[Qt-creator] TextEditor plugin: how to set QTextDocument in BaseTextEditorWidget?

[Ziller Eike]

Hi,

On May 29, 2014, at 2:33 AM, Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar at digia.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 28. May 17:12, Vitali Baumtrok wrote:
>> is there a possibility to set the QTextDocument in BaseTextEditorWidget 
>> of the TextEditor plugin?
> 
> Not supported (yet).
> 
> I'm interested in that, too. The in-memory-ui-file-processor could
> work on such a set QTextDocument.  Changes to such a document would
> then be immediately reflected in the editor.

Setting the text document is not supported, and actually it is not even supported to perform *any* operation on the QTextDocument directly either. E.g. setting text editor contents is only supported through IDocument::setContents / BaseTextEditor::setPlainText. We simply have to keep too much separate information in sync (like the revisions), so I’m not even sure it would be possible, but in any case it would be a big effort with many opportunities for bugs ;)

Br, Eike

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