I think Timothy was being sarcastic? (Qt is the library/toolkit we use) I tend to agree with Matthew regarding API changes, since many script engine users may not be regular/serious programmers, and don't want to change their scripts too often. Just my opinion!
Thanks, Thomas On 20 February 2012 18:15, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 20, 2012 2:59 PM, "Reaves, Timothy" <trea...@silverfieldstech.com> > wrote: >> > >> As an aside, Stellarium does not - and probably never will - use QT. QT >> is a technology used for playing audio & video. > > Did not look at trunk (or however the current SCM calls it) lately but IIRC, > Stellarium _does_ use QT. it does use it to achieve platform-independence in > some areas like path handling (think boost::filesystem, but done wrong). > Furthermore, we implement theme support (think night mode) and generally GUI > elements (think file picker, dialogs in e.g. the configuration dialog and > the other function key bound dialogs, including the buttons in the StelBar). > > So, while it is true that we do not use QT for rendering nor for audio -- > since we do not do audio (pity BTW goto could use a wooshing sound ;) -- we > do use it to abstract away certain routine tasks. > > Just as a sidenote for the curious reader! > > Cheers, > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list > Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
