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-name: qelectrotech
-title: QElectroTech
-icon: qelectrotech.png
-base: core18
-adopt-info: qelectrotech
-summary: Electrical diagram editor
-description: |
-  QElectroTech is a Qt5 application to design electric diagrams. 
-  It uses XML files for elements and diagrams, and includes both a diagram 
-  editor, an element editor, and a titleblock editor.
-
-grade: devel
-confinement: strict
-
-layout:
-  /usr/local/share/qelectrotech:
-    bind: $SNAP/usr/local/share/qelectrotech
-
-plugs:
-  gtk-3-themes:
-    interface: content
-    target: $SNAP/data-dir/themes
-    default-provider: gtk-common-themes
-  icon-themes:
-    interface: content
-    target: $SNAP/data-dir/icons
-    default-provider: gtk-common-themes
-  sound-themes:
-    interface: content
-    target: $SNAP/data-dir/sounds
-    default-provider: gtk-common-themes
-
-apps:
-  qelectrotech:
-    command: desktop-launch $SNAP/usr/local/bin/qelectrotech
-    desktop: usr/local/share/applications/qelectrotech.desktop
-    plugs: [opengl, x11, unity7, wayland, desktop, home, removable-media, gsettings, network]
-    environment:
-        __EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_DIRS: $SNAP/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d
-        QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: gtk3
-        DISABLE_WAYLAND: 1
-
-parts:
-  desktop-qt5:
-    source: https://github.com/ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers.git
-    source-subdir: qt
-    plugin: make
-    make-parameters: ["FLAVOR=qt5"]
-    build-packages:
-      - build-essential
-      - qtbase5-dev
-      - dpkg-dev
-    stage-packages:
-      - libxkbcommon0
-      - ttf-ubuntu-font-family
-      - dmz-cursor-theme
-      - light-themes
-      - adwaita-icon-theme
-      - gnome-themes-standard
-      - shared-mime-info
-      - libqt5gui5
-      - libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
-      - libqt5svg5 # for loading icon themes which are svg
-      - try: [appmenu-qt5] # not available on core18
-      - locales-all
-      - xdg-user-dirs
-      - fcitx-frontend-qt5
-
-  qelectrotech:
-    plugin: qmake
-    source: svn://svn.tuxfamily.org/svnroot/qet/qet/trunk
-    override-pull: |
-      snapcraftctl pull
-      revision=$(svn --xml info | grep revision=\" | tail -1 | cut -d\" -f2)
-      version=$(cat sources/qet.h |grep "const QString version" |  cut -d\" -f2 | cut -d\" -f1)
-      tag=$(cat sources/qet.h | grep displayedVersion |  cut -d\" -f2 | cut -d\" -f1)
-      snapcraftctl set-version "$tag~svn$revision"
-    override-stage: |
-      snapcraftctl stage
-      # patch desktop file with correct icon path
-      SED_CMD="sed -i -E s|^Icon=(.*)|Icon=\${SNAP}/usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/\1.png|g" 
-      $SED_CMD usr/local/share/applications/qelectrotech.desktop
-    build-packages: 
-      - g++
-      - qttools5-dev-tools
-      - libqt5svg5-dev
-      - libkf5widgetsaddons-dev
-      - libkf5coreaddons-dev
-    stage-packages: 
-      - qtwayland5
-      - qt5-gtk-platformtheme
-      - libkf5coreaddons5
-      - libkf5widgetsaddons5
-      - libqt5concurrent5
-      - libqt5printsupport5
-      - libqt5sql5
-      - libqt5xml5
-      - libfam0
-      - libqt5sql5-sqlite