QtCreator has a poor support for Emacs users. I used the following steps to make QtCreator Emacs friendly:
- Git clone of QtCreator source code.
- Removal of
Alt-...shortcuts in the menu as they CANNOT be disabled using any configuration. - QtCreator build.
- Customization of shortcuts in QtCreator to match Emacs.
Check the detailed description below.
Clone and build:
- Presumptions:
- Installed QtCreator
- Ubuntu 14.04+
- Checkout QtCreator (Note
--recursivebelow that forces clone of QBS sub-module. If you don't need QBS (I had problem to checkout module corresponding to a trunk tag) simply skip--recursive- I suggest it):
# without QBS
git clone https://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git
# with QBS
git clone --recursive https://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git
- You just cloned the latest QtCreator source code, but typically you do NOT have the latest Qt installed in your system (I also don't want to have >1 Qt versions installed) and actually you don't want it - you just want to patch the version you use. Lets rebuild the version of QtCreator you have and thus use most most of the dependencies you already have.
- Determine QtCreator version:
qtcreator -versione.g.Qt Creator 3.0.1 based on Qt 5.2.1 - Install dev packages for your Qt:
sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev - Install private build packages:
sudo apt-get build-dep qtcreator - List tags in Git checkout:
git tag -l | grep 3.0.1 - Checkout tag corresponding to QtCreator you have e.g.
git checkout tags/v3.0.1 - If you did
--recursiveclone above, you also have to checkout corresponding QBS sub-module (I failed to find the right one, therefore I skipped QBS as a workaround). - Check the status w/:
git status - Build QtCreator as described below (full howto http://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_Creator_from_Git)
- Check QMake version:
qmake -v(must be on path and no error) - Prepare Makefile:
# cd to directory containing qt-creator/ with Git repository
mkdir qt-creator-build
# IMPORTANT: now qt-creator/ and qt-creator-build/ are on the same level
cd qt-creator-build
qmake -r ../qt-creator/qtcreator.pro
- Configure and make:
# change to build directory
cd qt-creator-build
qmake -r ../qt-creator/qtcreator.pro
# use multiple cores to make (I actually use number of cores - 1 to avoid trashing)
make -j <number-of-cpu-cores+1>
# if build *fails* try to make it using single CPU core
make
Build troubleshooting:
- Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: script
- ... check package to lib reference below... or
sudo apt-cache search qt | grep script sudo apt-get install qtscript5-dev
- ... check package to lib reference below... or
- Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: help
- ... check package to lib reference below...
sudo apt-get install qttools5-dev
- Package to lib reference:
Qt module dev package lib package
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
bluetooth qtconnectivity5-dev libqt5bluetooth5
concurrent qtbase5-dev libqt5concurrent5
connectivity qtmobility-dev libqtconnectivity1
contacts qtmobility-dev libqt5contacts5
core qtbase5-dev libqt5core5a
dbus qtbase5-dev libqt5dbus5
designer qttools5-dev libqt5designer5
designercomponents qttools5-dev libqt5designercomponents5
feedback qtmobility-dev libqt5feedback5
gallery qtmobility-dev libqtgallery1
gui qtbase5-dev libqt5gui5
help qttools5-dev libqt5help5
location qtmobility-dev libqt5location5
multimedia qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5multimedia5
multimediakit qtmobility-dev libqtmultimediakit1
network qtbase5-dev libqt5network5
nfc qtconnectivity5-dev libqt5nfc5
opengl libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5opengl5
organizer qtmobility-dev libqt5organizer5
positioning qtpositioning5-dev libqt5positioning5
printsupport qtbase5-dev libqt5printsupport5
publishsubscribe qtmobility-dev libqt5publishsubscribe5
qml qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5qml5
quick qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5quick5
quickparticles qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5quickparticles5
quicktest qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5quicktest5
quickwidgets qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5quickwidgets5
script qtscript5-dev libqt5script5
scripttools qtscript5-dev libqt5scripttools5
sensors qtmobility-dev, libqt5sensors5-dev libqt5sensors5
serialport libqt5serialport5-dev libqt5serialport5
serviceframework qtmobility-dev libqt5serviceframework5
sql qtbase5-dev libqt5sql5
svg libqt5svg5-dev libqt5svg5
systeminfo qtmobility-dev libqt5systeminfo5
test qtbase5-dev libqt5test5
uitools qttools5-dev ?
versit qtmobility-dev libqtversit1
webchannel ? ?
webkit libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5webkit5
websockets libqt5websockets5-dev libqt5websockets5
widgets qtbase5-dev libqt5widgets5
x11extras libqt5x11extras5-dev libqt5x11extras5
xml qtbase5-dev libqt5xml5
xmlpatterns libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5
Use the following patch to remove Alt- keys from the menu:
Then rebuild QtCreator (as described above - just run make in build
directory) and install new binary (manually or using make install).
The patch only removes shortcuts for top-level menu items in
application's main window (./src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp,
./src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp).
QtCreator shortcuts can be customized in:
- Menu/Tools/Options/Environment/Keyboard tab
If you don't want to customize shortcuts yourself, you may want to download basic configuration from the accepted response of the following StackOverflow question:
Emacs in QtCreator:
- EmacsKeys for QtCreator 2.5.2: https://github.com/fberger/emacskeys
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