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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 TQt signal (specified using
<TT
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>TQ_SIGNAL()</TT
>) or a Python signal (specified using
<TT
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>A slot can be either a Python callable object, a TQt signal (specified using
<TT
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>TQ_SIGNAL()</TT
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<TT
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>PYSIGNAL()</TT
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>You connect signals to slots (and other signals) as you would from C++. For
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>TQObject.connect(a,TQ_SIGNAL("TQtSig()"),pyFunction)
TQObject.connect(a,TQ_SIGNAL("TQtSig()"),pyClass.pyMethod)
TQObject.connect(a,TQ_SIGNAL("TQtSig()"),PYSIGNAL("PySig"))
TQObject.connect(a,TQ_SIGNAL("TQtSig()"),TQ_SLOT("TQtSlot()"))
TQObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),pyFunction)
TQObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),pyClass.pyMethod)
TQObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),TQ_SIGNAL("TQtSig()"))
TQObject.connect(a,PYSIGNAL("PySig"),TQ_SLOT("TQtSlot()"))</PRE
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>When a slot is a Python method that corresponds to a TQt slot then a signal can
be connected to either the Python method or the TQt slot. The following
connections achieve the same effect.</P
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>sbar = TQScrollBar()
lcd = TQLCDNumber()
TQObject.connect(sbar,TQ_SIGNAL("valueChanged(int)"),lcd.display)
TQObject.connect(sbar,TQ_SIGNAL("valueChanged(int)"),lcd,TQ_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"
>TQObject</TT
>
class can emit a signal using the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>emit</TT
> method. This takes
two arguments. The first is the Python or TQt signal, the second is a Python
tuple which are the arguments to the signal. For example:</P
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>a.emit(TQ_SIGNAL("clicked()"),())
a.emit(PYSIGNAL("pySig"),("Hello","World"))</PRE
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>TQt 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 TDEActions are similar to these examples:</P
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>int TQMenuData::insertItem (const TQString & text,
const TQObject * receiver, const char * member,
int accel = 0, int id = -1, int index = -1 )
TDEAction ( const TQString& text, int accel,
const TQObject* receiver, const char* slot,
TQObject* parent, const char* name = 0 )</PRE
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>Notice the "const TQObject* 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 TDEAction:</P
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>p = insertItem ("Open", self.slotOpen, 0, -1, -1)
action = TDEAction ("Open", 0, self.slotOpen, None, 0)</PRE
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>This substitution applies to appropriate methods in KStdAction, TDEAction and related
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