[Qt-creator] Integration of an external program into the IDE

[Eike Ziller]

On Feb 19, 2010, at 7:05 AM, ext juergen.lanner at besi.com wrote:

> 
> Hi all!
> 
> I am seeking a way to integrate an external program into the IDE in a way e.g. Visual Studio allows to do  it. 
> 
> To be more precise: I would like to start it with some shortcut and hand over some data like current selection, current file name and path, ... 
> Is there something like this already available? 

No.

> I think this might be a very common use case for developers. 
> 
> If it is not available by now I suppose digging deeper into the plugin mechanism is the right way to go ahead, isn't it? :-) 

You might want to "take over" http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-80, would be glad to accept contributions in this directions :)

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Eike Ziller
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks

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