felsenhower/file-templates

KDE File Templates

Desktop entries and source files to create new files (at this point only scripts) according to best practices.

Content goes to ~/.local/share/templates/.

The files should then appear under "Right click -> Create New" in Dolphin.

The icons have been hand-selected from the choices that are available on Manjaro KDE by default. No guarantee that your system will have them.

Some details

bash

• bash template
• Use env instead of bash directly:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

• Use Bash Strict Mode:

set -euo pipefail
IFS=$'\n\t'

• Automatically check script with ShellCheck. Remove this production:

shellcheck "$0"

• Gary Verhaegen – "Bash functions are better than I thought"

C

• C template

C++

• C++ template
• Do not use using namespace std; (isocpp).

Makefile

• Makefile template
• Use .PHONY:

.PHONY: default all clean

• Use $(RM) in make clean:

clean:
	$(RM) files

Python

• Python template
• Use env instead of python3 directly.
• Explicitly use python3.
• Use Type Hints in order to perform static type checking with mypy:

def main() -> None:
    pass

• Encapsulate code in a main function:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()