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That's pretty cool. I didn't realize you could put it into a panel--I just have it on my desktop. Anyhow, I'm not actively working on this project. Best of luck modifying the code! If you come up with something, let me know! - May 11 2012

Does anyone else notice high CPU use (on my system ~10%) with kwin, xorg or plasma-desktop when using this plasmoid on KDE 4.4.90? I noticed that the paint plugin shows Smooth Tasks is constantly redrawing the icons. - Jun 29 2010

If you know a solution, please advise! Thanks! - Apr 13 2010

Yes, where you see all of those QColor() functions those are R,G,B,A values. I.e. red/green/blue/alpha. You'll see that in main.py and pidginitem.py. Change those alpha values to what you like. I really should write a settings GUI... anyone know some simple code or have an easy to understand tutorial for that? - Mar 24 2010

Try installing python-dbus - Jan 20 2010

Thank you! That was exactly the problem! It now runs perfectly after re-compiling for KDE 4.3.80. I still have the same problem as you do on exit, but I think I can live with that until the author updates. - Dec 15 2009

Mikala, you're one above me! I can't run Smooth Tasks at all since my upgrade to KDE 4.3.80. Any ideas? Does a back trace help--I realize there's no debugging symbols?

df@jmdsdf:~$ gdb --args plasmoidviewer smooth-tasks
[...]
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/plasmoidviewer smooth-tasks
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma main: setting FormFactor to "planar"
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma main: setting Location to "floating"
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma main: setting containment to "null"
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma main: setting auth policy
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma main: just load applet
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma FullView::addApplet: adding applet "smooth-tasks" in "null"
plasmoidviewer(19174)/libplasma Plasma::CoronaPrivate::addContainment: loading of containment "null" failed.
plasmoidviewer(19174)/kdecore (KSycoca) KSycocaPrivate::openDatabase: Trying to open ksycoca from "/var/tmp/kdecache-df/ksycoca4"
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
plasmoidviewer(19174)/libplasma Plasma::AppletPrivate::init: Check your constructor! You probably want to be passing in a Service::Ptr or a QVariantList with a valid storageid as arg[0].
Object::connect: No such slot TaskManager::GroupManager::reconnect()
plasmoidviewer(19174)/plasma TaskManager::GroupManager::reconnect:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)

(gdb) bt
#0 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#1 0x062c2497 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#2 0x062c6e8f in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#3 0x062b33dd in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#4 0x062b7f17 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#5 0x0795a95a in QMetaObject::metacall(QObject*, QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#6 0x079690db in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#7 0x03050283 in TaskManager::TaskGroup::itemAdded(TaskManager::AbstractGroupableItem*) () from /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.4
#8 0x030512b3 in TaskManager::TaskGroup::add(TaskManager::AbstractGroupableItem*) () from /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.4
#9 0x0304257d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.4
#10 0x0303d88c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.4
#11 0x0303dd0d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.4
#12 0x0303e394 in TaskManager::GroupManager::setGroupingStrategy(TaskManager::GroupManager::TaskGroupingStrategy) () from /usr/lib/libtaskmanager.so.4
#13 0x062b71fc in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#14 0x062b7ee3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#15 0x0795a95a in QMetaObject::metacall(QObject*, QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0x079690db in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#17 0x062af837 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#18 0x062b2c24 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_smooth-tasks.so
#19 0x001c9c6f in Plasma::Containment::addApplet(Plasma::Applet*, QPointF const&, bool) () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.3
#20 0x001c9f4d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.3
#21 0x001ca1c9 in Plasma::Containment::addApplet(QString const&, QList<QVariant> const&, QRectF const&) () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.3
#22 0x0804dd7e in _start ()
(gdb)
- Dec 15 2009

I actually developed this under KUbuntu 9.10. Do you have the plasma-scriptengine-python package installed? Do you get any error messages running it from the command line? From the terminal, unzip the file. Cd into the directory, and run plasmoidviewer with no command line arguments. You'll should see all of the debug output that way. - Nov 08 2009

The latest 0.04 version shouldn't have that same line in pidginitem.py, rather it reads: def __init__(self, parent, group, buddy, alias, status_text="", name="", status="", picture=None, recent=0): Update your version and try again and let me know if the bug is still there, maybe it's something else causing it? - Nov 04 2009

Pick one of these three ways to install:
1. run "plasmapkg -i PidginPlasmoid.zip"; or,
2. Right click on your desktop, select Add Widgets, click on Install New Widgets then Install from a local file, select Plasmoid, click next, select the PidginPlasmoid.zip file, click finish; or,
3. Download and install directly from KDE's KDE-Look installer--search for PidginPlasmoid and click install. - Oct 31 2009

I really wish someone would create a KDE version of this screenlet as a plasmoid. I love this screenlet! - Oct 12 2009