How to use the spyder.utils.qthelpers.create_action function in spyder

self.outlineexplorer.register_plugin()

        # Editor plugin
        self.set_splash(_("Loading editor..."))
        from spyder.plugins.editor import Editor
        self.editor = Editor(self)
        self.editor.register_plugin()

        # Populating file menu entries
        quit_action = create_action(self, _("&Quit"),
                                    icon=ima.icon('exit'),
                                    tip=_("Quit"),
                                    triggered=self.console.quit,
                                    context=Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(quit_action, "_", "Quit")
        restart_action = create_action(self, _("&Restart"),
                                       icon=ima.icon('restart'),
                                       tip=_("Restart"),
                                       triggered=self.restart,
                                       context=Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(restart_action, "_", "Restart")

        self.file_menu_actions += [self.file_switcher_action,
                                   self.symbol_finder_action, None,
                                   restart_action, quit_action]
        self.set_splash("")

        self.debug_print("  ..widgets")

        # Explorer
        if CONF.get('explorer', 'enable'):
            self.set_splash(_("Loading file explorer..."))

name="Find next")
        find_previous_action = create_action(self, _("Find &previous"),
                                             icon=ima.icon('findprevious'),
                                             triggered=self.find_previous,
                                             context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(find_previous_action, context="_",
                               name="Find previous")
        _text = _("&Replace text")
        replace_action = create_action(self, _text, icon=ima.icon('replace'),
                                       tip=_text, triggered=self.replace,
                                       context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(replace_action, context="_",
                               name="Replace text")

        # ---- Debug menu and toolbar ----
        set_clear_breakpoint_action = create_action(self,
                                    _("Set/Clear breakpoint"),
                                    icon=ima.icon('breakpoint_big'),
                                    triggered=self.set_or_clear_breakpoint,
                                    context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(set_clear_breakpoint_action, context="Editor",
                               name="Breakpoint")
        set_cond_breakpoint_action = create_action(self,
                            _("Set/Edit conditional breakpoint"),
                            icon=ima.icon('breakpoint_cond_big'),
                            triggered=self.set_or_edit_conditional_breakpoint,
                            context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(set_cond_breakpoint_action, context="Editor",
                               name="Conditional breakpoint")
        clear_all_breakpoints_action = create_action(self,
                                    _('Clear breakpoints in all files'),
                                    triggered=self.clear_all_breakpoints)

def setup_common_actions(self):
        """Setup context menu common actions"""
        actions = super(ExplorerTreeWidget, self).setup_common_actions()
        if self.show_cd_only is None:
            # Enabling the 'show current directory only' option but do not
            # allow the user to disable it
            self.show_cd_only = True
        else:
            # Show current directory only
            cd_only_action = create_action(self,
                                           _("Show current directory only"),
                                           toggled=self.toggle_show_cd_only)
            cd_only_action.setChecked(self.show_cd_only)
            self.toggle_show_cd_only(self.show_cd_only)
            actions.append(cd_only_action)
        return actions

# Widgets
        self.treewidget = ExplorerTreeWidget(self, show_cd_only=show_cd_only)
        button_previous = QToolButton(self)
        button_next = QToolButton(self)
        button_parent = QToolButton(self)
        self.button_menu = options_button or QToolButton(self)
        self.action_widgets = [button_previous, button_next, button_parent,
                               self.button_menu]

        # Actions
        icontext_action = create_action(self, _("Show icons and text"),
                                        toggled=self.toggle_icontext)
        previous_action = create_action(self, text=_("Previous"),
                            icon=ima.icon('ArrowBack'),
                            triggered=self.treewidget.go_to_previous_directory)
        next_action = create_action(self, text=_("Next"),
                            icon=ima.icon('ArrowForward'),
                            triggered=self.treewidget.go_to_next_directory)
        parent_action = create_action(self, text=_("Parent"),
                            icon=ima.icon('ArrowUp'),
                            triggered=self.treewidget.go_to_parent_directory)

        # Setup widgets
        self.treewidget.setup(
            name_filters=name_filters,
            show_all=show_all,
            single_click_to_open=single_click_to_open,
            file_associations=file_associations,
        )

        # Setup of actions
        ismac = sys.platform == 'darwin'

triggered=self.save_all,
                context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(self.save_all_action, context="Editor",
                               name="Save all", add_sc_to_tip=True)

        save_as_action = create_action(self, _("Save &as..."), None,
                ima.icon('filesaveas'), tip=_("Save current file as..."),
                triggered=self.save_as,
                context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(save_as_action, "Editor", "Save As")

        save_copy_as_action = create_action(self, _("Save copy as..."), None,
                ima.icon('filesaveas'), _("Save copy of current file as..."),
                triggered=self.save_copy_as)

        print_preview_action = create_action(self, _("Print preview..."),
                tip=_("Print preview..."), triggered=self.print_preview)
        self.print_action = create_action(self, _("&Print..."),
                icon=ima.icon('print'), tip=_("Print current file..."),
                triggered=self.print_file)
        # Shortcut for close_action is defined in widgets/editor.py
        self.close_action = create_action(self, _("&Close"),
                icon=ima.icon('fileclose'), tip=_("Close current file"),
                triggered=self.close_file)

        self.close_all_action = create_action(self, _("C&lose all"),
                icon=ima.icon('filecloseall'), tip=_("Close all opened files"),
                triggered=self.close_all_files,
                context=Qt.WidgetShortcut)
        self.register_shortcut(self.close_all_action, context="Editor",
                               name="Close all")

