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347	and use the right import:	347	and use the right import:
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349	``from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal``	349	``from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal``
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351	To emit or create slots for objects that aren't standard python objects, you only have to put their names between quotation marks.	351	To emit or create slots for objects that aren't standard python objects, you only have to put their names between quotation marks.
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		353	A note on unit tests
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		356	If you want to write unit tests for your plugin, have a look at the `mock krita module <https://github.com/rbreu/krita-python-mock>`_.
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353	Conclusion	359	Conclusion
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356	Okay, so that covers all the Krita specific details for creating python plugins. It doesn't handle how to parse the pixel data, or best practices with documents, but if you have a little bit of experience with python you should be able to start creating your own plugins.	362	Okay, so that covers all the Krita specific details for creating python plugins. It doesn't handle how to parse the pixel data, or best practices with documents, but if you have a little bit of experience with python you should be able to start creating your own plugins.
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358	As always, read the code carefully and read the API docs for python, Krita and Qt carefully to see what is possible, and you'll get pretty far.	364	As always, read the code carefully and read the API docs for python, Krita and Qt carefully to see what is possible, and you'll get pretty far.