On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Mark <mark...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Laszlo Papp <lp...@kde.org> wrote: >> Daker was also working on the Plasma Components project under the GSoC >> umbrella, so I think he is familiar with the topic. :-) I believe this >> is one of your best bets (and similar blog posts there): >> >> http://codecereal.blogspot.ie/2012/05/qml-themingstyling-update.html >> >> Laszlo > > Yeah, i've read about that earlier. But is that something for Qt > inclusion or is that for KDE? Or just an individual project? Something > like that should imho end up as high upstream as possible this Qt in > this case. > >> >> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Mark <mark...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Bache-Wiig Jens >>> <jens.bache-w...@digia.com> wrote: >>>>>Anyway, what is the plan right now? Don't do anything for the desktop >>>>>components till Qt 5 is released then developing the desktop >>>>>components further till they are perfect and ready to be released with >>>>>Qt 5.1? >>>> >>>> That is a reasonable proposal. Perhaps they could be an addon to Qt 5.0. >>>> To be honest we are still discussing exactly how to move Qt forward with >>>> Digia as we only very recently signed our contracts and started getting an >>>> overview on the new teams. What I do know is that Digia has shown a real >>>> interest in bringing Qt Quick to the desktop so I would say the future of >>>> this particular project already looks more promising than it was within >>>> Nokia. >>>> There are of course plenty of things left to do before we can release them >>>> with Qt. They need to be polished more in Qt5, they need proper >>>> documentation, performance improvements, reducing widget dependencies and >>>> I guess simplified deployment should be high up on that list as well. >>>> >>>> Jens >>> >>> -- could you please bottom post, that really improves thread readability :) >>> -- >>> >>> It sounds like the Qt Desktop Components have a bright future! I'm >>> looking forward to using them besides using git clones ;) >>> >>> Anyway, a theming question. How can the QML Desktop Components >>> currently be themed? Only by means of QStyle? Would there be a way to >>> use kde's plasma themes in the QML Desktop Components? And do the >>> desktop components depend on QWidgets only because of QStyle. >>> >>> // brainstorming >>> It would be neat to have a theme plugin system. For example a >>> structure like this: >>> >>> [ QStyle plugin ] -- [ Plasma plugin ] -- [ other plugin ] ... >>> | | | >>> --------------------[ Style API ]------------------ >>> | >>> [ Style ] (C++ class exposed to QML) >>> >>> System define: >>> QML_COMPONENTS_PLUGIN=PluginName >>> >>> QML just "draws" the components in the selected style. >>> >>> This is just made up as i type this. I could be completely wrong, but >>> this does allow you to make one plugin that is QWidget dependent (the >>> QStyle plugin) thus it becomes easier to make the Desktop Components >>> QWidget independent. You just have to provide a style plugin that >>> doesn't depend on QWidgets :) >>> // end brainstorming >>> >>> I don't know if there is already something like this in place for >>> styling, if there is, please do tell me more about it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mark >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> Fra: development-bounces+jens.bache-wiig=digia....@qt-project.org >>>>> [development-bounces+jens.bache-wiig=digia....@qt-project.org] på >>>>> vegne av Mark [mark...@gmail.com] >>>>> Sendt: 3. oktober 2012 13:19 >>>>> To: Chris Meyer >>>>> Cc: development >>>>> Emne: Re: [Development] Qt desktop components project >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Chris Meyer <cmeyer1969...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Some progress for the Desktop Components for Qt 5 / Quick2 was >>>>>> announced in June in this blog entry: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://blog.qt.digia.com/2012/06/06/desktop-components-for-qt-5/ >>>>>> >>>>>> However, the project isn't listed and there is no maintainer here: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://qt-project.org/wiki/Maintainers >>>>>> >>>>>> Is it possible to give some information about the future plans for >>>>>> this project? Is active development taking place? Will it eventually >>>>>> be an official component of the QtDeclarative module? >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Development mailing list >>>>>> Development@qt-project.org >>>>>> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >>>>> >>>>> The development of that stuff "should" be here: >>>>> http://qt.gitorious.org/qtplayground/qtdesktopcomponents I say >>>>> "should" because there doesn't seem to be a lot of development in >>>>> there. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Development mailing list >>>>> Development@qt-project.org >>>>> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Development mailing list >>> Development@qt-project.org >>> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
I think the initial idea was to have it in Qt for all to use. Also please note that in KDE we're moving towards a space where being in Qt or not will be a matter of repository more than technology. ;) Cheers! Aleix PS: If you want to ask further about the styles, I'd recommend to start a new thread, with a new subject... _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
