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List:       quanta-devel
Subject:    [quanta-devel] Extending Quanta
From:       Milian Wolff <mail () milianw ! de>
Date:       2007-06-13 19:17:44
Message-ID: 200706132117.44529.mail () milianw ! de
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Hi Quanta-Devels!

I want to extend Quanta with two features but I do not now where to start.

First extension: I have a local project and copy the files after changes via 
F8 and ftp to the server (Upload Project...). But since Quanta only has some 
internal heuristics to check wether a file was changed or not I want to write 
a little script which (after pressing a button or even better after opening a 
project) syncs new files from the server to my local copy. This would prevent 
me from overwriting changes made by other people to the files on the server.

I think all I'd need for this is a plugin interface so I can bind my button 
somewhere inside Quanta and a way to get the `*.webprj` of the current 
project.

The second thing I want to do is a little PHP Code Styler. It should come with 
a setting menu  where one can define indentation / bracket / etc styles. Than 
hitting a menu entry / key combo the current file (maybe later on all `*.php` 
files in the project) should be processed and adapted to the selected Code 
Style. I think this should be possible with some RegEx magic or whatever. I 
just don't now how to populate that feature to quanta.

So: Is it possibly to extend Quanta in some way? It should be possible with 
Kommander if I am not mistaken. This is taken from the quanta website:

> Here on this site you will find information on using Kommander to visually
> build dialogs you can extend Quanta with.

But I cannot find this information anywhere... What do you think would be the 
best way to go? I want to write these features to be available to me asap, so 
It wont be possible to use KDE4 features. I'd be willing to start C++ / Qt / 
KDE hacking if there is no other alternative since that is one point on my 
todo list for some time now anyways ;-) I'd just need some help and 
directions.



Thanks and keep up your work on this great app!
-- 
Milian Wolff
http://milianw.de
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