[Eric] Request for proposal

[detlev]

On Montag, 21. Dezember 2009, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 21.12.09 10:54:47, detlev wrote:
> > On Montag, 21. Dezember 2009, Stephan Neunreither wrote:
> > > ext detlev wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to plan the next steps for eric4 development and would
> > > > like to ask the community. Here are the choices.
> > > >
> > > > 1. Port eric4 to Python3 (resulting in eric5; that may take some
> > > > time) 2. Create a Mercurila VCS plugin (could be done by a volunteer
> > > > as well) 3. Create a GIT VCS plugin (could be done by a volunteer as
> > > > well) 4. Give a suggestion
> > > >
> > > > My vote goes to option 1.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Detlev
> > >
> > > Hi Detlev,
> > >
> > > I vote for  option 1 - the Python 3 port.
> > > Second preference from the list would be a GIT plug in as Qt uses it.
> > >
> > > Additionally I would opt for a closer tie-in of Qt tools.
> >
> > I would like to do that as well. Unfortunately the Qt-Designer parts
> > don't have a public API. Therefore they are not wrapped by PyQt4. If I am
> > wrong, please let me know.
> 
> Basically you're right and wrong :) While the designer library does expose
> all symbols needed to integrate some of the designers core components into
> an application, there's one private header file needed so you can use the
> respective declarations in your own (C++) code. There's a proof-of-concept
> plugin for KDevelop4 that uses a copy of this non-installed header file to
> integrate most parts of the standalone designer into KDevelop4.
> 
> So in theory it should be possible to write the necessary sip-files using a
> copy of this header file. Obviously it would be cool if someone could
> convince the Qt team to make it official public API and install it...

Why not post a bug report? I've done this in the past and got support from a 
Nokia SW-engineer. However, it seems he couldn't convince his colleagues.

Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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