eric4.Project.Project

Module implementing the project management functionality.

Global Attributes

None

Classes

Project Class implementing the project management functionality.

Functions

None


Project

Class implementing the project management functionality.

Signals

completeRepopulateItem(string)
emitted after an item of the model was repopulated
directoryRemoved(string)
emitted after a directory has been removed from the project
dirty(int)
emitted when the dirty state changes
lexerAssociationsChanged()
emitted after the lexer associations have been changed
newProject()
emitted after a new project was generated
newProjectHooks()
emitted after a new project was generated but before the newProject() signal is sent
prepareRepopulateItem(string)
emitted before an item of the model is repopulated
projectAboutToBeCreated()
emitted just before the project will be created
projectClosed()
emitted after a project was closed
projectClosedHooks()
emitted after a project file was clsoed but before the projectClosed() signal is sent
projectFileRenamed(string, string)
emitted after a file of the project has been renamed
projectFormAdded(string)
emitted after a new form was added
projectFormRemoved(string)
emitted after a form was removed
projectInterfaceAdded(string)
emitted after a new IDL file was added
projectInterfaceRemoved(string)
emitted after a IDL file was removed
projectLanguageAdded(string)
emitted after a new language was added
projectLanguageAddedByCode(string)
emitted after a new language was added. The language code is sent by this signal.
projectLanguageRemoved(string)
emitted after a language was removed
projectOpened()
emitted after a project file was read
projectOpenedHooks()
emitted after a project file was read but before the projectOpened() signal is sent
projectOthersAdded(string)
emitted after a file or directory was added to the OTHERS project data area
projectOthersRemoved(string)
emitted after a file was removed from the OTHERS project data area
projectPropertiesChanged()
emitted after the project properties were changed
projectResourceAdded(string)
emitted after a new resource file was added
projectResourceRemoved(string)
emitted after a resource was removed
projectSessionLoaded()
emitted after a project session file was loaded
projectSourceAdded(string)
emitted after a new source file was added
projectSourceRemoved(string)
emitted after a source was removed
reinitVCS()
emitted after the VCS has been reinitialized
showMenu(string, QMenu)
emitted when a menu is about to be shown. The name of the menu and a reference to the menu are given.
sourceFile(string)
emitted after a project file was read to open the main script
vcsStatusMonitorStatus(QString, QString)
emitted to signal the status of the monitoring thread (ok, nok, op, off) and a status message

