--- a/README Sat Jul 05 14:40:57 2014 +0200
+++ b/README Sat Jul 05 15:02:45 2014 +0200
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
-README for the eric5 IDE
+README for the eric6 IDE
Installation
- Installing eric5 is a simple process. Just execute the install.py script
+ Installing eric6 is a simple process. Just execute the install.py script
(type python install.py -h for some help). Please note that the installation
has to be performed using the administrators account (i.e. root on linux).
This installs a wrapper script in the standard executable directory
- (default: /usr/local/bin on linux) called eric5.
+ (default: /usr/local/bin on linux) called eric6.
If you want to uninstall the package just execute the uninstall script. This
gets rid of all installed files. In this case please send an email to the
below mentioned address and tell me your reason. This might give me a hint on
- how to improve eric5.
+ how to improve eric6.
If the required packages (Qt4, QScintilla2, sip and PyQt4) are not installed,
please get them and install them in the following order (order is important).
- 1. Install Qt4 (from Nokia)
+ 1. Install Qt5 (from Nokia)
2. Build and install QScintilla2 (from Riverbank Computing)
3. Build and install sip (from Riverbank Computing)
- 4. Build and install PyQt4 (from Riverbank Computing)
+ 4. Build and install PyQt5 (from Riverbank Computing)
5. Build and install QScintilla2 Python bindings
(part of the QScintilla2 package)
- 6. Install eric5
+ 6. Install eric6
If you want to use the interfaces to other supported software packages, you may
install them in any order and at any time.
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
Installation of translations
- Translations of the eric5 IDE are available as separate downloads. There
+ Translations of the eric6 IDE are available as separate downloads. There
are two ways to install them.
- The first possibility is to install them together with eric5. In order
+ The first possibility is to install them together with eric6. In order
to do that, simply extract the downloaded archives into the same place
- as the eric5 archive and follow the installation instructions above.
+ as the eric6 archive and follow the installation instructions above.
The second possibility is to install them separately. Extract the
downloaded archives and execute the install-i18n.py script (type
@@ -53,52 +53,52 @@
Running
- Just call up eric5, which will start the IDE. Use the "what is"-help
+ Just call up eric6, which will start the IDE. Use the "what is"-help
(arrow with ?) to get some help. Sorry, there is no documentation yet.
To start the unit test module in a standalone variant simply call up
- eric5-unittest. This will show the same dialog (though with a little bit less
- functionality) as if started from within eric5. The helpviewer can be
- started as a standalone program by executing the eric5-webbrowser script.
+ eric6-unittest. This will show the same dialog (though with a little bit less
+ functionality) as if started from within eric6. The helpviewer can be
+ started as a standalone program by executing the eric6-webbrowser script.
- Please note, the first time you start eric5 it will recognize, that it
+ Please note, the first time you start eric6 it will recognize, that it
hasn't been configured yet and will show the configuration dialog.
Please take your time and go through all the configuration items.
However, every configuration option has a meaningful default value.
Running from the sources
- If you want to run eric5 from within the source tree you have to execute
+ If you want to run eric6 from within the source tree you have to execute
the compileUiFiles.py script once after a fresh checkout from the source
repository or when new dialogs have been added. Thereafter just execute
- the eric5.py script.
+ the eric6.py script.
Tray starter
- eric5 comes with a little utility called "eric5-tray". This embeds an icon
- in the system tray, which contains a context menu to start eric5 and all
- it's utilities. Double clicking this icon starts the eric5 IDE.
+ eric6 comes with a little utility called "eric6-tray". This embeds an icon
+ in the system tray, which contains a context menu to start eric6 and all
+ it's utilities. Double clicking this icon starts the eric6 IDE.
Autocompletion/Calltips
- eric5 provides an interface to the QScintilla auto-completion and calltips
+ eric6 provides an interface to the QScintilla auto-completion and calltips
functionality. QScintilla2 comes with API files for Python and itself. PyQt4
contains an API file as well. These are installed by default, if the correct
- installation order (see above) is followed. An API file for eric5 is
+ installation order (see above) is followed. An API file for eric6 is
installed in the same place.
