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Message #03457
Re: "Can I use the internet?"
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Iain Lane <laney@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Manuel,
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 04:09:05PM +0200, Manuel de la Pena wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Iain Lane <laney@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 08:12:42AM -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 10:44 +0100, Iain Lane wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In implementing the Time and Date settings[0], I need to know how
> to
> > > > > answer the question in the subject. We have NM's D-Bus API - does
> that
> > > > > cover all cases (mobile data, flight mode, containment [ok, that's
> not
> > > > > relevant for system settings, but more generally], ...) or is there
> > > > > something else to use here?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To be clear, you shouldn't use the D-Bus API, but instead the
> library.
> > >
> > > Which library? libnm-glib? If so, why's that better?
> > >
> > >
> > I have been doing some work recently with QNetworkInfo (
> > http://qt.developpez.com/doc/5.0-snapshot/qnetworkinfo/). Is there
> anything
> > wrong with that?
>
> Admittedly I didn't know about it ;-) But looking at that API reference
> it seems to be more about mobile stuff whereas my question is a bit more
> generic than that — I want to know if there's an internet connection of
> any type available.
>
networkStatus returns an enum wouldn't that be enough for your needs?? (No
idea, that is why I'm asking :D)
>
> Maybe I can't see it on this API or maybe Qt has something else for that
> in which case I'd be happy to switch over.
>
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