Derived from

QObject

Class Attributes

dbgKeynames
keynames
securityCheckPatterns
userKeynames

Class Methods

None

Methods

Project Constructor
__addRecursiveDirectory Private method used to add all files of a directory tree.
__addSingleDirectory Private method used to add all files of a single directory to the project.
__addToOthers Private method to add file/directory to the OTHERS project data.
__binaryTranslationFile Private method to calculate the filename of the binary translations file given the name of the raw translations file.
__checkFilesExist Private method to check, if the files in a list exist.
__checkProjectFileGroup Private method to check, if a file is in a specific file group of the project.
__clearRecent Private method to clear the recent projects menu.
__closeAllWindows Private method to close all project related windows.
__createSnapshotSource Private method to create a snapshot plugin version.
__createZipDirEntries Private method to create dir entries in the zip file.
__deleteDebugProperties Private method to delete the project debugger properties file (.e3d)
__deleteSession Private method to delete the session file.
__doSearchNewFiles Private method to search for new files in the project directory.
__initData Private method to initialize the project data part.
__initDebugProperties Private method to initialize the debug properties.
__initProjectTypes Private method to initialize the list of supported project types.
__loadRecent Private method to load the recently opened project filenames.
__migrate Private method to migrate the supporting project files to their own management directory.
__openRecent Private method to open a project from the list of rencently opened projects.
__pluginCreateArchive Private slot to create an eric4 plugin archive.
__pluginCreatePkgList Private slot to create a PKGLIST file needed for archive file creation.
__pluginCreateSnapshotArchive Private slot to create an eric4 plugin archive snapshot release.
__pluginExtractVersion Private method to extract the version number entry.
__readDebugProperties Private method to read in the project debugger properties file (.e4d, .e3d)
__readProject Private method to read in a project (.e4p, .e4pz, .e3p, .e3pz) file.
__readSession Private method to read in the project session file (.e4s, .e3s)
__readTasks Private method to read in the project tasks file (.e4t, .e3t)
__readUserProperties Private method to read in the user specific project file (.e4q)
__readXMLDebugProperties Public method to read the debugger properties from an XML file.
__readXMLProject Private method to read the project data from an XML file.
__readXMLSession Private method to read the session data from an XML file.
__readXMLTasks Private method to read the project tasks data from an XML file.
__saveRecent Private method to save the list of recently opened filenames.
__searchNewFiles Private slot used to handle the search new files action.
__showCodeCoverage Private slot used to show the code coverage information for the project files.
__showCodeMetrics Private slot used to calculate some code metrics for the project files.
__showContextMenuApiDoc Private slot called before the apidoc menu is shown.
__showContextMenuChecks Private slot called before the checks menu is shown.
__showContextMenuGraphics Private slot called before the graphics menu is shown.
__showContextMenuPackagers Private slot called before the packagers menu is shown.
__showContextMenuRecent Private method to set up the recent projects menu.
__showContextMenuShow Private slot called before the show menu is shown.
__showContextMenuVCS Private slot called before the vcs menu is shown.
__showDebugProperties Private slot to display the debugger properties dialog.
__showFiletypeAssociations Public slot to display the filetype association dialog.
__showLexerAssociations Public slot to display the lexer association dialog.
__showMenu Private method to set up the project menu.
__showProfileData Private slot used to show the profiling information for the project.
__showProperties Private slot to display the properties dialog.
__showUserProperties Private slot to display the user specific properties dialog.
__statusMonitorStatus Private method to receive the status monitor status.
__syncRecent Private method to synchronize the list of recently opened projects with the central store.
__writeDebugProperties Private method to write the project debugger properties file (.e4d)
__writeProject Private method to save the project infos to a project file.
__writeSession Private method to write the session data to an XML file (.e4s).
__writeTasks Private method to write the tasks data to an XML file (.e4t).
__writeUserProperties Private method to write the project data to an XML file.
__writeXMLProject Private method to write the project data to an XML file.
addDirectory Public method used to add all files of a directory to the project.
addE4Actions Public method to add actions to the list of actions.
addFiles Public slot used to add files to the project.
addIdlDir Public slot to add all IDL interfaces of a directory to the current project.
addIdlFiles Public slot to add IDL interfaces to the current project.
addLanguage Public slot used to add a language to the project.
addOthersDir Private slot to add a directory to the OTHERS project data.
addOthersFiles Private slot to add files to the OTHERS project data.
addResourceDir Public slot to add all Qt resource files of a directory to the current project.
addResourceFiles Public slot to add Qt resources to the current project.
addSourceDir Public slot to add all source files of a directory to the current project.
addSourceFiles Public slot to add source files to the current project.
addUiDir Public slot to add all forms of a directory to the current project.
addUiFiles Public slot to add forms to the current project.
appendFile Public method to append a file to the project.
checkDirty Public method to check dirty status and open a message window.
checkLanguageFiles Public slot to check the language files after a release process.
checkSecurityString Public method to check a string for security problems.
checkVCSStatus Public method to wake up the VCS status monitor thread.
clearStatusMonitorCachedState Public method to clear the cached VCS state of a file/directory.
closeProject Public slot to close the current project.
copyDirectory Public slot to copy a directory.
deleteDirectory Public slot to delete a directory from the project directory.
deleteFile Public slot to delete a file from the project directory.
deleteLanguageFile Public slot to delete a translation from the project directory.
getAbsoluteUniversalPath Public method to convert a project relative file path with universal separators to an absolute file path.
getActions Public method to get a list of all actions.
getData Public method to get data out of the project data store.
getDebugProperty Public method to retrieve a debugger property.
getDefaultSourceExtension Public method to get the default extension for the project's programming language.
getEditorLexerAssoc Public method to retrieve a lexer association.
getFiles Public method to get all files starting with a common prefix.
getMainScript Public method to return the main script filename.
getMenu Public method to get a reference to the main menu or a submenu.
getModel Public method to get a reference to the project browser model.
getMostRecent Public method to get the most recently opened project.
getProjectDictionaries Public method to get the names of the project specific dictionaries.
getProjectFile Public method to get the path of the project file.
getProjectLanguage Public method to get the project's programming language.
getProjectManagementDir Public method to get the path of the management directory.
getProjectPath Public method to get the project path.
getProjectSpellLanguage Public method to get the project's programming language.
getProjectType Public method to get the type of the project.
getProjectTypes Public method to get the list of supported project types.
getRelativePath Public method to convert a file path to a project relative file path.
getRelativeUniversalPath Public method to convert a file path to a project relative file path with universal separators.
getSources Public method to return the source script files.
getStatusMonitorAutoUpdate Public method to retrieve the status of the auto update function.
getStatusMonitorInterval Public method to get the monitor interval.
getTranslationPattern Public method to get the translation pattern.
getVcs Public method to get a reference to the VCS object.
handleApplicationDiagram Private method to handle the application diagram context menu action.
handlePreferencesChanged Public slot used to handle the preferencesChanged signal.
hasEntry Public method to check the project for a file.
hasProjectType Public method to check, if a project type is already registered.
initActions Public slot to initialize the project related actions.
initFileTypes Public method to initialize the filetype associations with default values.
initMenu Public slot to initialize the project menu.
initToolbar Public slot to initialize the project toolbar.
initVCS Public method used to instantiate a vcs system.
isDebugPropertiesLoaded Public method to return the status of the debug properties.
isDirty Public method to return the dirty state.
isOpen Public method to return the opened state.
isProjectFile Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project.
isProjectForm Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project forms.
isProjectInterface Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project interfaces.
isProjectResource Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project resources.
isProjectSource Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project sources.
moveDirectory Public slot to move a directory.
newProject Public slot to built a new project.
newProjectAddFiles Public method to add files to a new project.
openProject Public slot to open a project.
othersAdded Public slot to be called, if something was added to the OTHERS project data area.
registerProjectType Public method to register a project type.
removeDirectory Public slot to remove a directory from the project.
removeE4Actions Public method to remove actions from the list of actions.
removeFile Public slot to remove a file from the project.
removeLanguageFile Public slot to remove a translation from the project.
renameFile Public slot to rename a file of the project.
renameFileInPdata Public method to rename a file in the pdata structure.
renameMainScript Public method to rename the main script.
reopenProject Public slot to reopen the current project.
repopulateItem Public slot to repopulate a named item.
saveAllScripts Public method to save all scripts belonging to the project.
saveProject Public slot to save the current project.
saveProjectAs Public slot to save the current project to a different file.
setData Public method to store data in the project data store.
setDbgInfo Public method to set the debugging information.
setDirty Public method to set the dirty state.
setStatusMonitorAutoUpdate Public method to enable the auto update function.
setStatusMonitorInterval Public method to se the interval of the VCS status monitor thread.
startStatusMonitor Public method to start the VCS status monitor thread.
startswithProjectPath Public method to check, if a path starts with the project path.
stopStatusMonitor Public method to stop the VCS status monitor thread.
unregisterProjectType Public method to unregister a project type.
updateFileTypes Public method to update the filetype associations with new default values.
vcsSoftwareAvailable Public method to check, if some supported VCS software is available to the IDE.

