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KRunner in Python (and IV)

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To make this very simple example working, I've had to modify the pyrunner.py file that I checked out in the last post. I don't know if this changes will be necessary in newer KDE versions (mine is 4.3.4), but by now this patch can be used.

And here is a final working example:

from PyKDE4 import plasmascript
from PyKDE4.plasma import Plasma

class EchoRunner(plasmascript.Runner):
    
    def match(self, search):
        if not search.isValid():
            return
            
        term = search.query()
        if term.length < 2:
            return

        m = Plasma.QueryMatch(self.runner)
        m.setType(Plasma.QueryMatch.ExactMatch)
        m.setText('You said "%s"' % term)
        m.setData(term)
        search.addMatch(term, m)
        
    def run(self, search, action):
        print 'You said "%s"' % action.data().toPyObject()

def CreateRunner(parent):
    return EchoRunner(parent)
I think it is self explainable, but you can leave any question in the comments. You can also download the full example structure ready to install from here.
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