Write rich text into .odt file
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Hi,
@Tamfub said in Write rich text into .odt file:
@artwaw
Hi,
Unfortunately there cannot be a textEdit in my project, so I was wondering if I could do the same with the bits that make the QTextDocument and put them inside it.Out of curiosity, can you explain the reasons you can't have a QTextEdit in your UI ?
@SGaist
Hello,
the project I am working on is something like this:
https://conclave-team.github.io/conclave-site/
The client and server send data with QTcpSockets. The server side does not have a GUI (it is on the client side, with a textEdit), the client sends each Symbol and the server keeps them in a QList.
Now, we would like to store this Symbols (that compose a rich text) in a local .odt file.
I think it is unconvenient to send the whole textEdit->document() at every change inside the client textEdit. -
@SGaist
Hello,
the project I am working on is something like this:
https://conclave-team.github.io/conclave-site/
The client and server send data with QTcpSockets. The server side does not have a GUI (it is on the client side, with a textEdit), the client sends each Symbol and the server keeps them in a QList.
Now, we would like to store this Symbols (that compose a rich text) in a local .odt file.
I think it is unconvenient to send the whole textEdit->document() at every change inside the client textEdit. -
@Tamfub I'd still stick with internal representation as QTextEdit, you can edit it as the symbols flow in.
@artwaw said in Write rich text into .odt file:
@Tamfub I'd still stick with internal representation as QTextEdit, you can edit it as the symbols flow in.
Agreed, establish a protocol to keep the documents in sync but there's no need to reinvent the wheel.
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Ok, I have a distributed application and I must apply the CRDT algorithm to keep consistency in shared documents. Since more than one clients may work on the same document (like in Google Docs), how can I keep more than one textEdit graphical element on the server? Maybe I'm not getting it at all.
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Ok, I have a distributed application and I must apply the CRDT algorithm to keep consistency in shared documents. Since more than one clients may work on the same document (like in Google Docs), how can I keep more than one textEdit graphical element on the server? Maybe I'm not getting it at all.
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So you want to implement something like Google Docs ?
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Yes, something like that. But if I have a Symbol like one of the first post:
Symbol s('H', QFont::Bold)can I create an empty QTextDocument and insert the Symbol character and properties inside it?
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@artwaw ok, how can I insert the character? Should I create a QTextBlock inside the QTextDocument or what?
@Tamfub You edit QTextDocument using QTextCursor (it is mentioned in QTextDocument documentation btw.).
Also worth reading before you begin is Rich Text Editing overview page.It is a fair amount of reading but in my honest opinion - it is worth it.
