diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.py b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd115784c94fd1edf2b3dcb15f11d2e99b03c6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+txt = sys.stdin.read()
+
+data = txt.split("\n")
+
+# TODO. block comments
+
+# first detect blocks
+def block_data(data, i_start):
+ ok = False
+ i_begin = -1
+ i_index = -1
+ i_end = -1
+ i = i_start
+ while i < len(data):
+ l = data[i]
+ if "//" in l:
+ i_begin = i
+ i_index = l.index("//")
+ break
+ i += 1
+ if i_begin != -1:
+ i_end = i_begin
+ for i in range(i_begin + 1, len(data)):
+ l = data[i]
+ if "//" in l and l.lstrip().startswith("//") and l.index("//") == i_index:
+ i_end = i
+ else:
+ break
+
+ if i_begin != i_end:
+ # do a block comment replacement
+ data[i_begin] = data[i_begin].replace("//", "/*", 1)
+ for i in range(i_begin + 1, i_end + 1):
+ data[i] = data[i].replace("//", " *", 1)
+ data[i_end] = "%s */" % data[i_end].rstrip()
+ # done with block comment, still go onto do regular replace
+ return max(i_end, i_start + 1)
+
+i = 0
+while i < len(data):
+ i = block_data(data, i)
+
+i = 0
+while "//" not in data[i] and i > len(data):
+ i += 1
+
+
+
+
+
+for i, l in enumerate(data):
+ if "//" in l: # should check if its in a string.
+
+ text, comment = l.split("//", 1)
+
+ l = "%s/* %s */" % (text, comment.strip())
+
+ data[i] = l
+
+
+# list(map(print, data))
+print("\n".join(data), end="")
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.xml b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4fc2b04c2b908e23980264950d5251fb70b3f42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<externaltool id="qtc_cpp_to_c_comments">
+ <description>Convert blocks of C++ comments into C style comments.</description>
+ <displayname>C++ to C (Comments)</displayname>
+ <category>Formatting</category>
+ <executable output="replaceselection" error="showinpane" modifiesdocument="no">
+ <path>qtc_cpp_to_c_comments.py</path>
+ <input>%{CurrentDocument:Selection}</input>
+ <workingdirectory>%{CurrentDocument:Path}</workingdirectory>
+ </executable>
+</externaltool>
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_expand_tabmix.py b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_expand_tabmix.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aae1886395da35b2420dbe764a5957844fd56607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_expand_tabmix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+# TODO, get from QtCreator
+TABSIZE = 4
+
+txt = sys.stdin.read()
+data = txt.split("\n")
+
+for i, l in enumerate(data):
+ l_lstrip = l.lstrip("\t")
+ l_lstrip_tot = (len(l) - len(l_lstrip))
+ if l_lstrip_tot:
+ l_pre_ws, l_post_ws = l[:l_lstrip_tot], l[l_lstrip_tot:]
+ else:
+ l_pre_ws, l_post_ws = "", l
+ # expand tabs and remove trailing space
+ data[i] = l_pre_ws + l_post_ws.expandtabs(TABSIZE).rstrip(" \t")
+
+
+print("\n".join(data), end="")
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_expand_tabmix.xml b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_expand_tabmix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4372ee3595fe7ac1c6567d478cb7b154eb641d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_expand_tabmix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<externaltool id="qtc_expand_tabmix">
+ <description>Expand non-leading tabs into spaces.</description>
+ <displayname>Expand Tab Mix</displayname>
+ <category>Formatting</category>
+ <executable output="replaceselection" error="showinpane" modifiesdocument="no">
+ <path>qtc_expand_tabmix.py</path>
+ <input>%{CurrentDocument:Selection}</input>
+ <workingdirectory>%{CurrentDocument:Path}</workingdirectory>
+ </executable>
+</externaltool>
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_right_align_trailing_char.py b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_right_align_trailing_char.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7efc92cd5fb205704b4b5ee8e9cb9bd28e441c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_right_align_trailing_char.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+# TODO, get from QtCreator
+TABSIZE = 4
+
+txt = sys.stdin.read()
+data = txt.split("\n")
+
+maxlen = 0
+# tabs -> spaces
+for i, l in enumerate(data):
+ l = l.replace("\t", " " * TABSIZE)
+ l = l.rstrip()
+ maxlen = max(maxlen, len(l))
+ data[i] = l
+
+for i, l in enumerate(data):
+ ws = l.rsplit(" ", 1)
+ if len(l.strip().split()) == 1 or len(ws) == 1:
+ pass
+ else:
+ j = 1
+ while len(l) < maxlen:
+ l = (" " * j).join(ws)
+ j += 1
+ data[i] = l
+
+# add tabs back in
+for i, l in enumerate(data):
+ ls = l.lstrip()
+ d = len(l) - len(ls)
+ indent = ""
+ while d >= TABSIZE:
+ d -= TABSIZE
