLocalizedString, ki18n
from PyKDE4.kdeui import KApplication, KMainWindow
class MainWin (KMainWindow):
def __init__ (self, *args):
KMainWindow.__init__ (self)
self.resize(640, 480)
self.setCentralWidget (MainFrame (self))
#-------------------- main ------------------------------------------------
appName = "default"
catalog = ""
programName = ki18n ("default") #ki18n required here
version = "1.0"
description = ki18n ("Default Example") #ki18n required here
license = KAboutData.License_GPL
copyright = ki18n ("(c) 2007 Jim Bublitz") #ki18n required here
text = ki18n ("none") #ki18n required here
homePage = "www.riverbankcomputing.com"
bugEmail = "[email protected]"
aboutData = KAboutData (appName, catalog, programName, version, description,
license, copyright, text, homePage, bugEmail)
# ki18n required for first two addAuthor () arguments
aboutData.addAuthor (ki18n ("Troy Melhase"), ki18n ("original concept"))
aboutData.addAuthor (ki18n ("Jim Bublitz"), ki18n ("pykdedocs"))
KCmdLineArgs.init (sys.argv, aboutData)
app = KApplication ()
mainWindow = MainWin (None, "main window")
mainWindow.show()
app.connect (app, SIGNAL ("lastWindowClosed ()"), app.quit)
app.exec_ ()