Interesting. Keep us informed on your progress! Do you have a particular project in mind?
John Hebert --- CMB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The "free" version (for linux only) is availiable as > 'QPL' (their version of > GPL). You can generate 'free' products with it.. > for commercial work use > the Win32/Mac/X11 commercial buy products. > > The one thing that has gotten my attention is that > qt code is supposed to be > trans-platform (provided it compiled with the targ's > qt libs). Too bad, > there isn't a nice trans-plat abstraction layer for > things like data > access..etc... > > I've also looked at some samples and I find them > fairly easy to understand; > I think I might be fairly productive given enough > time to get used to them. > I like the signal/slots thing used to 'connect' > objects and events. And Qt > does seem to have less programming overhead' ( than > c/c++ app frameworks > I've had the displeasure of knowing , namely mfc and > borland.objectwindows ) > > Anyway, these are my first glances at the product. > It took over 4 hours to > configure/ compile/ and install on my pIII-450. I > haven't had much time to > play with it yet. I might have to invest in a book. > > Later > > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:36 PM > Subject: Re: [brluglist] to QT or not to QT > > > > Yup, that's the correct story. > > > > For those who don't know what QT is, it's a set of > > programming libraries for drawing window objects: > > buttons, window frames, etc. TrollTech, the > company > > that wrote QT, originally put it out under a > software > > license that wasn't GPL compatible (source code > wasn't > > open). So, the Gnome project started because of > that. > > Since then, TrollTech has release the QT libs > under > > another license that is GPL compatible (I think). > > > > John Hebert > > > > --- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If memory serves me correctly......QT is or was > used > > > in KDE. The big > > > arguement back then was to use GNOME since KDE > > > utilized QT and its (then) > > > proprietary license. That is, if memory serves > me; > > > it has been known to let > > > me down at times. ;> > > > > > > Cleve > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday 09 March 2002 14:57, you wrote: > > > > Haven't done any GUI programming, but I have > use > > > QT in > > > > a few different apps. Most notably Opera needs > QT. > > > > Seems to work well and kinda small footprint. > > > > > > > > I think the reason that more Linux types don't > use > > > QT > > > > was the proprietary licensing issue in the > past > > > that > > > > has since been resolved. > > > > > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > QT looks like an OK framework to build gui > apps > > > on > > > > > linux... I'm installing > > > > > it as I type. Has anybody else in this > group > > > used > > > > > it and what do you think > > > > > of it? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more > information. > > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > > your subscription information. > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Try FREE Yahoo! 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