Adding DeepL translator to kate-script

[Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann]

Hi,

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to integrate the DeepL translator into kate tools menu through a
> script command.  https://github.com/vsetka/deepl-translator has made DeepL
> available as a command line utility and also in javascript (see example.js
> provided there).
> 
> I am not proficient at all in javascript and have trouble to use the require()
> function in order to be able to call the translation functions of deepl.
> I pushed my work on https://github.com/b606/katescript-deepL but it is not
> already functional.
> 
> So far my script is installed in ~/.local/share/katepart5/script/commands/
> The command "Translate Selected Text" appears in the menu and a fake
> translation function correctly modify the text in place.
> 
> Then I tried various things in order to get deepl functions (all resulting in
> SyntaxError: ParseError at the require() directive line 41):
> 
> - symbolic link of the whole vsetka folder in ~/.local/share/katepart5/script/
> commands/ or in ~/.local/share/katepart5/script/libraries/ and trying
> require(deepl-translator/index.js) or require(deepl-translator/src/deepl-
> translator.js)
> - symbolic links to the individual files of vsetka in the same folders
> 
> After reading many things about require(), I concluded that I need a kate-
> script guru to solve this, if it is ever possible to do :-)
require() actually should load any .js file relative to

~/.local/share/katepart5/script/libraries/

Not sure how conform the QJSEngine is in regards to all the needs of the scripts
that the deepl stuff needs.

Greetings
Christoph

> 
> Best regards
> 
> -----
> system: debian stretch with stretch-backports activated
> apt-cache policy nodejs kate katepart
> nodejs:
>  Installé : 8.11.1~dfsg-2~bpo9+1
> *** 8.11.1~dfsg-2~bpo9+1 100
>        100 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages
> kate:
>  Installé : 4:16.08.3-1
> *** 4:16.08.3-1 500
>        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages
> katepart:
>  Installé : 4:4.14.3-4
> *** 4:4.14.3-4 500
>         500 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages

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