[SOLVED] customizing templates for source/header files

[mzimmers]

Hi -

I'm sure there's a way to do this, so I'll ask: how do I modify the templates that are provided when I create a new file through Creator? I'd like to elaborate on the template for the header files, and create one for the source files (since none seems to exist).

Thanks.

[lgeyer]

Is QtCreator/share/qtcreator/templates what your are looking for?

[mzimmers]

I can't find such a directory structure in my file system; where does this reside?

Thanks.

[octal]

What is your system ?

In my installation, on Windows 7, I have : C:\Qt\QtCreator\share\qtcreator\templates

More generic : %QTDIR%\QtCreator\share\qtcreator\templates

[mzimmers]

Hmm...I'm on a Mac, and have no such directory. I also did an mdfind on qtcreator with no success.

Maybe someone else can fill in the blank here.

[lgeyer]

According to the Qt Creator sources the directory is the same for all platforms. You'll find a listing "here":http://pastebin.com/RVw4X4SC if you want to locate the directory by its contents.

[mzimmers]

Weird...I'm not finding any of that on my system.

[bobby]

Where is Qt installed? When I installed Qt I installed it to my home directory to keep it seperately so for me it's /home/bobby/QtSDK/QtCreator

How do you run QtCreator? Look at it's executable path from how you're calling it.

[mzimmers]

Qt is installed in /Developer/Applications/Qt on my system disk. I run Qt Creator by clicking on a dock icon that points to the file "Qt Creator" in that directory.

[bobby]

I don't have access to a Mac right now but try opening the terminal utility and run:

@
find / -iname 'qt4project'
@

Then it should give you the path to that template

[mzimmers]

Hi, Bobby -

I tried that, and got reams of output. Is there a way to filter out the extraneous information?

[bobby]

try looking for 'qtquick10'

[mzimmers]

@sh-3.2# find / -iname '*qtquick10'
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
sh-3.2#
@

[Rahul Das]

I dont know much about Qt on Mac, But have you checked /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.2/ or something similar to this ?

[mzimmers]

Hi, Rahul –

I don't have a Trolltech directory under /usr/local.

[Rahul Das]

Based on this "doc":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/install-mac.html, You would have set the PATH during installation i guess. So, looking at PATH may give u hint..

[mzimmers]

I have no idea what's going on now. I just installed the new release, and I still don't have a Trolltech directory anywhere that I can find.

Here's where I installed it, and what I got:

@Macintosh-d49a20f3c0dc:Qt mzimmers$ pwd
/Volumes/64_GB_SSD/Developer/Applications/Qt
Macintosh-d49a20f3c0dc:Qt mzimmers$ ls
Assistant.app InstallationLog.txt SDKMaintenanceTool.ini
Changelog.txt Licenses Simulator
Demos Madde Symbian
Desktop Qt Creator.app components.xml
Documentation SDKMaintenanceTool.app readme
Examples SDKMaintenanceTool.dat
@

It wanted to install into a directory under my username, but I prefer keeping my apps in a more centralized location.

[lgeyer]

Qt Creator.app might be an "application bundle":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_bundle#Mac_OS_X_application_bundles, "containing":http://www.mactipsandtricks.com/articles/Wiley_HT_appBundles.lasso all the files for Qt Creator, including the ones you are looking for.

[goetz]

You will find the templates for the stand alone Qt Creator app in

@
/Applications/Qt Creator.app/Contents/Resources/templates
@

The templates for the C++ files are in the subfolder "qt4project".

Replace "/Applications" with the folder where you have put the Qt Creator binary.

The path may be different for SDK downloads, I never checked those.

[mzimmers]

Hey, thanks, Volker:

Here's the contents of my folder:
@Macintosh-d49a20f3c0dc:qt4project mzimmers$ ls
customwidgetwizard mywidget.h widget.ui
main.cpp mywidget_form.cpp
mywidget.cpp mywidget_form.h
Macintosh-d49a20f3c0dc:qt4project mzimmers$
@

Neither of the .h files seem to match what I get when I create a new .h file. Do the default contents for new files come from somewhere else, perhaps?

[goetz]

I just checked the sources. The contents of a new header file is hard coded into Qt Creator. It is always of the format

@
#ifndef FILENAME_IN_UPPER_CASE_H
#define FILENAME_IN_UPPER_CASE_H

#endif // FILENAME_IN_UPPER_CASE_H
@

The only thing you can customize is a license template, that is prepended on the very top of the file.

The same holds for a single new C++ source file, with the exception, that this one is plain empty (it only contains a single newline, and optionally the license template).

I'm sorry - you will either need to hack Qt Creator (in file qt-creator-master/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfilewizard.cpp) or live with the current "template".

[mzimmers]

OK, I can live with that (though I do find it a bit surprising that it's not configurable).

This is actually good news in a way...during the fact-finding while this thread was going on, I was starting to think I was crazy.

Thanks, V.

mz