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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    Re: Documentation issues with python encoding plugin
From:       Christoph Cullmann <cullmann () absint ! de>
Date:       2010-08-23 19:19:35
Message-ID: 201008232119.36089.cullmann () absint ! de
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On Monday 23 August 2010 21:09:36 Burkhard Lück wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 17. August 2010, um 07:38:12 schrieb Burkhard Lück:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > the kate documentation in trnk and 4.5 has this sentence:
> > 
> > "Python Encoding check
> > This plugin is always enabled.
> > If you are trying to save a python file as non ASCII, without specifying
> > a correct source encoding line like &eg; <quote># -*- coding: utf-8
> > -*-</quote>, a warning dialog pops up and allows you to add a proper
> > source encoding line for the current encoding to the file."
> > 
> > 1) In 4.5 the plugin isn't build anymore and "presave-postdialog python-
> > encoding;" was removed from katemoderc.
> > So this sentence is wrong for 4.5 and has to be removed as well. Right?
> > 
> > 2) In trunk it is (again) still build, but not used it per default
> > (commented in katemoderc).
> > Afaik there is no way to enable this plugin via the gui (settings
> > dialog), only by uncommenting the line in katemoderc, right?
> > 
> > How to deal with that issue in the documentation? Leave the text and add
> > a hint how to enable it?
> > 
> > Btw, reading https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=247437 it seems to be
> > usefull for some people...
> 
> Ping?
> 
> The next realease (4.5.1) is only a few days ahead...
The problem with the plugin and the whole load/save plugin stuff, it is not 
maintained :/
I for my part would be more happy with not enabling it and not telling people 
about it, even if it is useful in some cases :/
Beside if somebody steps up to maintain it.

Greetings
Christoph
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