[Kile-devel] Pipe to Console in kile

[Ben G. <goo...@fa...>]

Hi,

I am attempting to add the "Pipe to Console" functionality to kile 1.8.1 -- the
same as for kate --and would appreciate tremendously some guidance. It seems as
if this should not be too difficult. I know some C++ but have never hacked a KDE
application before, so I do not quite grasp how all the parts work together yet.
Here are the files that I think are relevant in kile and kate and with which I
am familiar:

kileui.rc
kateconsole.cpp
katemainwindow.cpp

It seems as if I need to add a code chunk like this into kileui.rc

 <Menu name="tools"><text>&amp;Tools</text>
 <Action name="tools_pipe_to_terminal"/>
 </Menu>

And then I see two parts of katemainwindow.cpp (which use functionality from
kateconsole)

  // pipe to terminal action
  if (kapp->authorize("shell_access"))
    new KAction(i18n("&Pipe to Console"), "pipe", 0, this,
SLOT(slotPipeToConsole()), actionCollection(), "tools_pipe_to_terminal");

[snip]
void KateMainWindow::slotPipeToConsole ()
{
  if (!console)
    return;

  Kate::View *v = m_viewManager->activeView();

  if (!v)
    return;

  if (v->getDoc()->hasSelection ())
    console->sendInput (v->getDoc()->selection());
  else
    console->sendInput (v->getDoc()->text());
}

Where would I put similar code into kile? Also, do I need to do anything special
to get the Pipe to Console to show up in Configure Toolbars and Configure
Shortcuts in kile?

Thanks,
Ben