python - Eclipse external tool for Qt .ui to .py with pyuic

Question

I use PyDev in Eclipse with the Qt integration. With an external tool I can create python source in a .py from a qt .ui file. This is the external tool: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.xy.devel/413 The problem is that the generated python .py file has a name like MyGeneratedFile.ui.py. How can I adapt the external tool to have the extension of the generated file without .ui thus MyGeneratedFile.py ?

Answer 1

So it seems the problem boils down to ${resource_loc}, since this gives you the full path name /path/to/file/filename.ui - Yes, it does include the .ui hence when you say ${resource_loc}.py this translates into /path/to/file/filename.ui.py

So probably the simplest way to correct this problem since I couldn't find a way to make eclipse remove the file extension for me was making a very small script to do work.

You might need to modify it slightly to work for your pyuic installation.

/usr/bin/pyuicEclipse:

#!/bin/bash
pyUICCommand="/usr/bin/pyuic" # change this per your installation
x=$1
f=`basename $x`
d=`dirname $x`
fNoUI="`echo $f | sed 's/.ui$//'`" # removes .ui extension from file basename
$pyUICCommand -o ${d}/${fNoUI}.py $x

make it executable and the eclipse configuration I used was much simpler:

• PyUIC->Main->Location: /usr/bin/pyuicEclipse ---obviously change this to yours
• PyUIC->Main->Arguments: ${resource_loc}
• PyUIC->Refresh - check "Refresh Resources upon Completion"
• PyUIC->Build - uncheck "Build before Launch"
• PyUIC->Common - don't do the File option that was mentioned in that article

This works on linux, so if you're on another OS it may need some slight modification, but I hope this solves your problem :)