KDE / kde-dev-scripts

Stuff in this directory:

=== DEBUGGING SUPPORT

adddebug        Modifies the Makefile to add debug info (-g)

add_trace.pl	Modifies a source file to add a trace as the first line
		of every method, using kdDebug, and showing args values.

kDebug2kdDebug.sh Script to convert old KDE debugging statements to their
		modern equivalents.

extend_dmalloc	Script to run gdb on return-addresses

kdekillall	Kills the process "kdeinit: <process> with signal <signal>

=== PROGRAMMING SUPPORT

cheatmake	Helper for saving time when recompiling, skipping files that
		haven't changed in a meaningful way (e.g. if you only change
		a comment...)

cmakelint.pl	Looks for problems (simple) in CMakeLists.txt

create_makefile Create the Makefile in a directory containing a Makefile.am
                Saves time compared to re-running configure completely 

create_makefiles The recursive version of it - needs create_makefile.

fixheaders      Adds header files as it recognices make error output

fixkdeincludes	Tries to reduce the number of includes in KDE source files

fixuifiles	Fixes up Qt Designer .ui files (version, accels, generated names)
		To use before any commit of a .ui file.

fixfsfaddr.sed  Script for sed to fix old FSF addresses

includemocs	Adds missing "#include foobar.moc" lines

kdedoc		Open a kde help page in kfm/konqueror

krazy-licensecheck Runs the Krazy2 license checker on a list of source files
                   Requires Krazy2.

qtdoc		Open a qt help page in kfm/konqueror

kde-spellcheck.pl A script to check source code for misspelings and optionally
		correct them.

=== MODERNIZATION SCRIPTS

rc2kcfgxt.pl	Reads an existing KConfig rc file and creates a best-guess
		version of a KConfigXT XML file.

kdelnk2desktop.py Converts old-style .kdelnk files to their modern .desktop
		equivalents.

qt4/		Directory containing scripts used to automatically convert
		KDE 3 source to the KDE 4 equivalent.

=== USEFUL DATA FOR EXTERNAL PROGRAMS

kde-devel-emacs.el An emacs file that contains many helpful functions and keybindings
		A must for anyone using [X]Emacs to develop KDE/Qt/C++ applications.

kde-devel-gdb	A gdb macro definition file, to e.g. print QStrings from gdb.

kde-devel-vim.vim A vim script that contains many helpful functions and keybindings
		for vim-using KDE developers.

kde.supp	Some valgrind suppressions handy for ignoring stuff we don't
		care about when valgrinding kde applications

completions/	Contains useful scripts to enhance the auto-complete feature of some shells.

=== INFORMATION EXTRACTION

alldcop.rb	Shows an pseudo-XML representation of the DCOP interfaces for
		currently-running KDE applications.  Does not require
		Korundum.

authors2xml.pl	Extract author information from C++ files and print it out
		in DocBook format as a list

makeobj		Script around make which basicly checks if it's in srcdir
		or in builddir and changes to the right directory for
		calling /usr/bin/make

extractrc	Extract text tags from designer's UI files and XML GUI-RC files

extractattr	Same as extractrc, but for use by Scripty.

findmissingcrystal Looks at Crystal icons to find ones which are still
		unchanged from kdeclassic.

zonetab2pot.py  Reads timezone list as its first argument or from
		/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab, and converts it to a PO file
		template.

kdedoxygen.sh   Script that uses doxygen to generate the API documentation
                in html from the KDE source code.

kdedoxyman.sh   Script that uses doxygen to generate the API documentation
                in man page format from the KDE source code.

kdedoxyqt.sh    Script that uses doxygen to generate the API documenation
                in Qt assistant format (.qch) from the KDE source code.
                Requires doxygen v1.5.7 or higher and qthelpgenerator.

kdemangen.pl	Script to use the output from a KDE application's --author and
		--help-all output to automatically generate a man page for the
		application.

png2mng.pl	Script to convert a series of numbered .png files into a .mng
		animation.

package_crystalsvg Script to package all svg files recursively from the current
		directory.

generate_changelog Script to generate a changelog automatically using the svn
		logs between two revisions.

rename_source_files Python script to automatically rename a file in Subversion,
		also taking care to rename the file in Makefile.am and updating
		#include lines.

=== SOURCE CONTROL UTILITIES (CVS and Subversion)
=== All CVS utilities have a corresponding svn version.

colorcvs        Colorizes cvs commands.

create_cvsignore Create a .cvsignore file (using the contents of Makefile.am)

cvs-clean	Recursively wipes out everything not registered in the CVS
		server, starting from the current directory.

cvs2dist	Create a standalone source distribution tarball for an app
		in a KDE CVS module.

cvsaddcurrentdir Add all files in and below the current dir to cvs.
                 *.c, *.h, *.C, *.cpp, *.cc are added automatically,
                 *~, *.o, *.so, *.lo, *.la, .libs/, .deps/, .#* are ignored.
                 You will be asked for the remaining files.

cvsblame	Bonsai-like cvs annotate 

cvscheck	Offline check for status of files in a checked-out module.

cvsgettags	List the available CVS tags for a given set of files, or
		recursively for all files and directories.  No equivalent for
		svn.

noncvslist	List all files in a checked out CVS module that are unknown to
		to the CVS server.

cvsversion      Display CVS version of a file without connecting to the server.

cxxmetric	Counts lines of code, comments and blank space in C and C++
		source files.

cvslastchange   launches "cvs diff -u" to display the last applied changes for a
                given file. HEAD branch only.

cvslastlog      Shows the log associated with the last change on a given file.

cvsremovealltags Remove all tags from a CVS file. Use with care, and for instance
		after copying a file on the server.

cvsrevertlast	Reverts all the files given on the command by one version, then
		you can commit them.

cvsbackport	Backport the last commit in HEAD, to a branch.

cvsforwardport  Forwardport the last commit in a branch to HEAD

pruneemptydirs	Detects stale source dirs in a CVS tree

cvslastreferenced Goes through the whole history of a file to find all modifications
                referencing a specific string.  It's useful if you want to know
                when a function has been removed/modified/added to a file if a
                recent cvs annotate doesn't reference it anymore. 

wcgrep Useful for grep'ing in a subversion working copy.

=== KDE BUILD SCRIPTS

build-progress.sh Displays the progress of kde-build, times needed to complete each
		step. And sets the titlebar of the terminal to the directory that
		make is processing 

kdesrc-build	Updates and recompiles a local KDE source tree.

=== OTHERS

gettext.patch	Patch for gettext-0.10.35 to give xgettext the functionality to
		extract scoped messages

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Looking to add a script?

Just add it to this README. For easy man pages see the perlpod manpage; the
man page for many of these tools is in the script itself.

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