On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Peter Kelly <pmke...@apache.org> wrote: > Just a heads up to what I’ll be committing soon… I’ve finally found some > time to invest in the basic architecture of the Qt-based desktop app in > place, in particular the javascript bridge which interfaces between C++ and > the JS code used by the editing library. Jan has already got a skeleton > project in place which builds on windows, and I now have that building on > the mac.
yeah sorry I am behind, but apacheCON and the Corinthia presentation is taking its toll. I have the library build running fir 32/64 bit, and was just starting to add a reduced Qt lib. > I still have a few bits and pieces to clean up, primarily ensuring it > builds again on Windows (and also Linux), as well as bundling the JS files > and a sample document as part of the build process. I have a very basic UI > with a few buttons which trigger actions like insert table, insert/delete > character, undo/redo etc - primarily to illustrate how to have a UI element > that calls through to the editing library via the JS bridge. > > I’m also going to document this properly, including the functions exposed > by the editing library, to make it easier to understand what it all does. > My intention is to try and give enough info & example code to enable > newcomers to the project to have an easy path into participation. To this > end, I’ll also be creating a bunch of issues in Jira which will be > relatively straightforward tasks people can do if they have a working > knowledge of C++ and Qt (and fortunately Qt is quite easy to learn if you > already know C++). > > I was hoping to have this in already, but other work is keeping me busy > this week. But it’s coming shortly, and hopefully this will help us get the > desktop app moving along, which I think will make a big difference to the > usefulness of the project. > > I am flying to austin saturday, and will probably have my hands full next week, due to my travel assistance work. After ACNA I want to finalize the Qt Editor, and then start preparing for apacheCON EU. I am heading apacheCON EU, but I still hope to give a Corinthia presentation there as well. thanks Peter for giving a helping hand. rgds jan i > — > Dr Peter M. Kelly > pmke...@apache.org <javascript:;> > > PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key <http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key> > (fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F BFA0 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966) > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
