Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] startView() takes exactly 1 argument (3 given)

[Ron Croonenberg <ronc depauw edu>]

Hello Jannik,

I tried that before, I changed it to what you suggested but that still 
gives me the exact same error message.


Ron

Jannik Heller wrote:
> Hi Ron,
> your callback function should look like this:
>
> def startView(self, widget, shell)
>
> because GTK Connect supplies the widget that is connected, too.
>
> Am Dienstag, den 29.12.2009, 09:40 -0500 schrieb Ron Croonenberg:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am (trying) to write a plugin for rhythmbox (in python) and keep 
> > running into an error msg from an action from the toolbar
> >
> > I am adding a 'button' to the toolbar and when it's clicked execute a 
> > function/method.
> >
> > I get a runtime error every time I click the button, here it is:
> > TypeError: startView() takes exactly 1 argument (3 given)
> > (It doesn't matter how many arguments I use in the function/method 
> > header, the same error-msg shows up.
> >
> > I followed the outline in the  rhythmbox plugins writing guide for 
> > adding 'an item'.
> >
> > Here is the code snippet:
> >
> > #
> > # the activate thing
> > #
> > def activate(self, shell):
> > self.shell = shell
> >
> > view_button = """
> > <ui>
> >    <toolbar name="ToolBar">
> >      <placeholder name="startView">
> >        <toolitem name="startView" action="viewAction">
> >          </toolitem>
> >      </placeholder>
> >    </toolbar>
> > </ui>
> > """
> >
> > # create a new action
> > action = gtk.Action('viewAction',
> >                    _('Start _View'),
> >                    _('Browse'), "")
> >
> > # connect it
> > action.connect('activate', self.startView, shell)
> > action_group = gtk.ActionGroup('NewActionGroup')
> > action_group.add_action(action)
> > shell.get_ui_manager().insert_action_group(action_ group)
> >
> > # add it to the toolbar
> > ui_manager = shell.get_ui_manager()
> > ui_manager.add_ui_from_string(view_button)
> >
> > #
> > # Start the View
> > #
> > def startView(self, b, c, d): # tried this with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... args
> > return
> >
> >
> > any tips/hints ?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Ron

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