plugin development help

[Jack]

Another option would be to use a VirtualBox installation, and don't  
worry about installing into the system, since you can just wipe it out  
and start again, especially if you save a snapshot of the guest.

On 2016.03.22 05:41, Przemysław Kamiński wrote:
> OK, seem to have found it:
> 
> https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kmymoney-devel/2014-March/012295.html
> 
> P.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:15 AM, allan <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > There may be more than that required.  There was some discussion  
> here a
> > while back. You'll need to search the list.
> > Allan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my Samsung device
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Przemek Kamiński <cgenie at gmail.com>
> > Date: 22/03/2016 05:32 (GMT+00:00)
> > To: For KMyMoney development <kmymoney-devel at kde.org>
> > Cc: kmymoney-devel at kde.org
> > Subject: Re: plugin development help
> >
> > This is what my question was about. I do have the rc file (see the  
> repo I
> > linked to). Problem is that I don't want to install it into system
> > directory when developing. I tried to run it with
> >
> > KDEBASE=/tmp ./kmymoney
> >
> > but with no success.
> >
> > P.
> >
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> >
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:48 PM, aga <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 21/03/16 19:47, Przemysław Kamiński wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I would like to add Lua scripting support to KMyMoney as a  
> plugin. This
> > > is what I have as a draft:
> > >
> > >
> >  
> https://github.com/CGenie/kmymoney/tree/4.7-lua-plugin/kmymoney/plugins/lua
> > >
> > > One question -- when I compile KMyMoney and install it into some  
> /tmp
> > > directory -- does the kmymoney bin have to be executed in some  
> special
> > > way? I mean I add an .rc file to add 'Lua...' to the Tools menu,  
> I guess
> > > it has to find that .rc file somehow. If I just run
> > > /tmp/usr/bin/kmymoney the menu entry is not there.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Przemek
> >
> > Where .rc files get installed is specified in the CMakeLists.txt  
> file.
> > Generally, /usr/share/kde4/apps/<yourpluginname>/.
> >
> >
> > What is needed is something on the lines of
> > kmymoney/kmymoney/plugins/csvimport/kmm_csvimport.rc.
> >
> > "<!DOCTYPE kpartgui>
> > <kpartgui name="kmymoneyplugin-csvimporter" version="0">
> > <MenuBar>
> > <Menu name="file">
> > <Menu name="import" append="import_merge">
> > <Action name="file_import_csv" />
> > </Menu>
> > </Menu>
> > </MenuBar>
> > </kpartgui>
> > ", which you'd need to adjust.
> >
> > There are some tutorials like
> > "https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Services/Plugins".
> > I haven't tried this for some while so cannot guarantee all is OK,  
> but
> > it should give you a start.
> >
> > Also, have a look at the csvimporter plugin, which I cobbled  
> together
> > from various sources.
> >
> > Read them thoroughly to get an understanding. You know where we are.
> >
> > Allan
> >
> >
>