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List:       kdevelop-devel
Subject:    Re: slim kdevelop
From:       Alexander Dymo <adymo () mksat ! net>
Date:       2004-10-07 21:20:34
Message-ID: 200410080020.35257.adymo () mksat ! net
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On Thursday 07 October 2004 20:03, Ian Reinhart Geiser wrote:
> Also Is it also possible to remove the Diff plugin, and the application
> information console?  Then bind these to projects.
> Next we need to add a filter for the new project wizard.  This filter will
> keep C++ projects from polluting HTML projects, and HTML projects from
> cluttering C++ projects.
> Lastly I am wondering how hard it would be to replace the splash screen
> and the about data for KDevelop, so we can make it say other things.
I already thought about it a bit. My suggestions were on our wiki but wiki is
dead atm, so look at attachment.

> IMHO this would bring us a pretty solid base for making KDevelop a
> platform for building IDEs.


-- 
Alexander Dymo
ICST Department, National University of Shipbuilding, Mykolayiv, Ukraine

["kdev_profiles" (text/plain)]

1. How would I like to see profiles in KDevelop

Plugin profiles should form a tree-like hierarchy:

KDevelop                                     this keeps a list of enabled plugins for \
a kdevelop ide which loads w/o profiles |                                            \
only global profiles are listed here; this list keeps minumum number of plugins \
necessary |
> --Compiled Language Development             this keeps a list of enabled and \
> disabled global and a list of enabled project plugins
> > for all compiled language 
> > 
> > --C&C++ Development                      this keeps a list of enabled and \
> > disabled global and a list of enabled project plugins
> > used for c/c++ projects
> > --Java Development
> > --etc.
> 
> --Scripting Language Development
> > --Python Development
> > --etc.
> 
> --Full IDE                                  this is a virtual profile - everything \
> is enabled

Profiles inherit settings from their parents but can override them.


2. What is the profile
- Profile is a directory somewhere in $KDEDIR/share/kdevelop/profiles
    example: Full IDE profile would reside in \
                $KDEDIR/share/kdevelop/profiles/KDevelop/Full IDE
- Profile keeps a list of files named <plugin_name>.enable and/or \
<plugin_name>.disable  example: in $KDEDIR/share/kdevelop/profiles/KDevelop/Compiled \
Language Development/C&C++ Development we could have files:  KDevAbbrev.enable
        KDevFileView.disable
- Plugin is considered as disabled by default. I.e. if for given profile and all its \
parents there are no <plugin_name>.enable file then plugin is disabled for the \
profile.

3. Why profile is not a ini-like file
We need to provide a way for plugin developers to specify which profile this plugin \
fits to.  And this would be a matter of installing file <plugin_name>.enable into the \
profile dir. For example KDevDocumentation.enable could go to \
$KDEDIR/share/kdevelop/profiles/KDevelop/Full IDE during installation.


4. How to run KDevelop with a profile.
4.1 at startup: kdevelop --profile=... and plugin controller will take care about \
loading necessary plugins. 4.2 at project startup: project has it's own setting for a \
profile and kdevelop will unload disabled global  plugins for the profile and load \
enabled global plugins for the profile; project loader will load only plugins in \
                profile;
_additionally_: signals unloadedProfile(name) and loadedProfile(name) would be \
emitted

5. How to deal with plugins which need to react to the profile change
- application wizard (limit the number of app templates in the list)
- documentation plugin (limit the number of doc plugins loaded and/or limit a number \
                of documentation catalog)
- etc.

Solution: plugin will react on unloadedProfile(name) and loadedProfile(name) and \
perform necessary operations


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