Git commit 21d0718ad5551c1c2c3cc0bc101d736f6858e91d by T.C. Hollingsworth. Committed on 27/05/2013 at 23:58. Pushed by hollingsworth into branch 'master'.
fill in developer information for all kinds of plugins M +40 -2 doc/kate/development.docbook http://commits.kde.org/kate/21d0718ad5551c1c2c3cc0bc101d736f6858e91d diff --git a/doc/kate/development.docbook b/doc/kate/development.docbook index aa23036..ad4e992 100644 --- a/doc/kate/development.docbook +++ b/doc/kate/development.docbook @@ -1735,18 +1735,56 @@ bool document.isOthers(<parameter>Cursor <replaceable>cursor</replaceable></para </sect1> <sect1 id="dev-part"> -<title>Editor Component Plugins</title> +<title>Editor Component Extensions</title> + +<para><link linkend="editor-component-plugins">Editor Component Extensions</link> +extend KatePart, the Advanced Text Editor component used within many KDE +applications, such as &kate;, &kwrite;, Kile, and KDevelop. Creating an Editor +Component Plugin will allow you to extend the editor's functionality in any and +all of these programs.</para> + +<para>To get started, see the +<ulink url="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Kate/KTextEditor_Plugins";> +KTextEditor Plugin Tutorial on &kde; TechBase</ulink>. For even more, see the +<ulink url="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Kate/KTextEditor_Plugins_Advanced";> +Advanced Tutorial, also on TechBase</ulink>.</para> + +<para>You can find the +<ulink url="http://api.kde.org/4.10-api/kdelibs-apidocs/interfaces/ktexteditor/html/";> +complete API documentation in the &kde; API Reference</ulink>.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="dev-app"> -<title>&kate; Application Plugins</title> +<title>&kate; (C++) Application Plugins</title> + +<para><link linkend="kate-application-plugins">Kate Application Plugins</link> +extend the functionality of the &kate; editor itself in any way you can imagine, +using the same programming language &kate; is written in, C++.</para> + +<para>To get started, see the +<ulink url="http://kate-editor.org/2004/01/06/writing-a-kate-plugin/";>Writing a +&kate; Plugin tutorial on the &kate; website</ulink>. There is also +<ulink url="http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kate.git&a=tree&f=addons%2Fkate%2Fhelloworld";> +a classic <quote>Hello, world!</quote> example plugin included with the &kate; +source code</ulink>.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="dev-pate"> <title>&pate; Python Plugins</title> +<para><link linkend="pate">&pate; Plugins</link> also allow you to extend the +functionality of &kate; in any way you like, using the Python programming +language.</para> + +<para>To get started, see the +<ulink url="http://kate-editor.org/2012/07/01/python-plugin-developer-guide-part-1/";> +Python plugin developer guide on the &kate; website</ulink>.</para> + +<para>You can also access the API reference in the +<link linkend="pate-config">&pate; Configuration</link> screen.</para> + </sect1> </chapter>