Static Methods

None

Project (Constructor)

Project(parent = None, filename = None)

Constructor

parent
parent widget (usually the ui object) (QWidget)
filename
optional filename of a project file to open (string)

Project.__addRecursiveDirectory

__addRecursiveDirectory(filetype, source, target)

Private method used to add all files of a directory tree.

The tree is rooted at source to another one rooted at target. This method decents down to the lowest subdirectory.

filetype
type of files to add (string)
source
source directory (string)
target
target directory (string)

Project.__addSingleDirectory

__addSingleDirectory(filetype, source, target, quiet = False)

Private method used to add all files of a single directory to the project.

filetype
type of files to add (string)
source
source directory (string)
target
target directory (string)
quiet
flag indicating quiet operations (boolean)

Project.__addToOthers

__addToOthers(fn)

Private method to add file/directory to the OTHERS project data.

fn
filename or directoryname to add

Project.__binaryTranslationFile

__binaryTranslationFile(langFile)

Private method to calculate the filename of the binary translations file given the name of the raw translations file.

langFile
name of the raw translations file (string)
Returns:
name of the binary translations file (string)

Project.__checkFilesExist

__checkFilesExist(index)

Private method to check, if the files in a list exist.

The files in the indicated list are checked for existance in the filesystem. Non existant files are removed from the list and the dirty state of the project is changed accordingly.

index
key of the list to be checked (string)

Project.__checkProjectFileGroup

__checkProjectFileGroup(fn, group)

Private method to check, if a file is in a specific file group of the project.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
group
group to check (string)
Returns:
flag indicating membership (boolean)

Project.__clearRecent

__clearRecent()

Private method to clear the recent projects menu.

Project.__closeAllWindows

__closeAllWindows()

Private method to close all project related windows.

Project.__createSnapshotSource

__createSnapshotSource(filename)

Private method to create a snapshot plugin version.

