simple surround util script to add () around the selection

utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_select_surround.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+
+# TODO, accept other characters as args
+
+txt = sys.stdin.read()
+print("(", end="")
+print(txt, end="")
+print(")", end="")
+

utils_ide/qtcreator/externaltools/qtc_select_surround.xml

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<externaltool id="qtc_select_surround">
+    <description>Surround selection with parentheses or other optionally other characters.</description>
+    <displayname>Surround selection with parentheses</displayname>
+    <category>Formatting</category>
+    <executable output="replaceselection" error="showinpane" modifiesdocument="no">
+        <path>qtc_select_surround.py</path>
+        <input>%{CurrentDocument:Selection}</input>
+        <workingdirectory>%{CurrentDocument:Path}</workingdirectory>
+    </executable>
+</externaltool>