[PyQt] ANN: new eric4 snapshot release

[Simon Edwards]

Hi,

Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 7. November 2007, Simon Edwards wrote:
>> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>>> I would like to inform about the availability of a new eric 4.1 snapshot.
>>> It fixes a bunch of bugs and has these new functions.
>> I've got the snapshot installed. Here's a couple of comments:
>>
>> * The autocomplete window always pops up regardless of how I configure
>> it. I want it to be available but only to appear when I press
>> Ctnl+Space. (I see that you've improved the popup too in the snapshot.
>> cool! much better)
> Did you disable autocompletion in the configuration dialog? It works over 
> here.

I've had a very though play with the autocompletion dialog and have 
tried every combination. It even pops up by its self when the threshold 
is on 10. It does look like a bug. Tell me where to insert the debug 
line. ;-)

>> * When Eric4 started it showed all of the toolbars by default. That is
>> probably not a good idea.
> What would be a good idea?

As little as possible. "Edit", "File" and "View" are plenty. The "File" 
toolbar doesn't need a quit button either. The GUI would be a lot better 
if there was less of it. (I've got a 1e6 + 1 usability suggestions if 
you want them. Do you have a public SVN repository?)

Another thing. I use grey as a background for my editing windows etc. 
I've done this by messing with the syntax highlighting, but every time 
the cursor is on a ':' character the screen flickers white. Is there a 
global windows background colour that I should set?

>> * How can I generate an API file for something like PyKDE4? I found
>> eric-api.py and it accepts PyKDE4 as an argument, and says that it was
>> OK, but it doesn't put anything in the api file.
> eric-api.py is there to generate API files from Python source. As PyKDE4 is 
> not Python source you cannot use it. sip has an API generation facility for 
> sip wrappers. That could be used for PyKDE4. But you should check PyKDE4 
> first because I expect it to have an install option, that generates the API.

oh, I see. I'll have a look around in PyQt

thanks,

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