+ indent += "\t"
+ if d:
+ indent += (" " * d)
+ data[i] = indent + ls
+
+
+print("\n".join(data), end="")
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_right_align_trailing_char.xml b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_right_align_trailing_char.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c4ba42973cd67d015855738cde400e8a0c7af465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_right_align_trailing_char.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<externaltool id="qtc_right_align_trailing_char">
+ <description>Right align the last character of each line to the existing furthermost character (useful for multi-line macros).</description>
+ <displayname>Right Align Trailing Char</displayname>
+ <category>Formatting</category>
+ <executable output="replaceselection" error="showinpane" modifiesdocument="no">
+ <path>qtc_right_align_trailing_char.py</path>
+ <input>%{CurrentDocument:Selection}</input>
+ <workingdirectory>%{CurrentDocument:Path}</workingdirectory>
+ </executable>
+</externaltool>
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_sort_paths.py b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_sort_paths.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c584a4b774c292493533273ba4c7f027de763268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_sort_paths.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+txt = sys.stdin.read()
+
+data = txt.split("\n")
+
+class PathCMP:
+ def __init__(self, path):
+ path = path.strip()
+
+ self.path = path
+ if path.startswith("."):
+ path = path[1:]
+
+ if path.startswith("/"):
+ path = path[1:]
+ if path.endswith("/"):
+ path = path[:-1]
+
+ self.level = self.path.count("..")
+ if self.level == 0:
+ self.level = (self.path.count("/") - 10000)
+
+ def __eq__(self, other):
+ return self.path == other.path
+ def __lt__(self, other):
+ return self.path < other.path if self.level == other.level else self.level < other.level
+ def __gt__(self, other):
+ return self.path > other.path if self.level == other.level else self.level > other.level
+
+
+data.sort(key=lambda a: PathCMP(a))
+
+print("\n".join(data), end="")
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_sort_paths.xml b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_sort_paths.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..40c4073ee2a45d328fc0e3791f3dddddadb990b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_sort_paths.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<externaltool id="qtc_sort_paths">
+ <description>Path sort selection, taking into account path depth.</description>
+ <displayname>Sort (Path Depths)</displayname>
+ <category>Formatting</category>
+ <executable output="replaceselection" error="showinpane" modifiesdocument="no">
+ <path>qtc_sort_paths.py</path>
+ <input>%{CurrentDocument:Selection}</input>
+ <workingdirectory>%{CurrentDocument:Path}</workingdirectory>
+ </executable>
+</externaltool>
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_toggle_if0.py b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_toggle_if0.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1942687e5aa9f68406bb3a472b9ab6cf9c8dd0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_toggle_if0.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+txt = sys.stdin.read()
+data = txt.split("\n")
+
+# Check if we're if0
+is_comment = False
+for l in data:
+ l_strip = l.strip()
+ if l_strip:
+ if l_strip.startswith("#if 0"):
+ is_comment = True
+ else:
+ is_comment = False
+ break
+
+if is_comment:
+ pop_a = None
+ pop_b = None
+ for i, l in enumerate(data):
+ l_strip = l.strip()
+
+ if pop_a is None:
+ if l_strip.startswith("#if 0"):
+ pop_a = i
+
+ if l_strip.startswith("#endif"):
+ pop_b = i
+
+ if pop_a is not None and pop_b is not None:
+ del data[pop_b]
+ del data[pop_a]
+else:
+ data = ["\n#if 0"] + data + ["#endif\n"]
+
+
+print("\n".join(data), end="")
diff --git a/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_toggle_if0.xml b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_toggle_if0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e63a18ec6069feea6f9b41c5b6303682ddab870e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_toggle_if0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<externaltool id="qtc_toggle_if0">
+ <description>Toggle if 0 preprocessor block.</description>
+ <displayname>Toggle #if 0</displayname>
+ <category>Formatting</category>
+ <executable output="replaceselection" error="showinpane" modifiesdocument="no">
+ <path>qtc_toggle_if0.py</path>
+ <input>%{CurrentDocument:Selection}</input>
+ <workingdirectory>%{CurrentDocument:Path}</workingdirectory>
+ </executable>
+</externaltool>