[Eric] Documentation is missing from IDE

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hi Phil,

answers see below

Am Sonntag, 12. Mai 2019, 05:31:06 CEST schrieb Phil:
> Thank you for reading this.
> 
> It's been many years since I last used Eric6 and I've forgotten so much
> that I hardly know where to begin. I've installed the latest Linux
> version using pip. The first thing that I noticed is that there isn't
> any documentation showing in the IDE. Instead this is showing: "No
> source code documentation provider has been registered. This function
> has been disabled."

This function is related to showing code information in the respective viewer 
when an opening bracket '(' is pressed or upon request. In order for this to 
be available the rope or Jedi plug-in must be installed (or both). Thereafter 
the provider to be used can be selected via the selection list.

> 
> Under Settings, QT Tools, Tools Directory I've added "/usr/lib/qt5/bin"
> which now allows me to edit ui forms from the IDE but I'm wondering if I
> need to add anything to Qt-Prefix and Qt-Postfix. Also I don't remember
> what goes into PyQt tool Tools Directory.

This is to point eric to the PyQt5 supplied tools to extract translatable 
strings, to convert forms to Python code or to compile resource files (i.e. 
pyuic, pylupdate, pyrcc). It is only needed, if the built-in detection 
mechanisms don't find them. You may test this via the "Show external tools" 
menu entry.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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