On Monday, 9 April 2018 13:13:46 CEST Aleix Pol wrote: > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Michal Srb <michal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to ask for hints/recommendations on how to implement a > > feature for KTextEditor. > > > > My ultimate goal is to make a plugin for KDevelop that will show some > > additional information in the code itself. For example names of > > function arguments at call site. Something like this in intellij: > > https://d3nmt5vlzunoa1.cloudfront.net/idea/files/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-> > > > 09-27-at-10.29.15.png
Heya Michal, That indeed would be super helpful to have, for a variety of use-cases. +1 on the idea for the feature! Can't help a lot with implementing this correctly in KTextEditor, though. The Kate people should chime in there :) Cheers, Kevin > > For this I would need a way to render something in the text, affecting > > the layout of the line. It would be nice to be able to place any > > general widget or image into the line, but even plain text would be > > sufficient. It must behave differently than the "real" text around it, > > such that it can not be edited, cursor skips it, copying does not copy > > it, etc. > > > > So far I thought of adding something like `AnnotationViewInterface`, > > which would allow to add this kind of immutable text on line+column > > position. Then in `KateRenderer` it could take these into > > consideration when layouting the line and render it in. It would be > > visible in the text, but never become a real part of the text. > > > > Would you recommend some other approach, or is there perhaps a way to > > do it without modifying KTextEditor? > > Including kwrite-devel where many kate developers live. :) > Looking forward to seeing your feature implemented in KDevelop! :D > > Aleix -- Kevin Funk | kf...@kde.org | http://kfunk.org
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