thierry wrote:
>Hi everybody.
>
>I'm following advices from Fabien HENON so I annonce you that I have
>started to write a new editor for povray under Linux ( Fabien have
>nothing to do with it : he's advaice was to post here :-) ). It's based
>on the povwin interface but includes many more features
>
>It requires QT 3.2 and X11 and it's not finish, so you can send me
>features requests
>
>the project homepage : http://qtpoveditor.sf.net
>
>Thanks
>
>Thierry
>

QT compiled just fine.
QTDIR is set to /usr/lib/qt3

but I do not know how to set up the other variables ( KDE )

Here is what I get when I try to compile qtpoveditor :


g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -march=i586
-mcpu=pentiumpro  -DQT_NO_DEBUG -I/usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs/default -I.
-I/usr/lib/qt3/include -I.ui/ -I.moc/ -o .obj/poveditmainwindow.o
..ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::fileSaveAs()':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:205: no method `QMessageBox::question'
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::fileExit()':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:253: no method `QMessageBox::question'
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::CloseTab()':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:303: no method `QMessageBox::question'
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::returnPressed()':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:1517: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
integer expressions
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:1520: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
integer expressions
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::listView_rightButtonClicked(QListViewItem*, const
QPoint&, int)':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:1640: no matching function for call to
`QString::startsWith(const char[4], bool)'
/usr/lib/qt3/include/qstring.h:640: candidates are: bool
QString::startsWith(const QString&) const
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::editReplaceAction_activated()':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:1787: no method `QMessageBox::question'
In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
povEditMainWindow::open_file(const QString&)':
poveditmainwindow.ui.h:1823: no method `QMessageBox::question'
make: *** [.obj/poveditmainwindow.o] Erreur 1


Thanks for any advice

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OK, that's typical from a QT version below 3.2

You certainely have compiled QT3.2 in an other directory than 
/usr/lib/qt3 (it's the one used by your linux distro). Usualy you 
compile QT in the /usr/local/qt directory or something like this.
After this, you have to modify your /etc/profile file and add or replace 
these lines :

export QTDIR="/usr/local/qt"
export QMAKESPECS="$QTDIR/mkspecs/linux-g++"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QTDIR/lib"
export MANPATH="$MANPATH:$QTDIR/doc/man"

then, you must start a new session in order to load these values (or do 
it manualy in your shell). Now it should work !

Thierry



> thierry wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> QT compiled just fine.
> QTDIR is set to /usr/lib/qt3
> 
> but I do not know how to set up the other variables ( KDE )
> 
> Here is what I get when I try to compile qtpoveditor :
> 
> In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
> poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
> povEditMainWindow::fileSaveAs()':
> poveditmainwindow.ui.h:205: no method `QMessageBox::question'
> 
> 
> Thanks for any advice
>

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Hi everybody !


I have done many changes and specialy fixed bugs raised by Wolfgang 
Wieser. list of changes are now in listed on the main page :
http://qtpoveditor.sourceforge.net/

enjoy !

Thierry

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> I have done many changes and specialy fixed bugs raised by Wolfgang
> Wieser. list of changes are now in listed on the main page :
> http://qtpoveditor.sourceforge.net/
> 
Cool; any better editor supports bracket highlighting of []{}() but 
only few support <> which is needed in POVRay (and helpful in C++, too). 
So that's now a "unique" feature!

However, scrolling seems to work incorrectly. If I am above 
a bracket with the cursor and press down-down, then I will 
only move one line down. At least in most cases...
(Reproduce: load source -> move to bracket so that matching brackets 
get highlighted -> press up/down...)
Also left<->right is bugged, at least if there is text between 
the brackets "(blah)")

Wolfgang

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> However, scrolling seems to work incorrectly. If I am above 
> a bracket with the cursor and press down-down, then I will 
> only move one line down. At least in most cases...
> (Reproduce: load source -> move to bracket so that matching brackets 
> get highlighted -> press up/down...)
> Also left<->right is bugged, at least if there is text between 
> the brackets "(blah)")


Yes, I know it and I'm working around. The problem is do to the mean 
used to color brackets. I hope I'll find a solution soon.

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gRRosminet wrote:
I am very sorry for that but I still get the same error. I followed your
instructions 'a la lettre'. When compiling qt ( release 3.2.2 ), I also
followed the instructions and everything went fine.


Does someone managed to compile qtpoveditor with a Mandrake 9.1 system ?
And if so what settings do they have ?

My feeling is that there is something wrong with Mandrake and QT.

Thanks a lot.




>OK, that's typical from a QT version below 3.2
>
>You certainely have compiled QT3.2 in an other directory than
>/usr/lib/qt3 (it's the one used by your linux distro). Usualy you
>compile QT in the /usr/local/qt directory or something like this.
>After this, you have to modify your /etc/profile file and add or replace
>these lines :
>
>export QTDIR="/usr/local/qt"
>export QMAKESPECS="$QTDIR/mkspecs/linux-g++"
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QTDIR/lib"
>export MANPATH="$MANPATH:$QTDIR/doc/man"
>
>then, you must start a new session in order to load these values (or do
>it manualy in your shell). Now it should work !
>
>Thierry
>
>

>> thierry wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> QT compiled just fine.
>> QTDIR is set to /usr/lib/qt3
>>
>> but I do not know how to set up the other variables ( KDE )
>>
>> Here is what I get when I try to compile qtpoveditor :
>>
>> In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
>> poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
>> povEditMainWindow::fileSaveAs()':
>> poveditmainwindow.ui.h:205: no method `QMessageBox::question'
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any advice
>>
>

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I'm working on a mandrake 9.1 so I don't understand why you can't ! At 
the begining, I did used the mandrake version (3.1) and QT3.2 together 
and all worked fine. I know someone doing it on a Mdk 9.0 so there must 
be absolutely no pb. I thinc the problem is due to an error on the 
include path. It seems that you have installed runtime and developpement 
libraries from mandrake, you should uninstall the developpement ones : 
the 3.2 version is entirely backward compatible so all you have will 
remain usable and compilable.
An other solution would be to open the .pro file in qt designer and 
specify your include path.

