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<h1>eric6.Globals.__init__</h1>
<p>
Module defining common data to be used by all modules.
</p>
<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>configDir</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameBreakpointConditions</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameBreakpointFiles</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameFiles</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameHexFiles</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameHosts</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameMultiProject</td></tr><tr><td>recentNameProject</td></tr><tr><td>settingsNameGlobal</td></tr><tr><td>settingsNameOrganization</td></tr><tr><td>settingsNameRecent</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#checkBlacklistedVersions">checkBlacklistedVersions</a></td>
<td>Module functions to check for blacklisted versions of the prerequisites.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#desktopName">desktopName</a></td>
<td>Function to determine the name of the desktop environment used (Linux only).</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getConfigDir">getConfigDir</a></td>
<td>Module function to get the name of the directory storing the config data.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPyQt5ModulesDirectory">getPyQt5ModulesDirectory</a></td>
<td>Function to determine the path to PyQt5's (or PyQt4's) modules directory.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPyQtToolsPath">getPyQtToolsPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to get the path of the PyQt tools.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPythonModulesDirectory">getPythonModulesDirectory</a></td>
<td>Function to determine the path to Python's modules directory.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getQtBinariesPath">getQtBinariesPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to get the path of the Qt binaries.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#isLinuxPlatform">isLinuxPlatform</a></td>
<td>Function to check, if this is a Linux platform.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#isMacPlatform">isMacPlatform</a></td>
<td>Function to check, if this is a Mac platform.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#isWindowsPlatform">isWindowsPlatform</a></td>
<td>Function to check, if this is a Windows platform.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#qVersionTuple">qVersionTuple</a></td>
<td>Module function to get the Qt version as a tuple.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#setConfigDir">setConfigDir</a></td>
<td>Module function to set the name of the directory storing the config data.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#strGroup">strGroup</a></td>
<td>Module function to group a string into sub-strings separated by a separator.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#strToQByteArray">strToQByteArray</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a Python string into a QByteArray.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#toBool">toBool</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a value to bool.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#toByteArray">toByteArray</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a value to a byte array.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#toDict">toDict</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a value to a dictionary.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#toList">toList</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a value to a list.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#translate">translate</a></td>
<td>Module function to handle different PyQt 4/5 QCoreApplication.translate parameter.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#versionToTuple">versionToTuple</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a version string into a tuple.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="checkBlacklistedVersions" ID="checkBlacklistedVersions"></a>
<h2>checkBlacklistedVersions</h2>
<b>checkBlacklistedVersions</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Module functions to check for blacklisted versions of the prerequisites.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating good versions were found (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="desktopName" ID="desktopName"></a>
<h2>desktopName</h2>
<b>desktopName</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to determine the name of the desktop environment used
    (Linux only).
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
name of the desktop environment
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getConfigDir" ID="getConfigDir"></a>
<h2>getConfigDir</h2>
<b>getConfigDir</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Module function to get the name of the directory storing the config data.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
directory name of the config dir (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPyQt5ModulesDirectory" ID="getPyQt5ModulesDirectory"></a>
<h2>getPyQt5ModulesDirectory</h2>
<b>getPyQt5ModulesDirectory</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to determine the path to PyQt5's (or PyQt4's) modules directory.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path to the PyQt5/PyQt4 modules directory (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPyQtToolsPath" ID="getPyQtToolsPath"></a>
<h2>getPyQtToolsPath</h2>
<b>getPyQtToolsPath</b>(<i>version=5</i>)
<p>
    Module function to get the path of the PyQt tools.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>version</i> (int)</dt>
<dd>
PyQt major version
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path to the PyQt tools
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPythonModulesDirectory" ID="getPythonModulesDirectory"></a>
<h2>getPythonModulesDirectory</h2>
<b>getPythonModulesDirectory</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to determine the path to Python's modules directory.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path to the Python modules directory (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getQtBinariesPath" ID="getQtBinariesPath"></a>
<h2>getQtBinariesPath</h2>
<b>getQtBinariesPath</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Module function to get the path of the Qt binaries.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path of the Qt binaries (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="isLinuxPlatform" ID="isLinuxPlatform"></a>
<h2>isLinuxPlatform</h2>
<b>isLinuxPlatform</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to check, if this is a Linux platform.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating Linux platform (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="isMacPlatform" ID="isMacPlatform"></a>
<h2>isMacPlatform</h2>
<b>isMacPlatform</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to check, if this is a Mac platform.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating Mac platform (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="isWindowsPlatform" ID="isWindowsPlatform"></a>
<h2>isWindowsPlatform</h2>
<b>isWindowsPlatform</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to check, if this is a Windows platform.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating Windows platform (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="qVersionTuple" ID="qVersionTuple"></a>
<h2>qVersionTuple</h2>
<b>qVersionTuple</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Module function to get the Qt version as a tuple.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
Qt version as a tuple
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of int
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="setConfigDir" ID="setConfigDir"></a>
<h2>setConfigDir</h2>
<b>setConfigDir</b>(<i>d</i>)
<p>
    Module function to set the name of the directory storing the config data.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>d</i></dt>
<dd>
name of an existing directory (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="strGroup" ID="strGroup"></a>
<h2>strGroup</h2>
<b>strGroup</b>(<i>txt, sep, groupLen=4</i>)
<p>
    Module function to group a string into sub-strings separated by a
    separator.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>txt</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
text to be grouped
</dd><dt><i>sep</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
separator string
</dd><dt><i>groupLen</i> (int)</dt>
<dd>
length of each group
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
result string
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>strToQByteArray</h2>
<b>strToQByteArray</b>(<i>txt</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a Python string into a QByteArray.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>txt</i> (str, bytes, bytearray, unicode)</dt>
<dd>
Python string to be converted
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
converted QByteArray
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
QByteArray
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="toBool" ID="toBool"></a>
<h2>toBool</h2>
<b>toBool</b>(<i>value</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a value to bool.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>value</i></dt>
<dd>
value to be converted
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
converted data
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="toByteArray" ID="toByteArray"></a>
<h2>toByteArray</h2>
<b>toByteArray</b>(<i>value</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a value to a byte array.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>value</i></dt>
<dd>
value to be converted
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
converted data
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="toDict" ID="toDict"></a>
<h2>toDict</h2>
<b>toDict</b>(<i>value</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a value to a dictionary.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>value</i></dt>
<dd>
value to be converted
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
converted data
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="toList" ID="toList"></a>
<h2>toList</h2>
<b>toList</b>(<i>value</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a value to a list.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>value</i></dt>
<dd>
value to be converted
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
converted data
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="translate" ID="translate"></a>
<h2>translate</h2>
<b>translate</b>(<i>*args</i>)
<p>
    Module function to handle different PyQt 4/5 QCoreApplication.translate
    parameter.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>args</i></dt>
<dd>
tuple of arguments from QCoreApplication.translate (tuple)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
translated string (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>versionToTuple</h2>
<b>versionToTuple</b>(<i>version</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a version string into a tuple.
</p><p>
    Note: A version string consists of non-negative decimals separated by "."
    optionally followed by a suffix. Suffix is everything after the last
    decimal.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>version</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
version string
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
version tuple without the suffix
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of int
</dd>
</dl>
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