dchvs/pyqtc

Python browsing and code completion for Qt Creator

Pyqtc is a plugin for Qt Creator that adds Python code-completion, navigation and documentation.

How to install

Dependencies

You need:

• Protobuf 2.4.0 or greater. Some distributions don't ship version 2.4.0 yet. If yours doesn't you must download it from http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/downloads/list and compile from source.
• Qt Creator 2.4.1 or greater.
• The Qt Creator source code. You don't have to compile Qt Creator yourself, but you do need to have the source available. You can download it from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/downloads#qt-creator
• Python and Pylint

Compiling pyqtc

You need to tell cmake the locations of the Qt Creator source and binaries. These might be in the same place if you've built Qt Creator yourself, otherwise they will be different. Pyqtc will be installed into the binary directory, the source directory will be used to find header files.

mkdir bin
cd bin
cmake .. -DQTC_SOURCE=/path/to/qtcreator/source \
         -DQTC_BINARY=/path/to/qtcreator/installation
make
make install

Features

Code completion

Pyqtc statically analyses your Python code as you type and offers code completion suggestions automatically after a period (.), or after pressing Ctrl+Space.

Function calltips

After an opening bracket, Pyqtc will show a tooltip containing information about the arguments in the function you're about to call.

Hover tooltips

Pyqtc will show docstrings for functions, modules and classes if you hover over them using the mouse.

Python indentation

Automatically indents after a colon (:) and unindents after a continue, break, pass, return or raise.

Navigation

Pressing the F2 key will jump to the definition of the Python symbol under the cursor. Pressing Ctrl+K lets you jump straight to any Python class and function definitions in the current project, or browse the Python symbols in the current file.

Documentation

The documentation for Python 2.7.2 is available for browsing using Qt Creator's Help tab.