help_plg.cpp: updater

Added updating support for the application. Remains to be tested in real
life.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CPMAddPackage("gh:diegoiast/qutepart-cpp#main")
 CPMAddPackage("gh:diegoiast/command-palette-widget#main")
 CPMAddPackage("gh:palacaze/image-viewer#master")
 CPMAddPackage("gh:Dax89/QHexView#5.0")
+CPMAddPackage("gh:alex-spataru/QSimpleUpdater#7f4d8c65686d37b3040335b711eecd4bdc3001fe")
 
 download_breeze_icons(6.4.0)
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ target_include_directories(qtedit4 PUBLIC
     ${qutepart_SOURCE_DIR}/include 
     src/widgets
 )
-target_link_libraries(qtedit4 PUBLIC Qt6::Core Qt6::Widgets Qt6::PrintSupport qmdilib qutepart CommandPaletteWidget Pal::ImageViewer QHexView)
+target_link_libraries(qtedit4 PUBLIC Qt6::Core Qt6::Widgets Qt6::PrintSupport qmdilib qutepart CommandPaletteWidget Pal::ImageViewer QHexView QSimpleUpdater)
 
 if(MSVC)
    # if we don't do this - file will be under Debug/Relase subdir

TODO.md

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Tasks for v0.0.1
 1. ~~Icon for main window~~
 1. ~~Hex editor support for binary files, https://github.com/Dax89/QHexView~~
 1. ~~Image viewer (used palacaze/image-viewer)~~
+1. ~~Updater: https://github.com/alex-spataru/QSimpleUpdater~~
 1. First run actions
     1. Create kits
     1. Windows:
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ Tasks for v0.0.1
 1. Project plugin will need a refactor, its getting too ugly.
 1. Internal web browser? why not
 1. Global hotkeys https://github.com/Skycoder42/QHotkey/blob/master/README.md
-1. Updater: https://github.com/alex-spataru/QSimpleUpdater, https://github.com/Skycoder42/QtAutoUpdater
 1. Terminal widget: https://github.com/lxqt/qtermwidget (see what Kate did "back then")
 1. QtAwesome icon set: https://github.com/gamecreature/QtAwesome
 1. Breadcrumb: https://github.com/Qt-Widgets/wwwidgets-breadcrumb-color-combobox-led-spinbox-navigator-ip-etc

src/main.cpp

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("qtedit4");
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
 
+    app.setApplicationVersion("0.0.1");
+    app.setApplicationName("qtedit4");
+
 #if defined(WIN32)
     // default style on windows is ugly and unusable.
     // lets fallback to something more usable for us
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     auto iconsPath = "/../share/icons";
 #endif
 
-    // On bare bones Linux installs, Windows or OSX,we might now have freedesktop
+    // On bare bones Linux installs, Windows or OSX, we might not have a freedesktop
     // icons thus - we use our bundled icons.
     if (needsIcons) {
         auto base = QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + iconsPath).absolutePath();

src/plugins/help/help_plg.cpp

@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@
 #else
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QSimpleUpdater.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#define TESTING_CHANNEL "linux-testing"
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+#define TESTING_CHANNEL "windows-testing"
+#else
+#endif
+
 auto static createDesktopMenuItem(const std::string &execPath, const std::string &svgIconContent)
     -> std::string {
     const char *homeDir = std::getenv("HOME");
@@ -143,8 +151,11 @@ HelpPlugin::HelpPlugin() {
     autoEnabled = true;
     alwaysEnabled = false;
 
-    actionAbout = new QAction(tr("&About"), this);
-    connect(actionAbout, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(actionAbout_triggered()));
+    auto actionAbout = new QAction(tr("&About"), this);
+    connect(actionAbout, &QAction::triggered, this, &HelpPlugin::actionAbout_triggered);
+    auto actionCheckForUpdates = new QAction(tr("&Check for updates"), this);
+    connect(actionCheckForUpdates, &QAction::triggered, this,
+            &HelpPlugin::checkForUpdates_triggered);
 
     auto actionVisitHomePage = new QAction(tr("Visit homepage"), this);
     connect(actionVisitHomePage, &QAction::triggered, this,
@@ -172,9 +183,10 @@ HelpPlugin::HelpPlugin() {
             refreshSystemMenus();
         });
         menus["&Help"]->addAction(installDesktopFile);
-        menus["&Help"]->addSeparator();
     }
 
+    menus["&Help"]->addAction(actionCheckForUpdates);
+    menus["&Help"]->addSeparator();
     menus["&Help"]->addAction(actionVisitHomePage);
     menus["&Help"]->addAction(actionAboutQt);
     menus["&Help"]->addAction(actionAbout);
@@ -191,3 +203,12 @@ void HelpPlugin::actionAbout_triggered() {
     QMessageBox::information(dynamic_cast<QMainWindow *>(mdiServer), "About",
                              "QtEdit4 - a text editor");
 }
+
+void HelpPlugin::checkForUpdates_triggered() {
+    auto url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diegoiast/qtedit4/refs/heads/main/updates.json";
+    // QSimpleUpdater::getInstance()->setPlatformKey(url, TESTING_CHANNEL);
+    QSimpleUpdater::getInstance()->setNotifyOnUpdate(url, true);
+    QSimpleUpdater::getInstance()->setNotifyOnFinish(url, true);
+    QSimpleUpdater::getInstance()->setDownloaderEnabled(url, true);
+    QSimpleUpdater::getInstance()->checkForUpdates(url);
+}

src/plugins/help/help_plg.h

@@ -21,7 +21,5 @@ class HelpPlugin : public IPlugin {
     void showAbout();
   public slots:
     void actionAbout_triggered();
-
-  private:
-    QAction *actionAbout;
+    void checkForUpdates_triggered();
 };