SUMMARY Using this function: Tools -> External Tools -> Tools -> JSON Format Full File First issue, jq.exe is not exist in application directory, so it is unusable, menu item doesn't appear. Second issue, i installed jq from internet, json format menu item is available, but it give errors, so i searched internet for how to fix it, found out error caused by arguments passed to jq, can be changed in Settings -> Configure Kate -> External Tools -> JSON Format Full File -> Edit -> Arguments: '.' %{Document:FileName} i have fixed this issue manually by replacing it with: "." "%{Document:FileName}" Third issue is after installing jq on the system, when using json format, jq uses cr lf as line endings, but kate replaces line endings with cr cr lf, and broke it. If i choose Unix line endings before saving the resulting text, it will be saved correctly, otherwise it will save a broken text file (with cr cr lf endings). Another minor issue is, jq command should be more accessible on the menu, could be somewhere in the menu that more easily be seen and used. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: 10 x64 Build 20H2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Kate line endings are configured as: DOS/Windows
Hi, thanks that you report this. For the command line, does e.g. . %{Document:FileName} work, too, for you?
i use "." "%{Document:FileName}" if i remove double quotes, filenames and paths with spaces would give errors, so double quotes are required on windows. i have another temporary workaround for line endings too, after using json format, "select all", "cut", "paste" then line endings are fixed. line endings bug also affects xml format which is done by xmllint external command, if its fixed, that also be fixed lastly jq and xmllint executables need to be added to the build of windows package of kate
Git commit 13a4805edb2372a4600e9a0044ce96144892c161 by Christoph Cullmann. Committed on 03/07/2021 at 14:47. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'. fix command line for jq for windows M +1 -1 addons/externaltools/defaultexternaltoolsrc https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit/13a4805edb2372a4600e9a0044ce96144892c161
The command line should be now ok. For bundling: this is "external" tools, we will not bundle these things with Kate, we just provide an easy way to call such external programs. Otherwise we will need to start to bundle stuff like a full clang/gcc/... and in most cases people will want that we use the proper installed versions. One thing to fix here is remaining, the issue with the line endings. I am still a bit confused here, what exactly breaks. You mean we screw up to handle the Windows line endings in the output of jq correctly?
Git commit 16161f8712609fe6054e179cbe0fdd531243a007 by Christoph Cullmann. Committed on 03/07/2021 at 16:08. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'. ensure we unify line endings we use the strings from the tools in internal API calls like insertText these calls assume line endings are just \n M +18 -2 addons/externaltools/katetoolrunner.cpp https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit/16161f8712609fe6054e179cbe0fdd531243a007