- In order to use autocompletion and calltips in eric5 please configure these
+ In order to use autocompletion and calltips in eric6 please configure these
functions in the "Preferences Dialog" on the "Editor -> APIs",
"Editor -> Autocompletion" and "Editor -> Calltips" pages.
Remote Debugger
- In order to enable the remote debugger start eric5, open the preferences
+ In order to enable the remote debugger start eric6, open the preferences
dialog and configure the settings on the debugger pages.
The remote login must be possible without any further interaction (i.e.
no password prompt). If the remote setup differs from the local one you
must configure the Python interpreter and the Debug Client to be used
- in the Preferences dialog. eric5 includes two different versions of the
+ in the Preferences dialog. eric6 includes two different versions of the
debug client. DebugClient.py is the traditional debugger and
DebugClientThreads is a multithreading variant of the debug client.
Please copy all needed files to a place accessible through the Python path
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
Plugin System
- eric5 contains a plugin system, that is used to extend eric5's
- functionality. Some plugins are part of eric5. Additional plugins
+ eric6 contains a plugin system, that is used to extend eric6's
+ functionality. Some plugins are part of eric6. Additional plugins
are available via the Internet. Please use the built in plug-in
repository dialog to get a list of available (official) plugins
and to download them. For more details about the plug-in system
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
Interfaces to additional software packages
- At the moment eric5 provides interfaces to the following software
+ At the moment eric6 provides interfaces to the following software
packages.
Qt-Designer
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@
Mercurial
This is a distributed version control system available from
- <mercurial.selenic.com>. It is the one used by eric5 itself.
+ <mercurial.selenic.com>. It is the one used by eric6 itself.
Subversion
This is a version control system available from <subversion.apache.org>.
- eric5 supports two different Subversion interfaces. One is using
+ eric6 supports two different Subversion interfaces. One is using
the svn command line tool, the other is using the PySvn Python
interface <pysvn.tigris.org>. The selection is done automatically
depending on the installed software. The PySvn interface is prefered.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
coverage.py
This is a tool to check Python code coverage. A slightly modified
- version is part of the eric5 distribution. The original version is
+ version is part of the eric6 distribution. The original version is
available from <www.nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/coverage.html>
tabnanny
@@ -179,35 +179,35 @@
Internationalization
- eric5 and it's tools are prepared to show the UI in different
+ eric6 and it's tools are prepared to show the UI in different
languages, which can be configured via the preferences dialog. The Qt and
QScintilla translations are searched in the translations directory given
in the preferences dialog (Qt page). If the translations cannot be found,
some part of the MMI might show English texts even if you have selected
- something else. If you are missing eric5 translations for your language
+ something else. If you are missing eric6 translations for your language
and are willing to volunteer for this work please send me an email naming
the country code and I will send you the respective Qt-Linguist file.
Window Layout
- eric5 provides different window layouts. In these layouts, the shell window
+ eric6 provides different window layouts. In these layouts, the shell window
and the file browser may be embedded or be separat windows.
Source code documentation
- eric5 has a built in source code documentation generator, which is
+ eric6 has a built in source code documentation generator, which is
usable via the commandline as well. For further details please see
- the file README-eric5-doc.txt
+ the file README-eric6-doc.txt
License
- eric5 (and the others) is released under the conditions of the GPL. See
+ eric6 (and the others) is released under the conditions of the GPL. See
separate license file for more details. Third party software included in
- eric5 is released under their respective license and contained in the
- eric5 distribution for convenience.
+ eric6 is released under their respective license and contained in the
+ eric6 distribution for convenience.
Bugs and other reports
Please send bug reports, feature requests or contributions to eric bugs address.
After the IDE is installed you can use the "Report Bug..." entry of the Help menu.
- This will send a message to <eric5-bugs@die-offenbachs.de>
+ This will send a message to <eric-bugs@die-offenbachs.de>
