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<h1>eric7.Toolbox.Startup</h1>
<p>
Module implementing some startup helper funcions.
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<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>application</td></tr>
<tr><td>loaded_translators</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>Functions</h3>
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<tr>
<td><a href="#appStartup">appStartup</a></td>
<td>Module function to start up an application that doesn't need a specialized start up.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#getDefaultIconPaths">getDefaultIconPaths</a></td>
<td>Module function to determine the default icon paths.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#initializeResourceSearchPath">initializeResourceSearchPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to initialize the default mime source factory.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#loadTranslatorForLocale">loadTranslatorForLocale</a></td>
<td>Module function to find and load a specific translation.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#loadTranslators">loadTranslators</a></td>
<td>Module function to load all required translations.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#setLibraryPaths">setLibraryPaths</a></td>
<td>Module function to set the Qt library paths correctly.</td>
</tr>
</table>

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<h2>appStartup</h2>
<b>appStartup</b>(<i>args, mwFactory, quitOnLastWindowClosed=True, app=None, raiseIt=True, installErrorHandler=False, </i>)
<p>
    Module function to start up an application that doesn't need a specialized
    start up.
</p>
<p>
    This function is used by all of eric's helper programs.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>args</i> (argparse.Namespace)</dt>
<dd>
namespace object created by ArgumentParser.parse_args() containing
        the parsed command line arguments
</dd>
<dt><i>mwFactory</i> (function)</dt>
<dd>
factory function generating the main widget. This
        function must accept the following parameter.
        <dl>
            <dt>args</dt>
            <dd>parsed command line arguments (argparse.Namespace)</dd>
        </dl>
</dd>
<dt><i>quitOnLastWindowClosed</i> (bool)</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to quit the application,
        if the last window was closed
</dd>
<dt><i>app</i> (QApplication or None)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the application object
</dd>
<dt><i>raiseIt</i> (bool)</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to raise the generated application
        window
</dd>
<dt><i>installErrorHandler</i> (bool)</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to install an error
        handler dialog
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
exit result
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
int
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>getDefaultIconPaths</h2>
<b>getDefaultIconPaths</b>(<i>application</i>)
<p>
    Module function to determine the default icon paths.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>application</i> (EricApplication)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the application object
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of default icon paths
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of str
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>initializeResourceSearchPath</h2>
<b>initializeResourceSearchPath</b>(<i>application</i>)
<p>
    Module function to initialize the default mime source factory.
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<dl>

<dt><i>application</i> (EricApplication)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the application object
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>loadTranslatorForLocale</h2>
<b>loadTranslatorForLocale</b>(<i>dirs, tn</i>)
<p>
    Module function to find and load a specific translation.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>dirs</i> (list of str)</dt>
<dd>
searchpath for the translations
</dd>
<dt><i>tn</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
translation to be loaded
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
tuple containing a status flag and the loaded translator
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of (int, QTranslator)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>loadTranslators</h2>
<b>loadTranslators</b>(<i>qtTransDir, app, translationFiles=()</i>)
<p>
    Module function to load all required translations.
</p>

<dl>

<dt><i>qtTransDir</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
directory of the Qt translations files
</dd>
<dt><i>app</i> (QApplication)</dt>
<dd>
reference to the application object
</dd>
<dt><i>translationFiles</i> (tuple of str)</dt>
<dd>
tuple of additional translations to
        be loaded
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
the requested locale
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>setLibraryPaths</h2>
<b>setLibraryPaths</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Module function to set the Qt library paths correctly.
</p>

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