Hello,

I'm trying to display a SVG in my plasmoid, like this:

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class Meter(Applet):

    def init(self):
        ...
        self.bg = Plasma.Svg(self.applet)
        self.bg.setImagePath("meter")
        print self.bg.isValid()
        ...


My package structure looks like this:

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metadata.desktop
contents/
contents/images/
contents/images/meter.svg
contents/code/
contents/code/main.py


Alas, the image is never loaded, and isValid() always returns false. Moving meter.svg around the file hierarchy doesn't help either. If I use an absolute path, the SVG is shown.

Where inside my package do I have to put the SVG file so that it is found with a relative path? (Strangely enough, above seems to work on Fedora, but not on Kubuntu?!)

Regards
Ralph

Have you read http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apid ... 6742ebc35b ?

Yes, I have, and all the tutorials on TechBase as well. But the information isn't there.

From the API:

If the parent object of this Svg is a Plasma::Applet, relative paths will be searched for in the applet's package first.

Searched where -- the package root? The contents directory? Why isn't the file found in any position I've tried?

Ralph

Unfortunately I'm not very knowledgeable in this area (especially not scripted widgets), but you can look at other widgets for examples, e.g. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/gm ... ent=101229 and http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Now+Rocking?content=106304.