[Qt-creator] IOutputParser appending lines to AppOutputPane

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 9 December 2013 07:58, Ziller Eike <Eike.Ziller at digia.com> wrote:
> On Dec 8, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have implemented a custom output parser, derived from
>> ProjectExplorer::IOutputParser, to parse build output lines.
>> The parser sends messages to Compile Output pane as well
>> as  to the Issues pane (on error or warning tasks).
>>
>> There are some lines parsed which I would like to send
>> to the Application Output pane.
>>
>> Is it possible for an IOutputParser implementor to append
>> messages to the AppOutputPane?
>
> There is no single application output. Application output is always
> bound to an application that is run in a certain configuration
> (there is a tab created for each of these in the application output pane.

I think I understand.
I wrongly assumed looking at the sinle Application Output
but that is just a UI.

>
> So, the moment a build is done you either wouldn’t really know which
> application output would be appropriate (and one can well argue that *no*
> application output is appropriate), or there isn’t even one, and if only a build
> was triggered, without a run, there even won’t be any application output tab.

That makes sense, thanks for explaining.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Łoskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net