[Interest] QML + BorderImage + auto resize

2012-04-13 Thread Tibo W
Hi, is Qt-qml still an active list ? I'd like to know how to have a BoderImage dynamically resized based on its content (which is a Text in my case). When the text increases, I'd like the BorderImage to increase as well. And I'd like to have one direction fixed, so it grows only in one directio

[Interest] Distro-provided xcb packaging; xcb advnatages over xlib

2012-04-13 Thread Rick Stockton
On 04/11/2012 01:25 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote: << SNIP lots of good stuff, but this is a mostly-new post>> > Qt 5's XCB plugin will require a somewhat newer XCB (i.e., more recent than > the dinosaur age). I don't foresee a problem for that, as we've discussed that > Qt 5 is new, so we don't feel

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Syam Krishnan
On 04/13/2012 02:16 AM, Till Oliver Knoll wrote: > Am 12.04.12 14:09, schrieb Mark Griffith: > >> I think there are lots of complex areas of >> knowledge - for example I cannot imagine that electronics - teaching >> circuit designers how to keep unwanted impedance under control for >> example - is

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Till Oliver Knoll
Am 13.04.2012 um 15:58 schrieb Atlant Schmidt : > /Harri: > >> Taking quick glance seems that they are trying to patent >> QtCreator and QML, or at least many aspects of it ;) > > I agree, but remember that Apple's "secret sauce" is > not to be first but to be no earlier than second > *BUT*

[Interest] Getting QTreeView item click offset for DnD

2012-04-13 Thread Jason H
I need to drag model items from a QTreeView to a widget and make the item appear in the widget at the right spot. I have it working except that the drop is not exact. It is off by where the user clicked in the QStandardItem. I need to figure out how to get that click offset (i.e. QPoint(50,10)) a

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread R. Reucher
On Friday 13 April 2012 16:01:47 Atlant Schmidt wrote: > René : > > I don't think that a non-programmer will ever create something of decent > > complexity and worth the comparison of what a "real" programmer could > > build. It's the tools that may make your life easier, perhaps, but don't > > con

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Atlant Schmidt
René : > I don't think that a non-programmer will ever create something of decent > complexity and worth the comparison of what a "real" programmer could > build. It's the tools that may make your life easier, perhaps, but don't > confuse > "creatitivy tools" with the deeper knowledge and underst

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Atlant Schmidt
/Harri: > Taking quick glance seems that they are trying to patent > QtCreator and QML, or at least many aspects of it ;) I agree, but remember that Apple's "secret sauce" is not to be first but to be no earlier than second *BUT* then release a product that is best-in-class. That's why

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Jason H
Or Wix. From: Harri Pasanen To: interest@qt-project.org Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers On 04/13/2012 01:29 PM, Atlant Schmidt wrote: > Oliver: > >    One

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Harri Pasanen
On 04/13/2012 01:29 PM, Atlant Schmidt wrote: > Oliver: > >One thing worth noting is that while some folks on this >list are defending how hard it is to program, Apple may >now be attempting to make it much easier for non-programmers >to develop iOS apps. > > > http://www.applei

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread R. Reucher
On Friday 13 April 2012 13:46:06 R. Reucher wrote: > That's my opinion, and I must actually start grinning when I see things > like these :)! Also, I don't think we're "fighting a war" here... everyone who wants to learn programming should do so and is invited to step into it. But it took years an

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread R. Reucher
On Friday 13 April 2012 13:29:33 Atlant Schmidt wrote: > So maybe if we're arguing that programming is tough, ought > to remain tough, and everyone else (besides we professional > programmer) should keep OUT!, maybe we're fighting the > wrong war? I don't think that a non-programmer will ev

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-13 Thread Atlant Schmidt
Oliver: One thing worth noting is that while some folks on this list are defending how hard it is to program, Apple may now be attempting to make it much easier for non-programmers to develop iOS apps. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/12/apple_wants_to_make_it_easy_for_non_pr