NOTES.md

Locate32 NOTES '''

sources:

app I'm copying to linux: http://sourceforge.net/projects/locate32/?source=typ_redirect

app I borrowed tray stuff from: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/CpuFreq+Tray?content=67720

Qstuff: http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt4/qtgui.html

Popen: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2837214/python-popen-command-wait-until-the-command-is-finished

Popen.communicate: https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.communicate

threading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/636561/how-can-i-run-an-external-command-asynchronously-from-python

sudo: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5191878/change-to-sudo-user-within-a-python-script

shlex example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4091242/subprocess-call-requiring-all-parameters-to-be-separated-by-commas

oldschool kill thread: https://web.archive.org/web/20130503082442/http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-May/281943.html

freaking python garbage collection eats program after showing window: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18061178/pyqt-window-closes-after-launch

creating windows is odd: https://gist.github.com/justinfx/1951709

more on window creation: http://www.learningpython.com/2008/09/20/an-introduction-to-pyqt/

minimize to tray: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/758256/pyqt4-minimize-to-tray

layout and widgets: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8814452/pyqt-how-to-add-separate-ui-widget-to-qmainwindow

design in qt creator, save, then convert to py file

sudo apt-get install qtcreator pyqt4-dev-tools

pyuic4 mainwindow.ui -o mainwindow.py

http://pythonthusiast.pythonblogs.com/230_pythonthusiast/archive/1358_developing_cross_platform_application_using_qt_pyqt_and_pyside__gui_application_development-part_5_of_5.html

pushbutton code for generated gui: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11113247/how-does-one-make-a-button-in-the-main-window-open-a-different-window

redirect output of subproces: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3247271

string splitting: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25253120/python-split-string-by-space-and-strip-newline-char#25253160

dump variable:

from inspect import getmembers

from pprint import pprint

pprint(getmembers(output))

dump variable to file

from inspect import getmembers

from pprint import pprint

logFile=open('mylogfile'+'.txt', 'w')

pprint(getmembers(dataobject), logFile)

for open folder/open file menu: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23993895/python-pyqt-qtreeview-example-selection

handle KeyboardInterrupt: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26893377/how-to-close-windows-in-pyqtgraph

Another way: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1112343/how-do-i-capture-sigint-in-python

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4938723/what-is-the-correct-way-to-make-my-pyqt-application-quit-when-killed-from-the-co

definite way (NOT GRACEFUL): https://stackoverflow.com/a/6072360

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2963263/how-can-i-create-a-simple-message-box-in-python

http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qmessagebox.html

get directory from full path: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15022854/get-the-directory-path-of-absolute-file-path-in-python

qmodelindex: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25943153/how-to-access-data-stored-in-qmodelindex

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13564550/resizing-widgets-in-pyqt4

http://www.qtforum.org/article/38989/how-to-make-qt-widgets-resize-automatically.html

-> http://stackoverflow.com/a/21467559

https://forum.qt.io/topic/19152/qlayout-attempting-to-add-qlayout/2

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1064335/in-python-2-5-how-do-i-kill-a-subprocess

analyze segmentation fault: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10035594

gdb python

(gdb) run /path/to/script.py

## wait for segfault

(gdb) backtrace

# stack trace of the c code

#TODO

#DONE_get update command to work #\show notifications for update success/failure #DONE->make search screen #\use QColumnView and QFileSystemModel instead of QTextBrowser for results #fix #QObject::connect: Cannot queue arguments of type 'QTextCursor' #(Make sure 'QTextCursor' is registered using qRegisterMetaType().) #http://www.qtforum.org/article/24502/gui-crash.html #DONE\fix grey search button after search is done #make settings screen #make about screen #make paths for kdesudo and updatedb variables and settings #DONE_gksu/gksudo check #DONE-fix main thread so you can use Ctrl+C to break #DONE-don't show right click context menu on startup or no search results #DONE-show search screen on doubleclick #DONE-double check animation loop(when killing updatedb) #DONE-clicking search sometimes generates Segmentation fault #DONE-fix resizing and low res window looks #DONE-ask if sure when searching for nothing (*) #SIZE SORTS BY STRING, NOT BY INT-sort by filename/date created/size

DONE- TRY http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/pyside-qtreewidget-numeric-sorting-4175502323/#post5156692

DONE-fix ProxyModel(QSortFilterProxyModel) so we can get index to get stuff for context menu

#DONE-add Open with.. dialog #-get Settings screen to work, start using conf file? #-Ctrl+F in search window to search results? #-proper way to kill updatedb thread, only kill our updatedb thread not every process updatedb #-look into:

(during startup)

Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.

IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-d

#-look into:

#when building search list)

#QObject::connect: Cannot queue arguments of type 'Qt::Orientation'

(Make sure 'Qt::Orientation' is registered using qRegisterMetaType()

#-clean code

#todolist for next version: #-multiple search button presses and it segfaults? #-after search mouse cursor stays on BusyCursor?

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