[Eric] new user questions

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Sunday 17 November 2013, 17:31:38 Sebastian Elsner wrote:
> Am 17.11.2013 15:25, schrieb Detlev Offenbach:
> >> * can I create custom templates or code skeletions like if I type
> >> "super" I can expand it to super(MyClass).__init__(parent)
> > 
> > Please check, if the built-in templates are what you have in mind
> > (Templates Viewer).
> 
> This is what I was looking for (in the settings dialog, though :))!
> Only, I don't think I can insert them via some kind of autocompletion
> directly in the editor, right?! At least in the shortcut editor I have
> found no entry for templates.

That is done automatically when entering the start of a template name and 
pressing Tab.

> 
> >> * themes: it would be very nice to be able to define themes via
> >> QPalettes. Defining via stylesheets is nice and lets you do more than
> >> palettes, but it is way more difficult to get a consistent look if you
> >> "just" want to create a dark UI. For example I prefer the plastique
> >> style, but if I apply a stylesheet to make the ui dark, the scrollbar
> >> look like windows xp.
> > 
> > eric uses the Qt style by default. However, that can be changed via the
> > configuration dialog, Interface->Interface page. Here you may select a
> > different Qt style and assign a custom style sheet file to used (Qt style
> > sheet).
> 
> I had already found that. My problem is more basic: using stylesheets I
> have to define styles for ALL widgets (just once for the QWidget base
> class does not work for all) or I will get strange looking results for
> some widgets. See the attached image: On the left I am using a
> stylesheet, on the right QPalette (which I quickly hacked in Eric5.py).
> Please note how the scrollbars degenerate from "plastique" to "Win xp"
> (on the left) whereas on the right they stay with plastique. There are
> also other subtle glitches like strange colors for tree items being
> selected but not in focus. I know this might be nitpicking, but I do
> design a lot of dark Qt ui for a living :)
> 
> >> * plugins: is there any documentation on what a plugin needs to
> >> implement or can implement to get a certain behaviour? (technical 
report
> >> does not give much information). I have the dark palette thing 
working,
> >> but I would like to put it into a plugin for sharing.
> > 
> > The eric archive contains a document describing the plug-in system 
and
> > the development of plug-ins. eric itself and the online eric plug-in
> > repository provide a bunch of plug-ins that can be used as examples.
> > However, style sheets need not be wrapped in a plug-in because you 
can
> > load them directly (see above answer).
> 
> The question was targeted at making the dark QPalettes a eric plugin. I
> get that qss does not need plugin wrapping.

Wouldn't it be better to create a dark Qt style and install that into Qt and 
select it from within eric?

Detlev-- 
*Detlev Offenbach*
detlev at die-offenbachs.de
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