[Fwd: Re: [Deskbar] Preferences UI]

[Nigel Tao <nigel tao myrealbox com>]

My e-mail seemed to have bounced.  Trying again...

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• From: Nigel Tao <nigel tao myrealbox com>
• To: deskbar-applet-list gnome org
• Subject: Re: [Deskbar] Preferences UI
• Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:30:17 +1100

Sorry, should have replied earlier.

> Can you explain what is the handler.recheck_requirements(self) for ?
> 
> If i understand correctly, it's for the case when the handler is not
> happy anymore but was in the past, is that right ?
> 
> In that case, i would prefer to simply unload the module that is not
> happy anymore, and not sprinkle the code with "if self.i_am_valid"

The use case I had in mind was (and possibly getting carried away with
instant-apply), if Google Live wasn't working because of a missing WSDL
file, then subsequently putting that file in the right place would get
automatically picked up and it would "just work" without having to
disable and then re-enable the handler.


Nigel.

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