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>Signal and Slot Support</H1
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>General Signals and Slots</H2
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>A signal may be either a Qt signal (specified using
<TT
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>SIGNAL()</TT
>) or a Python signal (specified using
<TT
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>PYSIGNAL()</TT
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>A slot can be either a Python callable object, a Qt signal (specified using
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SIGNAL()</TT
>), a Python signal (specified using
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>PYSIGNAL()</TT
>), or a Qt slot (specified using
<TT
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>SLOT()</TT
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>You connect signals to slots (and other signals) as you would from C++. For
example:</P
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>QObject.connect(a,SIGNAL("QtSig()"),pyFunction)
QObject.connect(a,SIGNAL("QtSig()"),pyClass.pyMethod)
QObject.connect(a,SIGNAL("QtSig()"),PYSIGNAL("PySig"))
QObject.connect(a,SIGNAL("QtSig()"),SLOT("QtSlot()"))
QObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),pyFunction)
QObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),pyClass.pyMethod)
QObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),SIGNAL("QtSig()"))
QObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),SLOT("QtSlot()"))</PRE
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>When a slot is a Python method that corresponds to a Qt slot then a signal can
be connected to either the Python method or the Qt slot. The following
connections achieve the same effect.</P
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>sbar = QScrollBar()
lcd = QLCDNumber()
QObject.connect(sbar,SIGNAL("valueChanged(int)"),lcd.display)
QObject.connect(sbar,SIGNAL("valueChanged(int)"),lcd,SLOT("display(int)"))</PRE
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>The difference is that the second connection is made at the C++ level and is
more efficient.</P
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>Disconnecting signals works in exactly the same way.</P
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>Any instance of a class that is derived from the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>QObject</TT
>
class can emit a signal using the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>emit</TT
> method. This takes
two arguments. The first is the Python or Qt signal, the second is a Python
tuple which are the arguments to the signal. For example:</P
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>a.emit(SIGNAL("clicked()"),())
a.emit(PYSIGNAL("pySig"),("Hello","World"))</PRE
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>Qt allows a signal to be connected to a slot that requires fewer arguments than
the signal passes. The extra arguments are quietly discarded. Python slots
can be used in the same way.</P
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>Slots in Menus, Toolbars and Actions</H2
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>The C++ declarations for menu items or KActions are similar to these examples:</P
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>int QMenuData::insertItem (const QString & text,
const QObject * receiver, const char * member,
int accel = 0, int id = -1, int index = -1 )
KAction ( const QString& text, int accel,
const QObject* receiver, const char* slot,
QObject* parent, const char* name = 0 )</PRE
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>Notice the "const QObject* receiver, const char* slot" parameters for each declaration.</P
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>In PyKDE, these two parameters are replaced with a SINGLE parameter that specifies the
slot to be connected to the menu item, toolbar button or KAction:</P
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>p = insertItem ("Open", self.slotOpen, 0, -1, -1)
action = KAction ("Open", 0, self.slotOpen, None, 0)</PRE
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>This substitution applies to appropriate methods in KStdAction, KAction and related
subclasses, KAccelMenu and KToolBar</P
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