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