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23 <h1>eric4.Utilities.Startup</h1>
24 <p>
25 Module implementing some startup helper funcions
26 </p>
27 <h3>Global Attributes</h3>
28 <table>
29 <tr><td>loaded_translators</td></tr>
30 </table>
31 <h3>Classes</h3>
32 <table>
33 <tr><td>None</td></tr>
34 </table>
35 <h3>Functions</h3>
36 <table>
37 <tr>
38 <td><a href="#handleArgs">handleArgs</a></td>
39 <td>Module function to handle the always present commandline options.</td>
40 </tr><tr>
41 <td><a href="#initializeResourceSearchPath">initializeResourceSearchPath</a></td>
42 <td>Module function to initialize the default mime source factory.</td>
43 </tr><tr>
44 <td><a href="#loadTranslatorForLocale">loadTranslatorForLocale</a></td>
45 <td>Module function to find and load a specific translation.</td>
46 </tr><tr>
47 <td><a href="#loadTranslators">loadTranslators</a></td>
48 <td>Module function to load all required translations.</td>
49 </tr><tr>
50 <td><a href="#makeAppInfo">makeAppInfo</a></td>
51 <td>Module function to generate a dictionary describing the application.</td>
52 </tr><tr>
53 <td><a href="#simpleAppStartup">simpleAppStartup</a></td>
54 <td>Module function to start up an application that doesn't need a specialized start up.</td>
55 </tr><tr>
56 <td><a href="#usage">usage</a></td>
57 <td>Module function to show the usage information.</td>
58 </tr><tr>
59 <td><a href="#version">version</a></td>
60 <td>Module function to show the version information.</td>
61 </tr>
62 </table>
63 <hr /><hr />
64 <a NAME="handleArgs" ID="handleArgs"></a>
65 <h2>handleArgs</h2>
66 <b>handleArgs</b>(<i>argv, appinfo</i>)
67 <p>
68 Module function to handle the always present commandline options.
69 </p><dl>
70 <dt><i>argv</i></dt>
71 <dd>
72 list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
73 </dd><dt><i>appinfo</i></dt>
74 <dd>
75 dictionary describing the application
76 </dd>
77 </dl><dl>
78 <dt>Returns:</dt>
79 <dd>
80 index of the '--' option (integer). This is used to tell
81 the application, that all additional option don't belong to
82 the application.
83 </dd>
84 </dl>
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87 <a NAME="initializeResourceSearchPath" ID="initializeResourceSearchPath"></a>
88 <h2>initializeResourceSearchPath</h2>
89 <b>initializeResourceSearchPath</b>(<i></i>)
90 <p>
91 Module function to initialize the default mime source factory.
92 </p>
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95 <a NAME="loadTranslatorForLocale" ID="loadTranslatorForLocale"></a>
96 <h2>loadTranslatorForLocale</h2>
97 <b>loadTranslatorForLocale</b>(<i>dirs, tn</i>)
98 <p>
99 Module function to find and load a specific translation.
100 </p><dl>
101 <dt><i>dirs</i></dt>
102 <dd>
103 Searchpath for the translations. (list of strings)
104 </dd><dt><i>tn</i></dt>
105 <dd>
106 The translation to be loaded. (string)
107 </dd>
108 </dl><dl>
109 <dt>Returns:</dt>
110 <dd>
111 Tuple of a status flag and the loaded translator. (int, QTranslator)
112 </dd>
113 </dl>
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116 <a NAME="loadTranslators" ID="loadTranslators"></a>
117 <h2>loadTranslators</h2>
118 <b>loadTranslators</b>(<i>qtTransDir, app, translationFiles = ()</i>)
119 <p>
120 Module function to load all required translations.
121 </p><dl>
122 <dt><i>qtTransDir</i></dt>
123 <dd>
124 directory of the Qt translations files (string)
125 </dd><dt><i>app</i></dt>
126 <dd>
127 reference to the application object (QApplication)
128 </dd><dt><i>translationFiles</i></dt>
129 <dd>
130 tuple of additional translations to
131 be loaded (tuple of strings)
132 </dd>
133 </dl><dl>
134 <dt>Returns:</dt>
135 <dd>
136 the requested locale (string)
137 </dd>
138 </dl>
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141 <a NAME="makeAppInfo" ID="makeAppInfo"></a>
142 <h2>makeAppInfo</h2>
143 <b>makeAppInfo</b>(<i>argv, name, arg, description, options = []</i>)
144 <p>
145 Module function to generate a dictionary describing the application.
146 </p><dl>
147 <dt><i>argv</i></dt>
148 <dd>
149 list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
150 </dd><dt><i>name</i></dt>
151 <dd>
152 name of the application (string)
153 </dd><dt><i>arg</i></dt>
154 <dd>
155 commandline arguments (string)
156 </dd><dt><i>description</i></dt>
157 <dd>
158 text describing the application (string)
159 </dd><dt><i>options</i></dt>
160 <dd>
161 list of additional commandline options
162 (list of tuples of two strings (commandline option, option description)).
163 The options --version, --help and -h are always present and must not
164 be repeated in this list.
165 </dd>
166 </dl><dl>
167 <dt>Returns:</dt>
168 <dd>
169 dictionary describing the application
170 </dd>
171 </dl>
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174 <a NAME="simpleAppStartup" ID="simpleAppStartup"></a>
175 <h2>simpleAppStartup</h2>
176 <b>simpleAppStartup</b>(<i>argv, appinfo, mwFactory, quitOnLastWindowClosed = True</i>)
177 <p>
178 Module function to start up an application that doesn't need a specialized start up.
179 </p><p>
180 This function is used by all of eric4's helper programs.
181 </p><dl>
182 <dt><i>argv</i></dt>
183 <dd>
184 list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
185 </dd><dt><i>appinfo</i></dt>
186 <dd>
187 dictionary describing the application
188 </dd><dt><i>mwFactory</i></dt>
189 <dd>
190 factory function generating the main widget. This
191 function must accept the following parameter.
192 <dl>
193 <dt>argv</dt>
194 <dd>list of commandline parameters (list of strings)</dd>
195 </dl>
196 </dd><dt><i>quitOnLastWindowClosed=</i></dt>
197 <dd>
198 flag indicating to quit the application,
199 if the last window was closed (boolean)
200 </dd>
201 </dl>
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204 <a NAME="usage" ID="usage"></a>
205 <h2>usage</h2>
206 <b>usage</b>(<i>appinfo, optlen = 12</i>)
207 <p>
208 Module function to show the usage information.
209 </p><dl>
210 <dt><i>appinfo</i></dt>
211 <dd>
212 dictionary describing the application
213 </dd><dt><i>optlen</i></dt>
214 <dd>
215 length of the field for the commandline option (integer)
216 </dd>
217 </dl>
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220 <a NAME="version" ID="version"></a>
221 <h2>version</h2>
222 <b>version</b>(<i>appinfo</i>)
223 <p>
224 Module function to show the version information.
225 </p><dl>
226 <dt><i>appinfo</i></dt>
227 <dd>
228 dictionary describing the application
229 </dd>
230 </dl>
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