[Kmymoney-devel] Debugging plugins

[Allan]

On 29/03/14 22:19, Chris wrote:
> Hi Allen
>
> With the font issues I found that the font was not specified in the ui
> file so defaults where applied. Those defaults caused problems. So it
> may be the defaults on your machine are more suited to your desktop
> environment than the default on other desktops. On windows, QT uses an
> internationalised font "ms shell dlg 2" which may or may not be a good
> choice. To get a consistent look and feel across desktops requires a
> consistent font.
>
> It may not be ubuntu's fault.
>
> If you could attach a patch that would be wonderful
>
>
> Chris

Hi Chris

In my early days with the plugin, I did not specify a font for the 
tablewidget, and as I then happened to be using a xbuntu machine, The 
UI, in QtDesigner, showed the font as Ubuntu.  It was pointed out to me 
that other systems might not have that font and that I should specify a 
generic font, so I have since specified DejaVu Sans.  When I started 
looking into your problem, I switched from Mint to my Ubuntu system, and 
there the font shows as Ubuntu.  So, I'm pretty sure that it is Ubuntu 
that makes that change.

Your "ms shell dlg 2" font is probably the result of Windows doing 
something similar.

The problem, I've found though, is not directly to do with the font, but 
is caused by several layout parameters that get changed.  So, I now 
start on my Mint PC, get it working and looking correct, then copy that 
file to my Ubuntu.  The changes I've mentioned have now been altered. 
When the plugin starts, as you found, the dialog buttons have almost 
dropped off the window.  Also, on the Banking wizard page, the layout 
has expanded horizontally and the rightmost combo boxes are getting clipped.

So, I then make the parameter changes, the buttons etc. now reappear, 
but the horizontal scroll bar has gone.  I then have to do some tuning 
to find a happy medium.  So what I now do is set the layout parameters 
in the plugin initialisation, and that seems to be satisfactory.  I just 
hope that it helps you on Windows.

I'll send you a patch as soon as I'm happy with it.

Allan

>
> On 29/03/2014 9:14 PM, Allan wrote:
>> On 29/03/14 01:21, Chris wrote:
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>> I am trying to debug the csv import plugin layout problem. It appears
>>> the default font may be a large part of the problem but not all of it.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Cristian
>>
>> Coming in here from a different angle.  Here, I've sorted out the
>> layout problem with Ubuntu-type distros, by applying some settings in
>> the plugin code, instead of relying on the UI file settings.
>> Obviously, Ubuntu over-rides the UI settings, presumably to make
>> things look nice, even if the result is a broken plugin.  It may well
>> be that the same happens on Windows, so my fix may help you.
>>
>> I've got slightly side-tracked by some other minor tidyness issues I
>> noticed, but I could send you a patch for you to try, if you wish.
>> It's only concerns the layout, not the icon thing your screen shot
>> showed.
>>
>> Allan
>>
>>> What I can't work out is to how to actually debug the plugin inside of
>>> msvc2010. KMyMoney does not load the plugin at all when run from the
>>> build directory and when installed it loads the plugin from the libs
>>> directory but because there is no symbol file msvc cant step into it.
>>>
>>> It seems mildly insane to have to install and copy the symbols into the
>>> libs folder everytime I make a code change!!!
>>>
>>> I have tried telling QT to use the build folder but it seems to
>>> ignore it
>>>
>>> I have added the path to the bin folder to QT_PLUGIN_PATH I have also
>>> tried adding the application path by calling
>>> QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath());
>>> inside
>>> the KApplication Constructor
>>>
>>> Both methods succesfully prepend the build folder to the plugin path but
>>> it makes no difference. The plugins (none of them) are loaded.
>>>
>>> All the plugins are in the same folder as the application. The app runs,
>>> it just has no loaded plugins.
>>>
>>> I also added the application path to the PATH env. No luck whatsoever.
>>>
>>> Without copying the plugins to the lib folder each time how can I
>>> debug it?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> _______________________________________________
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