The version entry in the plugin module is modified to signify a snapshot version. This method appends the string "-snapshot-" and date indicator to the version string.

filename
name of the plugin file to modify (string)
Returns:
modified source (string), snapshot version string (string)

Project.__createZipDirEntries

__createZipDirEntries(path, zipFile)

Private method to create dir entries in the zip file.

path
name of the directory entry to create (string)
zipFile
open ZipFile object (zipfile.ZipFile)

Project.__deleteDebugProperties

__deleteDebugProperties()

Private method to delete the project debugger properties file (.e3d)

Project.__deleteSession

__deleteSession()

Private method to delete the session file.

Project.__doSearchNewFiles

__doSearchNewFiles(AI = True, onUserDemand = False)

Private method to search for new files in the project directory.

If new files were found, it shows a dialog listing these files and gives the user the opportunity to select the ones he wants to include. If 'Automatic Inclusion' is enabled, the new files are automatically added to the project.

AI
flag indicating whether the automatic inclusion should be honoured (boolean)
onUserDemand
flag indicating whether this method was requested by the user via a menu action (boolean)

Project.__initData

__initData()

Private method to initialize the project data part.

Project.__initDebugProperties

__initDebugProperties()

Private method to initialize the debug properties.

Project.__initProjectTypes

__initProjectTypes()

Private method to initialize the list of supported project types.

Project.__loadRecent

__loadRecent()

Private method to load the recently opened project filenames.

Project.__migrate

__migrate()

Private method to migrate the supporting project files to their own management directory.

Project.__openRecent

__openRecent(act)

Private method to open a project from the list of rencently opened projects.

act
reference to the action that triggered (QAction)

Project.__pluginCreateArchive

__pluginCreateArchive(snapshot = False)

Private slot to create an eric4 plugin archive.

snapshot
flag indicating a snapshot archive (boolean)

Project.__pluginCreatePkgList

__pluginCreatePkgList()

Private slot to create a PKGLIST file needed for archive file creation.

Project.__pluginCreateSnapshotArchive

__pluginCreateSnapshotArchive()

Private slot to create an eric4 plugin archive snapshot release.

Project.__pluginExtractVersion

__pluginExtractVersion(filename)

Private method to extract the version number entry.

filename
name of the plugin file to modify (string)
Returns:
version string (string)

Project.__readDebugProperties

__readDebugProperties(quiet=0)

Private method to read in the project debugger properties file (.e4d, .e3d)

quiet
flag indicating quiet operations. If this flag is true, no errors are reported.

Project.__readProject

__readProject(fn)

Private method to read in a project (.e4p, .e4pz, .e3p, .e3pz) file.

fn
filename of the project file to be read (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.__readSession

__readSession(quiet = False, indicator = "")

Private method to read in the project session file (.e4s, .e3s)

quiet
flag indicating quiet operations. If this flag is true, no errors are reported.
indicator=
indicator string (string)

Project.__readTasks

__readTasks()

Private method to read in the project tasks file (.e4t, .e3t)

Project.__readUserProperties

__readUserProperties()

Private method to read in the user specific project file (.e4q)

Project.__readXMLDebugProperties

__readXMLDebugProperties(fn, validating, quiet)

Public method to read the debugger properties from an XML file.

fn
filename of the project debugger properties file to be read (string or QString)
validating
flag indicating a validation of the XML file is requested (boolean)
quiet
flag indicating quiet operations. If this flag is true, no errors are reported.

Project.__readXMLProject

__readXMLProject(fn, validating)

Private method to read the project data from an XML file.

fn
filename of the project file to be read (string or QString)
validating
flag indicating a validation of the XML file is requested (boolean)
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.__readXMLSession

__readXMLSession(fn, validating, quiet)

Private method to read the session data from an XML file.

The data read is:

fn
filename of the project session file to be read (string or QString)
validating
flag indicating a validation of the XML file is requested (boolean)
quiet
flag indicating quiet operations. If this flag is true, no errors are reported.

Project.__readXMLTasks

__readXMLTasks(fn, validating)

Private method to read the project tasks data from an XML file.

fn
filename of the project tasks file to be read (string or QString)
validating
flag indicating a validation of the XML file is requested (boolean)

Project.__saveRecent

__saveRecent()

Private method to save the list of recently opened filenames.

Project.__searchNewFiles

__searchNewFiles()

Private slot used to handle the search new files action.

Project.__showCodeCoverage

__showCodeCoverage()

Private slot used to show the code coverage information for the project files.

Project.__showCodeMetrics

__showCodeMetrics()

Private slot used to calculate some code metrics for the project files.

Project.__showContextMenuApiDoc

__showContextMenuApiDoc()

Private slot called before the apidoc menu is shown.

