The only reliable way not to use webkit on both Mac and Windows, is to erase the webkit* folders before configure.
Philippe On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:00:47 +1000 "Tony Rietwyk" <t...@rightsoft.com.au> wrote: > Hacking the assistant.pro file to comment out relevant lines using > contains(QT_CONFIG, webkit), and adding: > > defines += QT_NO_WEBKIT > > then running the normal Qt configure and make seems to work well. otool > confirms that Assistant is not using webkit. > > I'm still curious about the rationale for the -no-webkit configure option > only being for Windows though! > > Tony > > > Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2013 2:17 PM > > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > It seems this is not possible, -no-webkit is marked as Windows only in > the > > configure options docs, why is that? If Qt was smart enough to link to > the > > system webkit on Mac, it might make sense, but that doesn't happen. > > > > I would like to distribute my app via the Apple app store without > qtwebkit, > > and with qtassistant using QTextBrowser. This combination works well on > > Windows, yet QtAssistant will not build if -no-webkit is specified on the > > configure line on Mac. I have also tried running configure as normal, > then > > defining QT_NO_WEBKIT, and re-running the assistant makefile with -B. The > > assistant runs but still uses webkit. I can tell that since our help css > has first- > > child selectors in it, and they are working on Mac, but on Windows > > QTextBrowser ignores them. > > > > As a last resort, I could hack the supplied the assistant.pro to force it > to use > > QTextBrowser. > > > > I am using Qt 4.8.4, and gcc shows i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 on OSX > > 10.7.5. > > > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > > > Tony > > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest