[GSoC] User-Defined Project & File Templates

[Aleix Pol]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Andrei G <otzy007 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Andrei G <otzy007 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
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>> >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Andrei G <otzy007 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
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>> >> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Andrei G <otzy007 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org>
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>> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Andrei G <otzy007 at gmail.com>
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>> >> >> >> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org>
>> >> >> >> > wrote:
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>> >> >> >> > So I should think more on the templates sharing part on GHNS
>> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > creation of new files from a template?
>> >> >> >> > To create a new file from a template I think something like
>> >> >> >> > appwizard(Create
>> >> >> >> > New Project) can be used. I am thinking of something similar
>> >> >> >> > like
>> >> >> >> > NetBeans
>> >> >> >> > New File context.
>> >> >> >> > You select the Language and the type of file.
>> >> >> >> > For example for C++: .h file and .cpp file
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>> >> >> >> > Am I on the right track? :D
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>> >> >> >> > --
>> >> >> >> > Andrei
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>> >> >> >> Well, yes. But I'd like you to think it a bit further.
>> >> >> >> - What's the difference between using this and "create new
>> >> >> >> class"?
>> >> >> >> - Is it going to overlap?
>> >> >> >> - What use cases do you want to cover? Where does it end?
>> >> >> >> - Do you plan on integrating it with the buildsystem? For example
>> >> >> >> if
>> >> >> >> you add a test, you'll want to add it to compile, if c++.
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>> >> >> >> See the comments I made in the public mailing list with the OBS
>> >> >> >> guy,
>> >> >> >> maybe it will help.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Aleix
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>> >> >> > I think that this new feature should include "Create Class". And
>> >> >> > of
>> >> >> > course
>> >> >> > they will be included in the buildsystem.
>> >> >> > For C++ templates: Header(.h), .cpp, Class, maybe .ui files
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>> >> >> > By public mailing list you mean
>> >> >> > site:http://barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de/pipermail/kdevelop ?
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>> >> >> > I found this discussion
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>> >> >> > http://barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de/pipermail/kdevelop/2000-November/005890.html
>> >> >> > but I think it's not the one you told me to see it
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Andrei
>> >> >>
>> >> >> no, I mean one from yesterday about GSoC.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> And please, think things through. You can't say you will tackle the
>> >> >> "new class" usecase that easily, the wizard we have now is a bit
>> >> >> more
>> >> >> advanced, it lets you override methods and uses DUChain, it's not
>> >> >> something you can do with file templates alone.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Aleix
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>> >> > I wasn't thinking I will do class creation with just a simple
>> >> > template.
>> >> > I
>> >> > was thinking that the existing create class wizard could be called
>> >> > from
>> >> > Create New File from Template. It's too stupid to put an example
>> >> > class
>> >> > and
>> >> > then the user modifies it.
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>> >> > I might say stupid thinks and not think too much, but I just want to
>> >> > make an
>> >> > idea of what the community wants from this GSoC proposal.
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>> >> > --
>> >> > Andrei
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>> >> Well, the idea is that we need to make sure that you know what needs
>> >> to be done :P.
>> >>
>> >> Aleix
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>> > I understand that :D
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>> > What do you think would be better? To modify the existing templates
>> > wizard
>> > to act like QCreator's one, to be for projects and also for files, or to
>> > have 2 wizards?
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Andrei
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>> well, right now we have a "create file" action. You can enhance it to
>> add non-empty files too.
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>      I know there is one :p I user Kdevelop for most of my programming tasks
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>> also there's a lot to improve in the new class wizard.
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>> I think that you should brainstorm yourself and think of all teh
>> features you'd like to have and see what you can do.
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>> it's fine if we have different ui's, classes are very specific
>> sometimes, depends a lot on the language too. For example, it would be
>> cool that if you tell it to be a QObject instance, then it adds the
>> Q_OBJECT class and all.
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>> Also the templating for the license insertion in the files can be improved
>> too.
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>> Aleix
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> How do you thing license insertion could be improved?
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> --
> Andrei

don't make me do the thinking :)