Disambiguation required: QT is an abbreviation for Apple's QuickTime (which Stellarium does not use).
QT is also Trolltech/Nokia's QT platform independent SDK, which Stellarium does use. M On 20 February 2012 10:20, Thomas Morris <tom.s.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think Timothy was being sarcastic? (Qt is the library/toolkit we use) > > I tend to agree with Matthew regarding API changes, since many script > engine users may not be regular/serious programmers, and don't want to > change their scripts too often. Just my opinion! > > Thanks, > Thomas > > On 20 February 2012 18:15, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer > <rep.dot....@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Feb 20, 2012 2:59 PM, "Reaves, Timothy" <trea...@silverfieldstech.com> >> wrote: >>> >> >>> As an aside, Stellarium does not - and probably never will - use QT. QT >>> is a technology used for playing audio & video. >> >> Did not look at trunk (or however the current SCM calls it) lately but IIRC, >> Stellarium _does_ use QT. it does use it to achieve platform-independence in >> some areas like path handling (think boost::filesystem, but done wrong). >> Furthermore, we implement theme support (think night mode) and generally GUI >> elements (think file picker, dialogs in e.g. the configuration dialog and >> the other function key bound dialogs, including the buttons in the StelBar). >> >> So, while it is true that we do not use QT for rendering nor for audio -- >> since we do not do audio (pity BTW goto could use a wooshing sound ;) -- we >> do use it to abstract away certain routine tasks. >> >> Just as a sidenote for the curious reader! >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Try before you buy = See our experts in action! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list >> Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list > Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
