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 -- Detlev Offenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list [email protected] http://mats.imk.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde
