Hi, I embed a konsolepart in my Python app like this:

(mainwin is my KMainWindow)

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factory = KPluginLoader("libkonsolepart").factory()
if factory:
    part = factory.create(mainwin)
    widget = part.widget()


This shows a terminal window with just a cursor in the upper left corner. So far so good, but now I want Konsole to open a shell in a directory.
In KDE 4.1 and 4.2 this works:

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part.openUrl(KUrl("file:///home/wilbert/"))

But in KDE 4.3 this has stopped working (results in garbled layout and X Errors on the starting terminal). It seems other terminal embedding apps (like Kate) now use the TerminalInterface with the openShellInDir() method.
But how can I use the TerminalInterface on a konsole part from inside PyKDE4? If this isn't possible I think the openUrl() method of the Konsole part needs fixing

Solved:

I found the problem: openUrl() on the konsole part does not work well if the
widget has not yet been added to a parent widget.

So I've got to be sure the part's widget() is added to a parent before calling openUrl().