Project.__showContextMenuChecks

__showContextMenuChecks()

Private slot called before the checks menu is shown.

Project.__showContextMenuGraphics

__showContextMenuGraphics()

Private slot called before the graphics menu is shown.

Project.__showContextMenuPackagers

__showContextMenuPackagers()

Private slot called before the packagers menu is shown.

Project.__showContextMenuRecent

__showContextMenuRecent()

Private method to set up the recent projects menu.

Project.__showContextMenuShow

__showContextMenuShow()

Private slot called before the show menu is shown.

Project.__showContextMenuVCS

__showContextMenuVCS()

Private slot called before the vcs menu is shown.

Project.__showDebugProperties

__showDebugProperties()

Private slot to display the debugger properties dialog.

Project.__showFiletypeAssociations

__showFiletypeAssociations()

Public slot to display the filetype association dialog.

Project.__showLexerAssociations

__showLexerAssociations()

Public slot to display the lexer association dialog.

Project.__showMenu

__showMenu()

Private method to set up the project menu.

Project.__showProfileData

__showProfileData()

Private slot used to show the profiling information for the project.

Project.__showProperties

__showProperties()

Private slot to display the properties dialog.

Project.__showUserProperties

__showUserProperties()

Private slot to display the user specific properties dialog.

Project.__statusMonitorStatus

__statusMonitorStatus(status, statusMsg)

Private method to receive the status monitor status.

It simply reemits the received status.

status
status of the monitoring thread (QString, ok, nok or off)
statusMsg
explanotory text for the signaled status (QString)

Project.__syncRecent

__syncRecent()

Private method to synchronize the list of recently opened projects with the central store.

Project.__writeDebugProperties

__writeDebugProperties(quiet=0)

Private method to write the project debugger properties file (.e4d)

quiet
flag indicating quiet operations. If this flag is true, no errors are reported.

Project.__writeProject

__writeProject(fn = None)

Private method to save the project infos to a project file.

fn
optional filename of the project file to be written. If fn is None, the filename stored in the project object is used. This is the 'save' action. If fn is given, this filename is used instead of the one in the project object. This is the 'save as' action.
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.__writeSession

__writeSession(quiet = False, indicator = "")

Private method to write the session data to an XML file (.e4s).

The data saved is:

quiet
flag indicating quiet operations. If this flag is true, no errors are reported.
indicator=
indicator string (string)

Project.__writeTasks

__writeTasks()

Private method to write the tasks data to an XML file (.e4t).

Project.__writeUserProperties

__writeUserProperties()

Private method to write the project data to an XML file.

Project.__writeXMLProject

__writeXMLProject(fn = None)

Private method to write the project data to an XML file.

fn
the filename of the project file (string)

Project.addDirectory

addDirectory(filter = None, startdir = None)

Public method used to add all files of a directory to the project.

filter
filter to be used by the add directory dialog (string out of source, form, resource, interface, others)
startdir
start directory for the selection dialog

Project.addE4Actions

addE4Actions(actions)

Public method to add actions to the list of actions.

actions
list of actions (list of E4Action)

Project.addFiles

addFiles(filter = None, startdir = None)

Public slot used to add files to the project.

filter
filter to be used by the add file dialog (string out of source, form, resource, interface, others)
startdir
start directory for the selection dialog

Project.addIdlDir

addIdlDir()

Public slot to add all IDL interfaces of a directory to the current project.

Project.addIdlFiles

addIdlFiles()

Public slot to add IDL interfaces to the current project.

Project.addLanguage

addLanguage()

Public slot used to add a language to the project.

Project.addOthersDir

addOthersDir()

Private slot to add a directory to the OTHERS project data.

Project.addOthersFiles

addOthersFiles()

Private slot to add files to the OTHERS project data.

Project.addResourceDir

addResourceDir()

Public slot to add all Qt resource files of a directory to the current project.

Project.addResourceFiles

addResourceFiles()

Public slot to add Qt resources to the current project.

Project.addSourceDir

addSourceDir()

Public slot to add all source files of a directory to the current project.

Project.addSourceFiles

addSourceFiles()

Public slot to add source files to the current project.

Project.addUiDir

addUiDir()

Public slot to add all forms of a directory to the current project.

Project.addUiFiles

addUiFiles()

Public slot to add forms to the current project.

Project.appendFile

appendFile(fn, isSourceFile = False, updateModel = True)

Public method to append a file to the project.

fn
filename to be added to the project (string or QString)
isSourceFile
flag indicating that this is a source file even if it doesn't have the source extension (boolean)
updateModel
flag indicating an update of the model is requested (boolean)

Project.checkDirty

checkDirty()

Public method to check dirty status and open a message window.

Returns:
flag indicating whether this operation was successful

Project.checkLanguageFiles

checkLanguageFiles()

Public slot to check the language files after a release process.

Project.checkSecurityString

checkSecurityString(stringToCheck, tag)

Public method to check a string for security problems.

stringToCheck
string that should be checked for security problems (string)
tag
tag that contained the string (string)
Returns:
flag indicating a security problem (boolean)

Project.checkVCSStatus

checkVCSStatus()

Public method to wake up the VCS status monitor thread.

Project.clearStatusMonitorCachedState

clearStatusMonitorCachedState(name)

Public method to clear the cached VCS state of a file/directory.

name
name of the entry to be cleared (QString or string)

Project.closeProject

closeProject(reopen = False, noSave = False)

Public slot to close the current project.

reopen=
flag indicating a reopening of the project (boolean)
noSave=
flag indicating to not perform save actions (boolean)
Returns:
flag indicating success (boolean)

Project.copyDirectory

copyDirectory(olddn, newdn)

Public slot to copy a directory.

olddn
original directory name (string or QString)
newdn
new directory name (string or QString)

Project.deleteDirectory

deleteDirectory(dn)

Public slot to delete a directory from the project directory.

dn
directory name to be removed from the project
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.deleteFile

deleteFile(fn)

Public slot to delete a file from the project directory.

fn
filename to be deleted from the project
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.deleteLanguageFile

deleteLanguageFile(langFile)

Public slot to delete a translation from the project directory.

langFile
the translation file to be removed (string)

Project.getAbsoluteUniversalPath

getAbsoluteUniversalPath(path)

Public method to convert a project relative file path with universal separators to an absolute file path.

path
file or directory name to convert (string or QString)
Returns:
absolute path (string)

Project.getActions

getActions()

Public method to get a list of all actions.

Returns:
list of all actions (list of E4Action)

Project.getData

getData(category, key)

Public method to get data out of the project data store.

category
category of the data to get (string, one of PROJECTTYPESPECIFICDATA, CHECKERSPARMS, PACKAGERSPARMS, DOCUMENTATIONPARMS or OTHERTOOLSPARMS)
key
key of the data entry to get (string).
Returns:
a copy of the requested data or None

Project.getDebugProperty

getDebugProperty(key)

Public method to retrieve a debugger property.

key
key of the property (string)
Returns:
value of the property

Project.getDefaultSourceExtension

getDefaultSourceExtension()

Public method to get the default extension for the project's programming language.

Returns:
default extension (including the dot) (string)

Project.getEditorLexerAssoc

getEditorLexerAssoc(filename)

Public method to retrieve a lexer association.

filename
filename used to determine the associated lexer language (string)
Returns:
the requested lexer language (string)

Project.getFiles

getFiles(start)

Public method to get all files starting with a common prefix.

start
prefix (string or QString)

Project.getMainScript

getMainScript(normalized = False)

Public method to return the main script filename.

normalized
flag indicating a normalized filename is wanted (boolean)
Returns:
filename of the projects main script (string)

Project.getMenu

getMenu(menuName)

Public method to get a reference to the main menu or a submenu.

menuName
name of the menu (string)
Returns:
reference to the requested menu (QMenu) or None

Project.getModel

getModel()

Public method to get a reference to the project browser model.

Returns:
reference to the project browser model (ProjectBrowserModel)

Project.getMostRecent

getMostRecent()

Public method to get the most recently opened project.

Returns:
path of the most recently opened project (string)

Project.getProjectDictionaries

getProjectDictionaries()

Public method to get the names of the project specific dictionaries.

Returns:
tuple of two strings giving the absolute path names of the project specific word and exclude list

Project.getProjectFile

getProjectFile()

Public method to get the path of the project file.

Returns:
path of the project file (string)

Project.getProjectLanguage

getProjectLanguage()

Public method to get the project's programming language.

Returns:
programming language (string)

Project.getProjectManagementDir

getProjectManagementDir()

Public method to get the path of the management directory.

Returns:
path of the management directory (string)

Project.getProjectPath

getProjectPath()

Public method to get the project path.

Returns:
project path (string)

Project.getProjectSpellLanguage

getProjectSpellLanguage()

Public method to get the project's programming language.

Returns:
programming language (string)

Project.getProjectType

getProjectType()

Public method to get the type of the project.

Returns:
UI type of the project (string)

Project.getProjectTypes

getProjectTypes()

Public method to get the list of supported project types.

Returns:
reference to the dictionary of project types.

Project.getRelativePath

getRelativePath(path)

Public method to convert a file path to a project relative file path.

path
file or directory name to convert (string or QString)
Returns:
project relative path or unchanged path, if path doesn't belong to the project (string or QString)

Project.getRelativeUniversalPath

getRelativeUniversalPath(path)

Public method to convert a file path to a project relative file path with universal separators.

path
file or directory name to convert (string or QString)
Returns:
project relative path or unchanged path, if path doesn't belong to the project (string or QString)

Project.getSources

getSources(normalized = False)

Public method to return the source script files.

normalized
flag indicating a normalized filename is wanted (boolean)
Returns:
list of the projects scripts (list of string)

Project.getStatusMonitorAutoUpdate

getStatusMonitorAutoUpdate()

Public method to retrieve the status of the auto update function.

Returns:
status of the auto update function (boolean)

Project.getStatusMonitorInterval

getStatusMonitorInterval()

Public method to get the monitor interval.

Returns:
interval in seconds (integer)

Project.getTranslationPattern

getTranslationPattern()

Public method to get the translation pattern.

Returns:
translation pattern (string)

Project.getVcs

getVcs()

Public method to get a reference to the VCS object.

Returns:
reference to the VCS object

Project.handleApplicationDiagram

handleApplicationDiagram()

Private method to handle the application diagram context menu action.

Project.handlePreferencesChanged

handlePreferencesChanged()

Public slot used to handle the preferencesChanged signal.

Project.hasEntry

hasEntry(fn)

Public method to check the project for a file.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating, if the project contains the file (boolean)

Project.hasProjectType

hasProjectType(type_)

Public method to check, if a project type is already registered.

type_
internal type designator to be unregistered (string)

Project.initActions

initActions()

Public slot to initialize the project related actions.

Project.initFileTypes

initFileTypes()

Public method to initialize the filetype associations with default values.

Project.initMenu

initMenu()

Public slot to initialize the project menu.

Returns:
the menu generated (QMenu)

Project.initToolbar

initToolbar(toolbarManager)

Public slot to initialize the project toolbar.

toolbarManager
reference to a toolbar manager object (E4ToolBarManager)
Returns:
the toolbar generated (QToolBar)

Project.initVCS

initVCS(vcsSystem = None, nooverride = False)

Public method used to instantiate a vcs system.

vcsSystem
type of VCS to be used
nooverride
flag indicating to ignore an override request (boolean)
Returns:
a reference to the vcs object

Project.isDebugPropertiesLoaded

isDebugPropertiesLoaded()

Public method to return the status of the debug properties.

Returns:
load status of debug properties (boolean)

Project.isDirty

isDirty()

Public method to return the dirty state.

Returns:
dirty state (boolean)

Project.isOpen

isOpen()

Public method to return the opened state.

Returns:
open state (boolean)

Project.isProjectFile

isProjectFile(fn)

Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating membership (boolean)

Project.isProjectForm

isProjectForm(fn)

Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project forms.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating membership (boolean)

Project.isProjectInterface

isProjectInterface(fn)

Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project interfaces.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating membership (boolean)

Project.isProjectResource

isProjectResource(fn)

Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project resources.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating membership (boolean)

Project.isProjectSource

isProjectSource(fn)

Public method used to check, if the passed in filename belongs to the project sources.

fn
filename to be checked (string or QString)
Returns:
flag indicating membership (boolean)

Project.moveDirectory

moveDirectory(olddn, newdn)

Public slot to move a directory.

olddn
old directory name (string or QString)
newdn
new directory name (string or QString)

Project.newProject

newProject()

Public slot to built a new project.

This method displays the new project dialog and initializes the project object with the data entered.

Project.newProjectAddFiles

newProjectAddFiles(mainscript)

Public method to add files to a new project.

mainscript
name of the mainscript (string)

Project.openProject

openProject(fn = None, restoreSession = True, reopen = False)

Public slot to open a project.

fn
optional filename of the project file to be read
restoreSession
flag indicating to restore the project session (boolean)
reopen=
flag indicating a reopening of the project (boolean)

Project.othersAdded

othersAdded(fn, updateModel = True)

Public slot to be called, if something was added to the OTHERS project data area.

fn
filename or directory name added (string or QString)
updateModel
flag indicating an update of the model is requested (boolean)

Project.registerProjectType

registerProjectType(type_, description, fileTypeCallback = None, binaryTranslationsCallback = None, lexerAssociationCallback = None)

Public method to register a project type.

type_
internal type designator to be registered (string)
description
more verbose type name (display string) (QString)
fileTypeCallback=
reference to a method returning a dictionary of filetype associations.
binaryTranslationsCallback=
reference to a method returning the name of the binary translation file given the name of the raw translation file
lexerAssociationCallback=
reference to a method returning the lexer type to be used for syntax highlighting given the name of a file

Project.removeDirectory

removeDirectory(dn)

Public slot to remove a directory from the project.

