KDE 4.2 PyKDE API Reference

- KDE's Python API

# BackgroundChecker Class Reference

`from PyKDE4.kdecore import *`

Inherits: QObject
Namespace: Sonnet

## Detailed Description

BackgroundChecker is used to perform spell checking without blocking the application. You can use it as is by calling the checkText function or subclass it and reimplement getMoreText function.

The misspelling signal is emitted whenever a misspelled word is found. The background checker stops right before emitting the signal. So the parent has to call continueChecking function to resume the checking.

done signal is emitted when whole text is spell checked.

Author:
  Zack Rusin <zack@kde.org>

class used for spell checking in the background

## Signals

| done ()
| misspelling (QString word, int start)

## Methods

| __init__ (self, QObject parent=0)
| __init__ (self, Sonnet.Speller speller, QObject parent=0)
bool | addWordToPersonal (self, QString word)
| changeLanguage (self, QString lang)
bool | checkWord (self, QString word)
| continueChecking (self)
QString | currentContext (self)
| done (self)
QString | fetchMoreText (self)
| finishedCurrentFeed (self)
| misspelling (self, QString word, int start)
| replace (self, int start, QString oldText, QString newText)
| setSpeller (self, Sonnet.Speller speller)
| setText (self, QString text)
| slotEngineDone (self)
Sonnet.Speller | speller (self)
| start (self)
| stop (self)
QStringList | suggest (self, QString word)
QString | text (self)

## Method Documentation

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | QObject | parent=0
| ) |  |  |

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | Sonnet.Speller | speller,
|  | QObject | parent=0
| ) |  |  |

bool addWordToPersonal | ( | self, |
|  | QString | word
| ) |  |  |

changeLanguage | ( | self, |
|  | QString | lang
| ) |  |  |

bool checkWord | ( | self, |
|  | QString | word
| ) |  |  |

continueChecking | ( |  | self ) |

After emitting misspelling signal the background checker stops. The catcher is responsible for calling continueChecking function to resume checking.

QString currentContext | ( |  | self ) |

done | ( |  | self ) |

Emitted after the whole text has been spell checked.

Signal syntax:
  `QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("done()"), target_slot)`

QString fetchMoreText | ( |  | self ) |

This function is called to get the text to spell check. It will be called continuesly until it returns QString() in which case the done() signal is emitted. Note: the start parameter in mispelling() is not a combined position but a position in the last string returned by fetchMoreText. You need to store the state in the derivatives.

finishedCurrentFeed | ( |  | self ) |

This function will be called whenever the background checker will be finished text which it got from fetchMoreText.

misspelling | ( | self, |
|  | QString | word,
|  | int | start
| ) |  |  |

Emitted whenever a misspelled word is found

Signal syntax:
  `QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("misspelling(const QString&, int)"), target_slot)`

replace | ( | self, |
|  | int | start,
|  | QString | oldText,
|  | QString | newText
| ) |  |  |

setSpeller | ( | self, |
|  | Sonnet.Speller | speller
| ) |  |  |

setText | ( | self, |
|  | QString | text
| ) |  |  |

This method is used to spell check static text. It automatically invokes start().

Use fetchMoreText() with start() to spell check a stream.

slotEngineDone | ( |  | self ) |

Sonnet.Speller speller | ( |  | self ) |

start | ( |  | self ) |

stop | ( |  | self ) |

QStringList suggest | ( | self, |
|  | QString | word
| ) |  |  |

QString text | ( |  | self ) |