diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-external-tools.png b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-external-tools.png deleted file mode 100644 index 949eff9ae25..00000000000 Binary files a/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-external-tools.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-external-tools.webp b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-external-tools.webp new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..43bf51685b5 Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-external-tools.webp differ diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-external-tools.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-external-tools.qdoc index fa58a1e80a2..54f457cb7ca 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-external-tools.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-external-tools.qdoc @@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ \title Use external tools - You can use external tools directly from \QC. Qt Linguist, QML preview - tools, and the default text editor for your system are preconfigured - for use. You can change their default configurations and configure new - tools. + You can use external tools directly from \QC. You can change the default + configurations of the QML preview tools and the default text editor for + your system or configure new tools. To run the tools, select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External, or use the \c x filter in the locator. @@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ You can change the configuration of preconfigured tools and configure additional tools in \QC \preferences. - \image qtcreator-external-tools.png + \image qtcreator-external-tools.webp {External Tools preferences} \if defined(qtcreator) Select the \inlineimage icons/replace.png @@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ revert the changes by selecting the \uicontrol Reset button. The tool configurations that you add and modify are stored in XML format in - the user configuration folder. For example, + the user's configuration folder. For example, \c {~/config/QtProject/qtcreator/externaltools} on Linux and \macos and \c {C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\QtProject\qtcreator\externaltools} @@ -155,40 +154,11 @@ \uicontrol Projects or \uicontrol {File System} view and go to \uicontrol {Open With} > \uicontrol {Qt Linguist} in the context menu. - \section1 Use lupdate and lrelease - - Use the Qt Linguist release manager tools, lupdate and lrelease, - directly from \QC. The lupdate tool synchronizes source - code and translations. The lrelease tool creates run-time - translation files for use by the released application. - - \note Running the tools from \QC is supported only when using qmake as the - build system. For more information about using the tools with CMake, see - \l{https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/cmake-command-reference.html#qt6-linguisttools} - {Qt6::LinguistTools}. - - By default, the project .pro file is passed to the tools as an argument. To - specify other command-line arguments for the tools, go to \uicontrol Tools > - \uicontrol External > \uicontrol Configure. - - \section2 Synchronize TS files - - To synchronize TS files from a translator with the - application code, go to \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External > - \uicontrol Linguist > \uicontrol {Update Translations (lupdate)}. - - \section2 Generate QM files - - To generate from the TS files Qt message (QM) files that can be used by an - application, go to \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol External > - \uicontrol Linguist > \uicontrol {Release Translations (lrelease)}. - \if defined(qtcreator) \sa {Add translation files} \endif - \sa {Use external tools}, {Internationalization with Qt}, - {Qt Linguist Manual} + \sa {Internationalization with Qt}, {Qt Linguist Manual} */ /*!