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So, yes, perhaps I was an idiot

So in my last post, I said this in reference to bubblemon:

While writing this, I found a few possible bugs in plasma. I say possible, because I’ve been known to be an idiot sometimes

Turns out using setAspectRatioMode(Plasma::Square) fixes it:

Bubblemon in the panel with its proper round shape

You’d think, however, that using KeepAspectRatio (as I previously was) would suffice. If I manually resize, plasma should keep my aspect ratio. I understand now why plasma shouldn’t keep the ratio constant in the panel, but the apidox doesn’t seem to explain that.

Anyways, I added two important (and two mundane) features to bubblemon this morning at some ungodly hour. Anti-aliasing, smooth value transitions, label scaling, and support for any ksysguard sensor. To get the last one, I added some code to the systemmonitor dataengine that supplies various metadata, such as maximum, minimum, translated name, and translated units. Now its a lot easier for anyone to get, say, the current total memory on the system without having to request mem/physical/free and mem/physical/used.

The label scaling is the other important feature. Quite simply, when the label is too big to fit in the sensor, the text gets word wrapped and the font keeps shrinking ’till it fits. If the text is too small for even a 1pt font to fit it in, it won’t even bother showing text. After all, text at that size is just impossible to read. IMHO, I think this makes bubblemon as complete as it can be.

Now I can go back to helping hack KPackageKit into a form resembling a release. And sleeping.

One Response to “So, yes, perhaps I was an idiot”

1. adred

   February 15, 2009 at 8:12 am

   Wow dude, I envy you. At such a very young age you already have that huge accomplishment. Keep it up!

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