On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Malte Timmermann <malte_timmerm...@gmx.com>
wrote:
> This approach would mean that you mostly don't use Qt at all.
>
> VCL uses SAL to get a top level window from the os, and then renders all
> widgets on it's own. Using Qt simply as yet an other SAL implementation
> would mean that you still only get the top level window (via Qt then), but
> widget rendering wouldn't change.
>
> Really using Qt would probably be a quite huge effort.
>
> Malte.
Yes, to redo using Qt well basically "natively" would be a huge effort,
and this is what I was thinking when I suggested this. I think we already
basically have a SAL (VCL)-Qt bridge anyway if you configure with using
KDE. (Well this might be a bridge based on KDE3 rather than 4+). We don't
use this now but might have before.
>
>
> On 18.01.2015 19:41, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Yuri Dario <mc6...@mclink.it> wrote:
>>
>> having written or updated most of the OS/2 code in VCL project, I have
>>> some experience with it.
>>>
>>> I'm not enterint the debate QT-yes/QT-no, I will only offer a
>>> developer point of view.
>>>
>>> We can simply use QT like an existing operanting system API, like OS/2
>>> PM or windows GDI/windowing. As we create a window using the os native
>>> api, we can also create a window using QT API. Same for drawing,
>>> printing, etc...
>>>
>>>
>> So, what you suggest is actually a VCL-to-QT bridge.
>>
>> If that is actually doable, technically speaking, that sounds like a good
>> FOSS project to start on its own.
>> Don´t restrict it to the realm of AOO, make it a separate endeavour then
>> it
>> can be used in AOO.
>>
>> Just saying... don´t restrict the mindshare and reach of the project to
>> AOO, make it as wide and far-reaching as possible.
>>
>> FC
>>
>>
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