[] desklet.js can't be imported - Error when adding desklet to desktop.

[linuxmint]

[[email protected]] desklet.js can't be imported - Error when adding desklet to desktop.

[slgobinath]

Thanks for your solution @jaszhix.
Considering the effort to maintain multiple versions, I prefer to let this desklet incompatible with Cinnamon 3.0.7.
In addition, I will provide a manual installation guide explaining how to clone and use an older version.

[NikoKrause]

@slgobinath

[slgobinath]

Hi,
I am unable to produce this problem in my Linux Mint 18.3 with Cinnamon 3.6.7.
I will try this with your version in VM and let you know.

[slgobinath]

@NikoKrause I have faced following problems in Cinnamon 3.0.7:

1. Functions must be defined like this:

test: function() {

}

However, this format was marked as bad practice in last PR check.
2. Default settings values were not initialized. After fixing the above problem, I got this.bgcolor undefined in https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-desklets/blob/master/googleCalendar%40javahelps.com/files/googleCalendar%40javahelps.com/desklet.js#L210

Were there any breaking API changes after Cinnamon 3.0.7?

[NikoKrause]

Asking expert here: @jaszhix

[jaszhix]

Which PR did the linter mark it as bad practice? The eslint configuration might still need some adjusting. I'm not sure what could be causing the undefined typeerror. I know in Cinnamon 3.2 a new API was introduced for the settings binding API, not sure if there would be behavior differences with the old API.

[slgobinath]

Hi,
Please check #259 for Expected method shorthand. (object-shorthand) style warning.

[jaszhix]

Cinnamon 3.0.7 is getting a bit old, you could try find a commit that you know works with it, and 'fork' that into a 3.0.7 directory, in files/UUID/, like this for example. Then move the latest version into a 3.6 directory (or whatever oldest version still works with the desklet). Then add a cinnamon-version property with an array of version strings in metadata.json. Or just add that to metadata.json without forking a 3.0.7 compatible version including the versions that still work in the list, and they should be alerted that the desklet is incompatible with Cinnamon 3.0.7.