martonmiklos / rqt_plugin_wizard_for_qtcreator

rqt plugin wizard for QtCreator

Because I always mess it up, and troubleshoot a few hours when creating a new plugin.

Now it is easy.

Clone this repo to <QtCreator's install path>/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/projects/rqt_plugin

And then:

And then enjoy with:

rqt --force-discover

rqt plugin building tips for QtCreator

• Start the QtCreator from a shell where the catkin env is setup properly (setup.sh is sourced)
• Create the project with the wizard
• Remove the make step add a custom build step to call catkin_make (similar to this one):

To the run configuration add the following:

With this setup you can even debug your plugin with GDB.