On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Gene Buckle <ge...@deltasoft.com> wrote:
> > I think that what I'm looking for is behavior similar to QT
> > http://qt.nokia.com/ which I user quite often.
> >
> > I am sorry and apologize for using the word "sucks".
> >
> Pete, the problem is that QT doesn't live in the same graphics "Space" as
> FlightGear does. In order to make it work, all the commands that QT
> uses to draw interface elements would have to be ported to use OpenGL
> instead of the standard window manager.
>
> As was explained to me on IRC, this is already a solved problem: Qt widgets
can be drawn into OpenGL buffers. That doesn't change the fact that it would
be a great deal of work to port our GUI to Qt, and it would introduce a
very large external dependency. Having seen the fit pitched when I started
using boost...
Now, big projects can get done, and motivated individuals with time on their
hands can work wonders. We should keep in mind the relative importance of
the GUI system to the whole flying experience and judge whether it would be
worth the effort to do a huge rewrite in this area.
Tim
g.
>
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