[Qt-creator] Dev: add/remove folder in File System view

[André Pönitz]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 11:26:12PM +0200, Sven Goericke wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> i just added 2 more options to the context menu in the "File System"
> view, allowing adding and removing a folder. I don't know why this is
> still missing but it was my personal need for this options. You can
> review the code here:
> https://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/sgoerickes-qt-creator/commit/1c5c51c91d9fb1aaa5ee13e3a77bd142e5dbc142/diffs/6f4383409af33df2662cae3d8239fa2797c53744
> 
> I created a fork of the original qt-creator and also a separate branch
> for my work. Please note that Qt is relative new for me (while C++ isn't).

[As side-note: Any code that is meant for inclusion in Qt (including Qt Creator)
needs to follow http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-Contribution-Guidelines ]

> To the maintainers: are there any serious reasons why adding/removing
> folders is still missing in Qt Creator?

Probably because people did not feel the urge to duplicate a file manager's
functionality. It's one of those areas where people tend to have strong
personal preferences. Whatever one does in such an area will cause some
shouts from the people who don't need or want it, and a flurry of
bugreports about missing features in the first implementation at the same
time. But you could try ;-)

> Private as well at work we use plain Makefile-based projects and
> switching to another build-system is no option. Therefore i like to
> improve some features in the Generic Project Manager.

That would be appreciated. 

> I also plan to create a plugin for boost.test support (while we use QTC
> to write code we don't use Qt itself).
> 
> Apropos plugin: i just created my first plugin for QTC. It's nothing big,
> just adds a little feature i missed. After 5 years of Emacs sometimes you
> miss something
> 
> https://gitorious.org/qtcreator-plugin-commentextend/qtcreator-plugin-commentextend

Little features are best not done as plugins, but directly integrated in
the core functionality. Plugins bear quite some overhead, both at startup
time, and more importantly for maintenance in general.

Andre'