[PyKDE] Eric misc questions and wishlist

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am Mittwoch, 12. April 2006 15:16 schrieb Jürgen Urner:
> Hello Detlev
>

>
> Now on to the wishlist
> -------------------------------
>
> Maybe s.o. pointed something similar out already but the wishlist is not
> publicly
> available, so I post it anyway.
>
> There is one thing I'm missing cureently in "Extras"
> I do frequently use python scripts to perform various tasks.
> Some scripts are working on the currently selected text (mark-up for
> inclusion
> in HTML pages for example), some do have a fixed argument set, some do not.
>
> There is pretty much space left in "Extras" to make up a user defined part
> of the menu, right at hand. What I would like to suggest is an approach
> taken
> from an editor I used to use wich did make perfekt sense to me.
>
> Details:
> One never knows how many tools a user uses. Can be plenty and may include
> various common tasks.
> So a group switcher would come in in handy. Enabling the user to define
> groups of tools
> up to a certain limit.
>
> Each group can be assigned various tools. Pretty much like the current
> tools menu.
>
> A tool could provide the following options:
> . name of menu entry
> . executable/file to launch (...)
> . arguments
>     + $(filename), $(dir), $(text), $(current selection), ... see KATE
> for example
>
> <o capture output?>
> <o redirect output to current file (current cursor pos)?>
> <o replace contents of current file with output?>
> <o prompt for arguments?>
>
> So the "Extras" menu could look like this:
>
> - macros
> - scripts
> - wizzards
> ---------------
> - new tool group... --> popup
> - select tool group
>     - group default (the group eric comes shipped with)
>     - user defined 1
>     - user defined N
> -----------------
> tool 1 of current tool group
> tool N of current tool group
>
> This may look surprisingly familiar to anyone happening to know
> EditPlus- windows that is :-)
>
> Apart from grouping related tools the group awitcher has the additional
> advantage to
> give the user the opportunity to select tools depending on the current
> script or project
> he is working upon. One for C projects one for Python, one for HTML, one
> for
> documentations (eric docs, python docs) and so on, whatever suites the
> users needs best.
>
> Sorry for flooding the wishlist and not coming up with any patches at all.
> Eric is running _to_ slick so there was not much need to dig into the
> code base.
>
> Thanks for everything
>
>     Jürgen
>

Hi Jürgen,


this feature will be part of the first snapshot of eric4.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de