https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467033
Bug ID: 467033
Summary: Make the KATE preview plugin support additional
mimetypes by external programs
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: unspecified
Platform: Archlinux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: plugin-preview
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: bug....@petzel.at
Target Milestone: ---
The preview plugin currently relies on the current document having a KPart able
to view the current file. This strongly limits the use of the plugin. Often we
are working with non preview-able files that are compiled to a preview-able
file. Examples might be a TeX documents or Lilypond scores, which are turned
into .pdf files using an external program.
I think it would increase the use cases for the preview plugin significantly if
we could get it to handle such cases. One thing that could be done for example
is to allow specification of output files for certain Mimetype, e.g. to have a
configuration telling the preview plugin that e.g. on a file file.tex it should
attempt to locate file.pdf for preview. Maybe this could even include an
optional call to an external program so that updating the preview automatically
renders the document using the given program (although this is not particularly
important, as one can already configure such actions e.g. on save).
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