On 4 September 2012 17:07, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> wrote:
>> On 4 September 2012 12:15, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...>
>> wrote:
>>>> On 4 September 2012 11:31, Timothy Pearson
>>>> <kb9vqf@...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hey Tim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been looking through the commits lately. What is this work you
>>>>>> are doing with NetworkManager? Looks to be rather large.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Calvin
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, you saw that, did you? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> As of right now TDE has a full C++ API interface for networking, and a
>>>>> backend for that API which talks to the latest version of
>>>>> NetworkManager.
>>>>> In addition to being able to add/modify/delete/activate/deactivate
>>>>> connections, all TDE applications can now request the current state of
>>>>> the
>>>>> network connection, which (once implemented in each application) would
>>>>> allow applications such kmail to avoid checking for new messages while
>>>>> the
>>>>> host computer is offline.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> and konversation from trying to connect.
>>>>
>>>> Does it send signals when connected/disconnected? for example i'd like
>>>> konversation to reconnection when the connection becomes available.
>>>> Will the be possible with this new API?
>>>
>>> Yes:
>>> TDEGlobalNetworkManager* nm = KGlobal::networkManager();
>>> if (!(nm->backendStatus() &
>>> TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::BackendUnavailable)) {
>>>   // A network management backend is available
>>>   connect(nm,
>>> SIGNAL(networkConnectionStateChanged(TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags,
>>> TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags)), this,
>>> SLOT(theGlobalNetworkStateChanged(TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags,
>>> TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags)));
>>> }
>>>
>>> I could definitely use some assistance in updating
>>> konversation/kmail/etc
>>> to incorporate this new functionality, so if you want to hack on those
>>> applications please feel free!
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> seems very sane.
>>
>> What is the possibility of adding other backends? If I am not using
>> network-manager, could we use another system (wicd for example) or is
>> the code setup to only work with NM?
>>
>> Calvin
>
> The TDE API was written with multiple backends in mind, so you could
> theoretically write a backend for any network management system you want.
> That being said, note that the NetworkManager backend alone is over 4000
> lines of code, so writing a backend is not a trivial task!
>
> Tim
>
>
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I'm glad you make smart engineering decisions. :-)