# VCS support is quite limited for now, so we are enabling the VCS
        # related actions only when a single file/folder is selected:
        dirname = fnames[0] if osp.isdir(fnames[0]) else osp.dirname(fnames[0])
        if len(fnames) == 1 and vcs.is_vcs_repository(dirname):
            # QAction.triggered works differently for PySide and PyQt
            if not API == 'pyside':
                commit_slot = lambda _checked, fnames=[dirname]:\
                                    self.vcs_command(fnames, 'commit')
                browse_slot = lambda _checked, fnames=[dirname]:\
                                    self.vcs_command(fnames, 'browse')
            else:
                commit_slot = lambda fnames=[dirname]:\
                                    self.vcs_command(fnames, 'commit')
                browse_slot = lambda fnames=[dirname]:\
                                    self.vcs_command(fnames, 'browse')
            vcs_ci = create_action(self, _("Commit"),
                                   icon=ima.icon('vcs_commit'),
                                   triggered=commit_slot)
            vcs_log = create_action(self, _("Browse repository"),
                                    icon=ima.icon('vcs_browse'),
                                    triggered=browse_slot)
            actions += [None, vcs_ci, vcs_log]

        return actions

ipynb_convert_action = create_action(self, _("Convert to Python script"),
                                             icon=ima.icon('python'),
                                             triggered=self.convert_notebooks)
        
        actions = []
        if only_modules:
            actions.append(run_action)
        if only_valid and only_files:
            actions.append(edit_action)
        else:
            actions.append(open_action)
        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
            text=_("Show in Finder")
        else:
            text=_("Show in external file explorer")
        external_fileexp_action = create_action(self, text, 
                                triggered=self.show_in_external_file_explorer)        
        actions.append(external_fileexp_action)
        actions += [delete_action, rename_action]
        basedir = fixpath(osp.dirname(fnames[0]))
        if all([fixpath(osp.dirname(_fn)) == basedir for _fn in fnames]):
            actions.append(move_action)
        actions += [None]
        if only_notebooks and nbexporter is not None:
            actions.append(ipynb_convert_action)

        # VCS support is quite limited for now, so we are enabling the VCS
        # related actions only when a single file/folder is selected:
        dirname = fnames[0] if osp.isdir(fnames[0]) else osp.dirname(fnames[0])
        if len(fnames) == 1 and vcs.is_vcs_repository(dirname):
            # QAction.triggered works differently for PySide and PyQt
            if not API == 'pyside':

def create_file_manage_actions(self, fnames):
        """Return file management actions"""
        only_files = all([osp.isfile(_fn) for _fn in fnames])
        only_modules = all([osp.splitext(_fn)[1] in ('.py', '.pyw', '.ipy')
                            for _fn in fnames])
        only_notebooks = all([osp.splitext(_fn)[1] == '.ipynb'
                              for _fn in fnames])
        only_valid = all([encoding.is_text_file(_fn) for _fn in fnames])
        run_action = create_action(self, _("Run"), icon=ima.icon('run'),
                                   triggered=self.run)
        edit_action = create_action(self, _("Edit"), icon=ima.icon('edit'),
                                    triggered=self.clicked)
        move_action = create_action(self, _("Move..."),
                                    icon="move.png",
                                    triggered=self.move)
        delete_action = create_action(self, _("Delete..."),
                                      icon=ima.icon('editdelete'),
                                      triggered=self.delete)
        rename_action = create_action(self, _("Rename..."),
                                      icon=ima.icon('rename'),
                                      triggered=self.rename)
        open_action = create_action(self, _("Open"), triggered=self.open)
        ipynb_convert_action = create_action(self, _("Convert to Python script"),
                                             icon=ima.icon('python'),
                                             triggered=self.convert_notebooks)

if only_valid:
                actions.append(open_with_spyder_action)

            if len(fnames) == 1:
                assoc = self.get_file_associations(fnames[0])
            elif len(fnames) > 1:
                assoc = self.get_common_file_associations(fnames)

            if len(assoc) >= 1:
                actions.append(open_with_menu)
                open_with_actions = []
                for app_name, fpath in assoc:
                    if not (os.path.isfile(fpath) or os.path.isdir(fpath)):
                        app_name += _(' (Application not found!)')

                    open_with_action = create_action(
                        self, app_name,
                        triggered=lambda x, y=fpath: self.open_association(y))

                    if not (os.path.isfile(fpath) or os.path.isdir(fpath)):
                        open_with_action.setDisabled(True)

                    open_with_actions.append(open_with_action)
                open_external_action_2 = create_action(
                    self, _("Default external application"),
                    triggered=self.open_external)
                open_with_actions.append(open_external_action_2)
                add_actions(open_with_menu, open_with_actions)
            else:
                actions.append(open_external_action)

        if sys.platform == 'darwin':

# closure required so lambda works with the default parameter
                def trigger(i=index, self=self):
                    return lambda: self.quick_layout_switch(i)

                qli_act = create_action(self, name, triggered=trigger())
                # closure above replaces the following which stopped working
                # qli_act = create_action(self, name, triggered=lambda i=index:
                #     self.quick_layout_switch(i)

                ql_actions += [qli_act]

        self.ql_save = create_action(self, _("Save current layout"),
                                     triggered=lambda:
                                     self.quick_layout_save(),
                                     context=Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
        self.ql_preferences = create_action(self, _("Layout preferences"),
                                            triggered=lambda:
                                            self.quick_layout_settings(),
                                            context=Qt.ApplicationShortcut)
        self.ql_reset = create_action(self, _('Reset to spyder default'),
                                      triggered=self.reset_window_layout)

        self.register_shortcut(self.ql_save, "_", "Save current layout")
        self.register_shortcut(self.ql_preferences, "_", "Layout preferences")

        ql_actions += [None]
        ql_actions += [self.ql_save, self.ql_preferences, self.ql_reset]

        self.quick_layout_menu.clear()
        add_actions(self.quick_layout_menu, ql_actions)

        if len(order) == 0: