In the recent days, I have been working on implementing the functionality behind saving and loading of custom shortcuts. It was important to define the logic of storing the default shortcuts, so that we have them accessible at any time, even if user decides to change all of them.
Moreover, Pitivi's save logic can store the shortcuts in an external file, which holds the user's preferred settings. This file's contents can then be loaded and used to fill the Shortcuts Window - if the file exists. If it does not exist, Shortcut Manager class will simply use the default accelerator settings.
Secondly, I made a step forward in implementing the reseting functionality for the shortcuts. Whenever a user will have customised shortcuts, she'll be able to reset it to Pitivi factory settings by a single click of a button. The important point here is that the back-end functionality for this button has just been implemented and so we are ready for putting it all together to some nice UI. Users will be able to reset either a particular action's accelerators, or reset them all by a single click.
Furthermore, I was able to practice unit testing a lot. For all the pieces of work - save, load and reset functionality - I provided unit tests with fairly extensive use of mock library. I learnt a lot through this, since I have to admit at the very beginning the idea behind what kind of tricks mock is actually doing behind the scenes was hard to understand for me. By now however, Pitivi has a code of good quality for all the work I have done (Alex thanks for the excellent reviews) supported by relevant tests.
So what is next?
Over the course of this and the next week, I will be concentrating on the UI primarily and bringing all the little pieces of work I have done together. Hopefully by the end of this week, I will be able to present an implemented and working UI for the Preferences shortcuts section and also add the reset buttons to reset one or all shortcuts.
Moreover, Pitivi's save logic can store the shortcuts in an external file, which holds the user's preferred settings. This file's contents can then be loaded and used to fill the Shortcuts Window - if the file exists. If it does not exist, Shortcut Manager class will simply use the default accelerator settings.
Secondly, I made a step forward in implementing the reseting functionality for the shortcuts. Whenever a user will have customised shortcuts, she'll be able to reset it to Pitivi factory settings by a single click of a button. The important point here is that the back-end functionality for this button has just been implemented and so we are ready for putting it all together to some nice UI. Users will be able to reset either a particular action's accelerators, or reset them all by a single click.
Furthermore, I was able to practice unit testing a lot. For all the pieces of work - save, load and reset functionality - I provided unit tests with fairly extensive use of mock library. I learnt a lot through this, since I have to admit at the very beginning the idea behind what kind of tricks mock is actually doing behind the scenes was hard to understand for me. By now however, Pitivi has a code of good quality for all the work I have done (Alex thanks for the excellent reviews) supported by relevant tests.
So what is next?
Over the course of this and the next week, I will be concentrating on the UI primarily and bringing all the little pieces of work I have done together. Hopefully by the end of this week, I will be able to present an implemented and working UI for the Preferences shortcuts section and also add the reset buttons to reset one or all shortcuts.