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[SOLVED] customizing templates for source/header files

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    octal
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    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

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      mzimmers
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      #5

      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.

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        lgeyer
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        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.

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          mzimmers
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          #7

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

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            bobby
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            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.

            "Linux is not user-friendly." It is user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
            ---Source unknown

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              mzimmers
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              #9

              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.

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                bobby
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                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

                "Linux is not user-friendly." It is user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
                ---Source unknown

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                  mzimmers
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                  #11

                  Hi, Bobby -

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

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                    bobby
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                    try looking for 'qtquick10'

                    "Linux is not user-friendly." It is user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
                    ---Source unknown

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

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


                        Declaration of (Platform) independence.

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                          mzimmers
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                          Hi, Rahul –

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

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                            Rahul Das
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                            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..


                            Declaration of (Platform) independence.

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                              mzimmers
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                              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.

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                                lgeyer
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                                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.

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                                  goetz
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                                  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.

                                  http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                                    mzimmers
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                                    #20

                                    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?

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                                      goetz
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                                      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".

                                      http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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                                        mzimmers
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                                        #22

                                        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

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