README.md

Warning

This plugin is OBSOLETE and is not guaranteed to work beyond QGIS 3.10.

Some of its features will eventually be merged to QGIS:

• ToggleComment (qgis/QGIS#50341): 3.30
• Smart brackets (qgis/QGIS#51391): 3.30
• Fix altgr shortcut (qgis/QGIS#51420): 3.30
• Save / Run / Tab shortcuts (qgis/QGIS#51913): 3.30
• Format code (qgis/QGIS#51733): 3.32
• IPython-style system commands (qgis/QGIS#51919): 3.32
• Jedi features (autocompletion, calltips, goto): TBD

Better Editor (QGIS plugin)

This plugin improves the embedded Python editor with several useful features.

• Smart autocompletion and call tips with Jedi

• Replace comment / uncomment action with a single well-behaved Toggle comment action (Ctrl+:)

• Format code with black formatter (Ctrl+Alt+F or Format on save)

• Better handling of [{('""')}] : automatic insertion and deletion
• Goto definition: press F12 or F2 will go to the definition of the word under the cursor (works only within the script)
• Insert icon from QGIS resources: useful for quick prototyping
• Tweak some QGIS shortcuts which prevented user from entering } and | in the console when keyboard used AZERTY (French) layout
• Pressing Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Shift+S triggers file save when editor has focus
• Pressing Ctrl+R triggers script run
• Tab navigation with Ctrl+PgDown and Ctrl+PgUp
• Multiple syntax error check with jedi.

^{Original, simple check (QGIS) and multi check (Jedi)}

Settings dialog

• Hide default QGIS comment & uncomment actions
• Set the max line length (will be used by the ruler, and black)
• Set the autocompletion threshold (Autocompletion is not triggered for words shorther than the threshold)
• Format on save applies black before saving file
• Configure the ruler
• Change the default folding indicator (QGIS default is Plain)

Resource browser

The resource browser allow to search through the embedded .qrc files to look for images to use as icon.

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