Re: [Kile-devel] Pipe to Console in kile

[Jeroen W. <Jer...@kd...>]

Ben Goodrich wrote:

>Hi,
>
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:
>
>  
>
>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>
>
>  
>
This is only step one. You also have to create a KAction instance. The 
above lines only tell Kile, where this action should
be placed in the GUI. See kile.cpp:setupActions for tons of examples.

>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");
>  
>
You would put these lines in kile.cpp:setupActions.

>[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());
>}
>
>  
>
You could place the slot in kile.cpp if you choose to. Don't forget to 
add the slot declaration to kile.h.

>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?
>  
>
Since you would have created a KAction, it will automatically appear in 
those dialogs.

best,
Jeroen