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author | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2020-11-27 13:48:55 +0100 |
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committer | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2020-11-30 10:12:00 +0000 |
commit | bd17dd445befa6c15dca9a52da2613697f6e3b16 (patch) | |
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Doc: Add instructions for using the \youtube macro
The macro shows a thumbnail with a play button to start the
video.
Change-Id: If4dcddfbdbc40e795f4306e83ede43187dd2439c
Reviewed-by: Johanna Vanhatapio <johanna.vanhatapio@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@qt.io>
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diff --git a/doc/qtcreatordev/src/qtcreator-documentation.qdoc b/doc/qtcreatordev/src/qtcreator-documentation.qdoc index 3f55589866..09d17bf0f3 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreatordev/src/qtcreator-documentation.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreatordev/src/qtcreator-documentation.qdoc @@ -418,6 +418,52 @@ optipng -o 7 -strip all doc/images/<screenshot_name> \endcode + \section2 Linking to Youtube Videos + + You can use the \c {\youtube} macro to link to a video on Youtube. The HTML + docs show a thumbnail of the video with a play button. + + The support for the macro is defined in the + \c {qtcreator\doc\config\macros.qdocconf} file. To use the + macro, you need to save a thumbnail of the video in + \c {qtcreator\doc\qtcreator\images\videoicons} or + \c {qtcreator\doc\qtdesignstudio\images\videoicons}. + + You can use the following URL to open the thumbnail image in a browser: + \c {https://img.youtube.com/vi/<ID>/0.jpg}. The \e {<ID>} is the ID of + the video on Youtube. For example, if the URL to the video is + \c {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihYeC0YJ0M&feature=youtu.be}, + the ID is \c 9ihYeC0YJ0M. Save the image file as \c {9ihYeC0YJ0M.jpg}. + + You must add the filename of the thumbnail file to + \c {\qtcreator\doc\qtcreator\config\qtcreator-project.qdocconf} and + \c {\qtcreator\doc\qtdesignstudio\config\qtdesignstudio.qdocconf} + to the value of the \c {HTML.extraimages,qhp.qtcreator.extraFiles} + or \c {HTML.extraimages,qhp.qtdesignstudio.extraFiles} option. + + If you'll only link to the video from the \QC Manual or the \QDS Manual, + you'll only need to add the thumbnail filename to the \c .qdocconf file + for that project. + + For example, to enable linking to a video with the thumbnail filename + \c 9ihYeC0YJ0M.jpg in the \QDS Manual, the \c {qtdesignstudio.qdocconf} + file should contain the following entry: + + \code + {HTML.extraimages,qhp.qtdesignstudio.extraFiles} += ../../config/images/commercial.png \ + ../images/videoicons/9ihYeC0YJ0M.jpg \ + ../images/videoicons/aV6kFxH3Xws.jpg \ + ../images/videoicons/ZzbucmQPU44.jpg + \endcode + + To add a link to the video in text, you would write: + + \code + \youtube 9ihYeC0YJ0M + \endcode + + \note Leave out the filename extension when referring to the thumbnail. + \section1 Building Documentation You use QDoc to build the documentation. Build the documentation before |