Re: Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-26 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 16:27:29 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Tuesday 25 August 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > I ran into this problem some time ago, basically. The APIDOCS say that if > > you don't have data right away, you're supposed to set empty data in the > > engine. > > yes, setting an em

Re: Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-25 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Tuesday 25 August 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > I ran into this problem some time ago, basically. The APIDOCS say that if > you don't have data right away, you're supposed to set empty data in the > engine. yes, setting an empty data set is still required and it will remain that way (otherwi

Re: Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-25 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:32:50 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Monday 17 August 2009, alan moore wrote: > > The delay wasn't really the problem, but rather the initial bogus > > output. I guess I'm thinking of this like a database query -- ask a > > question, wait a bit, get an answer. I can see

Re: Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-20 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday 17 August 2009, alan moore wrote: > The delay wasn't really the problem, but rather the initial bogus > output. I guess I'm thinking of this like a database query -- ask a > question, wait a bit, get an answer. I can see how connectSource() > makes sense in a situation where you have a

Re: Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-17 Thread alan moore
Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Saturday 15 August 2009, alan moore wrote: >> Hello; I am working on my first plasmoid (in Python), so apologies in >> advance if I'm a blockhead. >> >> I'm trying to remake the old kicker dictionary applet. I have code that >> works by calling the "dict" CLI command, bu

Re: Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Saturday 15 August 2009, alan moore wrote: > Hello; I am working on my first plasmoid (in Python), so apologies in > advance if I'm a blockhead. > > I'm trying to remake the old kicker dictionary applet. I have code that > works by calling the "dict" CLI command, but naturally I want to switch

Querying the dict dataengine

2009-08-15 Thread alan moore
Hello; I am working on my first plasmoid (in Python), so apologies in advance if I'm a blockhead. I'm trying to remake the old kicker dictionary applet. I have code that works by calling the "dict" CLI command, but naturally I want to switch that to working with a data engine. I'm a bit hazy