I hope you'll be able to compile now !

Thierry


> gRRosminet wrote:
> I am very sorry for that but I still get the same error. I followed your
> instructions 'a la lettre'. When compiling qt ( release 3.2.2 ), I also
> followed the instructions and everything went fine.
> 
> 
> Does someone managed to compile qtpoveditor with a Mandrake 9.1 system ?
> And if so what settings do they have ?
> 
> My feeling is that there is something wrong with Mandrake and QT.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>OK, that's typical from a QT version below 3.2
>>
>>You certainely have compiled QT3.2 in an other directory than
>>/usr/lib/qt3 (it's the one used by your linux distro). Usualy you
>>compile QT in the /usr/local/qt directory or something like this.
>>After this, you have to modify your /etc/profile file and add or replace
>>these lines :
>>
>>export QTDIR="/usr/local/qt"
>>export QMAKESPECS="$QTDIR/mkspecs/linux-g++"
>>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$QTDIR/lib"
>>export MANPATH="$MANPATH:$QTDIR/doc/man"
>>
>>then, you must start a new session in order to load these values (or do
>>it manualy in your shell). Now it should work !
>>
>>Thierry
>>
>>

>>
>>>thierry wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>QT compiled just fine.
>>>QTDIR is set to /usr/lib/qt3
>>>
>>>but I do not know how to set up the other variables ( KDE )
>>>
>>>Here is what I get when I try to compile qtpoveditor :
>>>
>>>In file included from .ui/poveditmainwindow.cpp:49:
>>>poveditmainwindow.ui.h: In member function `virtual void
>>>povEditMainWindow::fileSaveAs()':
>>>poveditmainwindow.ui.h:205: no method `QMessageBox::question'
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for any advice
>>>
>>
> 
> 
>

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> However, scrolling seems to work incorrectly. If I am above 
> a bracket with the cursor and press down-down, then I will 
> only move one line down. At least in most cases...
> (Reproduce: load source -> move to bracket so that matching brackets 
> get highlighted -> press up/down...)
> Also left<->right is bugged, at least if there is text between 
> the brackets "(blah)")
> 
> Wolfgang
> 

Ok! now it's fixed in version 0.1.4, but I'm still looking for a 
solution to avoid the highlight from being inserted in the undo/redo queue.

Thierry

http://qtpoveditor.sf.net

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"gRRosminet" <pov### [at] les-charlesnet> wrote in message
news:3fbe06c4$1@news.povray.org...

I've been using the editor for about a week to check it out. The editor
is excellent. There is a bug which I think I can reproduce. If the save
button is clicked after a file has been closed, the last file closed
will be erased and the editor will crash. I was not using the editor in
KDE, so this might make a difference.

The only other problem is that the entire path to a file is displayed in
the tab, making the tabs pretty useless at 1024x768 unless a really tiny
font is used.

The only other problem has nothing to do with your program, but I'll ask
since I'm assuming you develop with KDE. Your editor font selection uses
the same list as all of the KDE apps. I, and several others whose
questions I have seen posted on the Internet, have been unable to add
installed bitmapped fonts to that menu. Any ideas?

With a 17" monitor, a good font is almost a must for Pov-Ray. I used
Luxi-Mono when using your editor, which is OK. Courier breaks up at
nine-point, and there is no visible difference between periods and
commas with Vera Sans Mono. The font which I have installed and use in
non-KDE editors is profontwin, which I recommend to anyone who needs a
very readable, fixed-width font at nine-point on a smallish monitor.
http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/index.html

 -Shay

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> 
> I've been using the editor for about a week to check it out. The editor
> is excellent. There is a bug which I think I can reproduce. If the save
> button is clicked after a file has been closed, the last file closed
> will be erased and the editor will crash. I was not using the editor in
> KDE, so this might make a difference.

No, there is no difference betwenn if you have KDE or not. I'll fix this 
problem as soon as possible.

An other known bug apears when the path or file name contains spaces 
(only when trying to render the scene)


> The only other problem is that the entire path to a file is displayed in
> the tab, making the tabs pretty useless at 1024x768 unless a really tiny
> font is used.

That's right, I must modify this point.

> The only other problem has nothing to do with your program, but I'll ask
> since I'm assuming you develop with KDE. Your editor font selection uses
> the same list as all of the KDE apps. I, and several others whose
> questions I have seen posted on the Internet, have been unable to add
> installed bitmapped fonts to that menu. Any ideas?

I don't develop this with KDE, otherwise, you would have to compile QT 
and the compile KDE with this QT version : inacceptable. All TTF fonts 
can be used, but the do have to be installed for the X server. KDE 
provide a tool to do this, I think Gnome have something like this too.
For bitmapped fonts, I don't know if QT can use them since it has it's 
own font rendering engine and don't use XFree to do this.

> With a 17" monitor, a good font is almost a must for Pov-Ray. I used
> Luxi-Mono when using your editor, which is OK. Courier breaks up at
> nine-point, and there is no visible difference between periods and
> commas with Vera Sans Mono. The font which I have installed and use in
> non-KDE editors is profontwin, which I recommend to anyone who needs a
> very readable, fixed-width font at nine-point on a smallish monitor.
> http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/index.html
> 
>  -Shay
> 
> 


Thanks for your observations.

Thierry

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