# eric3.Utilities.Startup

Module implementing some startup helper funcions

### Classes

None

### Functions

handleArgs | Function to handle the always present commandline options.
initializeMimeSourceFactory | Function to initialize the default mime source factory.
loadTranslatorForLocale | Function to find and load a specific translation.
loadTranslators | Function to load all required translations.
makeAppInfo | Function to generate a dictionary describing the application.
simpleAppStartup | Function to start up an application that doesn't need a specialized start up.
usage | Function to show the usage information.
version | Function to show the version information.

## handleArgs

handleArgs(argv, appinfo)

Function to handle the always present commandline options.

argv
  list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
appinfo
  dictionary describing the application

Returns:
  index of the '--' option (integer). This is used to tell the application, that all additional option don't belong to the application.

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## initializeMimeSourceFactory

initializeMimeSourceFactory()

Function to initialize the default mime source factory.

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## loadTranslatorForLocale

loadTranslatorForLocale(dirs, tn)

Function to find and load a specific translation.

dirs
  Searchpath for the translations. (list of strings)
tn
  The translation to be loaded. (string)

Returns:
  Tuple of a status flag and the loaded translator. (int, QTranslator)

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## loadTranslators

loadTranslators(qtDir, app, translationFiles = ())

Function to load all required translations.

qtDir
  directory of the Qt installation (string)
app
  reference to the application object (QApplication)
translationFiles
  tuple of additional translations to be loaded (tuple of strings)

Returns:
  the requested locale (string)

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## makeAppInfo

makeAppInfo(argv, name, arg, description, options = [])

Function to generate a dictionary describing the application.

argv
  list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
name
  name of the application (string)
arg
  commandline arguments (string)
description
  text describing the application (string)
options
  list of additional commandline options (list of tuples of two strings (commandline option, option description)). The options --version, --help and -h are always present and must not be repeated in this list.

Returns:
  dictionary describing the application

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## simpleAppStartup

simpleAppStartup(argv, appinfo, mwFactory, kqOptions = [])

Function to start up an application that doesn't need a specialized start up.

This function is used by all of eric3's helper programs.

argv
  list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
appinfo
  dictionary describing the application
mwFactory
  factory function generating the main widget. This function must accept the following parameters.
  argv
    list of commandline parameters (list of strings)
  qtDir
    directory of the Qt installation (string)
kqOptions
  list of acceptable command line options. This is only used, if the application is running under KDE and pyKDE can be loaded successfully.

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## usage

usage(appinfo, optlen = 12)

Function to show the usage information.

appinfo
  dictionary describing the application
optlen
  length of the field for the commandline option (integer)

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## version

version(appinfo)

Function to show the version information.

appinfo
  dictionary describing the application

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