The directory is not deleted from the project directory.

dn
directory name to be removed from the project

Project.removeE4Actions

removeE4Actions(actions)

Public method to remove actions from the list of actions.

actions
list of actions (list of E4Action)

Project.removeFile

removeFile(fn, updateModel = True)

Public slot to remove a file from the project.

The file is not deleted from the project directory.

fn
filename to be removed from the project
updateModel
flag indicating an update of the model is requested (boolean)

Project.removeLanguageFile

removeLanguageFile(langFile)

Public slot to remove a translation from the project.

The translation file is not deleted from the project directory.

langFile
the translation file to be removed (string)

Project.renameFile

renameFile(oldfn, newfn = None)

Public slot to rename a file of the project.

oldfn
old filename of the file (string)
newfn
new filename of the file (string)
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.renameFileInPdata

renameFileInPdata(oldname, newname, isSourceFile = False)

Public method to rename a file in the pdata structure.

oldname
old filename (string)
newname
new filename (string)
isSourceFile
flag indicating that this is a source file even if it doesn't have the source extension (boolean)

Project.renameMainScript

renameMainScript(oldfn, newfn)

Public method to rename the main script.

oldfn
old filename (string)
newfn
new filename of the main script (string)

Project.reopenProject

reopenProject()

Public slot to reopen the current project.

Project.repopulateItem

repopulateItem(fullname)

Public slot to repopulate a named item.

fullname
full name of the item to repopulate (string or QString)

Project.saveAllScripts

saveAllScripts(reportSyntaxErrors = False)

Public method to save all scripts belonging to the project.

reportSyntaxErrors=
flag indicating special reporting for syntax errors (boolean)
Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.saveProject

saveProject()

Public slot to save the current project.

Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.saveProjectAs

saveProjectAs()

Public slot to save the current project to a different file.

Returns:
flag indicating success

Project.setData

setData(category, key, data)

Public method to store data in the project data store.

category
category of the data to get (string, one of PROJECTTYPESPECIFICDATA, CHECKERSPARMS, PACKAGERSPARMS, DOCUMENTATIONPARMS or OTHERTOOLSPARMS)
key
key of the data entry to get (string).
data
data to be stored
Returns:
flag indicating success (boolean)

Project.setDbgInfo

setDbgInfo(argv, wd, env, excReporting, excList, excIgnoreList, autoClearShell, tracePython = None, autoContinue = None)

Public method to set the debugging information.

argv
command line arguments to be used (string or QString)
wd
working directory (string or QString)
env
environment setting (string or QString)
excReporting
flag indicating the highlighting of exceptions
excList
list of exceptions to be highlighted (QStringList)
excIgnoreList
list of exceptions to be ignored (QStringList)
autoClearShell
flag indicating, that the interpreter window should be cleared (boolean)
tracePython=
flag to indicate if the Python library should be traced as well (boolean)
autoContinue=
flag indicating, that the debugger should not stop at the first executable line (boolean)

Project.setDirty

setDirty(b)

Public method to set the dirty state.

It emits the signal dirty(int).

b
dirty state (boolean)

Project.setStatusMonitorAutoUpdate

setStatusMonitorAutoUpdate(auto)

Public method to enable the auto update function.

auto
status of the auto update function (boolean)

Project.setStatusMonitorInterval

setStatusMonitorInterval(interval)

Public method to se the interval of the VCS status monitor thread.

interval
status monitor interval in seconds (integer)

Project.startStatusMonitor

startStatusMonitor()

Public method to start the VCS status monitor thread.

Project.startswithProjectPath

startswithProjectPath(path)

Public method to check, if a path starts with the project path.

path
path to be checked (string)

Project.stopStatusMonitor

stopStatusMonitor()

Public method to stop the VCS status monitor thread.

Project.unregisterProjectType

unregisterProjectType(type_)

Public method to unregister a project type.

type_
internal type designator to be unregistered (string)

Project.updateFileTypes

updateFileTypes()

Public method to update the filetype associations with new default values.

Project.vcsSoftwareAvailable

vcsSoftwareAvailable()

Public method to check, if some supported VCS software is available to the IDE.

Returns:
flag indicating availability of VCS software (boolean)
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