the stable release of qtpoveditor v0.3.0 has been published. The 
ressources package have also been updated with a new help.


CHANGES :
v0.3.0 stable
* correction of some bugs (or possibilities) of previous version
* completion of help
* added help tool in the ini assistant
* added file chooser
* modification of source code in order to be fully compilant with other 
platefor
ms



binaries : 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=92021&package_id=110073&release_id=225324

sources : 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=92021&package_id=110070&release_id=225327

ressources : 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=92021&package_id=110071&release_id=225319

Thierry



http://qtpoveditor.sf.net

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"gRRosminet" <pov### [at] les-charlesnet> wrote in message
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> the stable release of qtpoveditor v0.3.0 has been published. The
> ressources package have also been updated with a new help.
>
>
> CHANGES :
> v0.3.0 stable
> * correction of some bugs (or possibilities) of previous version
> * completion of help
> * added help tool in the ini assistant
> * added file chooser
> * modification of source code in order to be fully compilant with other
> platefor
> ms
>

Good timing :) I brought my laptop to work today, so I can download it and
try it out finally.

ross.

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Just had a quick try (no time for a deeper look into the new version, 
yet), but here are some things I noticed:

- Binaries would not run on my Mandrake 9.2 (segfault). No problem, 
though, compiling worked without any problems.

- The tab-bug of the former version seems fixed (in the last version, 
the cursor jumped in the middle of the word if you tabbed the word, 
therfore making two or more tabs impossible). Thanks for that :)

- The ini-editor seems very mighty and it's cool that it covers all the 
options. However I think it might be to mighty for only quick changes. I 
loved the old configuration tab (especially antialiasing, command line, 
quality and resolution). Perhaps something like giving some simple 
options (like the old ones) directly on the panel and add a button 
labeled "more options" which shows the full editor.

More comments when I got time to really work with your app!

Florian

P.S.: I really appreciate the work you're putting into this!

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Florian Brucker wrote:
> Just had a quick try (no time for a deeper look into the new version, 
> yet), but here are some things I noticed:
> 
> - Binaries would not run on my Mandrake 9.2 (segfault). No problem, 
> though, compiling worked without any problems.

=> I don't know how to built a binarie that works one every palterforms. 
the binaries that I have done where built on mdk 9.1 with QT 3.2.3


> 
> - The tab-bug of the former version seems fixed (in the last version, 
> the cursor jumped in the middle of the word if you tabbed the word, 
> therfore making two or more tabs impossible). Thanks for that :)

=> I was bored too ;-P


> - The ini-editor seems very mighty and it's cool that it covers all the 
> options. However I think it might be to mighty for only quick changes. I 
> loved the old configuration tab (especially antialiasing, command line, 
> quality and resolution). Perhaps something like giving some simple 
> options (like the old ones) directly on the panel and add a button 
> labeled "more options" which shows the full editor.

=> In fact, you can quickly create an ini file with assistant : create 
new ini, click on refresh, click on assistant set width, height, AA and 
source file name. Click on OK and save it ... I think it's quick enough 
and as you can modify the source of the ini and give extra parameters in 
the "ini to use" combo, the old system won't be restored.

> 
> More comments when I got time to really work with your app!
> 
> Florian
> 
> P.S.: I really appreciate the work you're putting into this!

=> Thanks :)

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"gRRosminet" <pov### [at] les-charlesnet> wrote in message
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> Florian Brucker wrote:
> > Just had a quick try (no time for a deeper look into the new version,
> > yet), but here are some things I noticed:
> >
> > - Binaries would not run on my Mandrake 9.2 (segfault). No problem,
> > though, compiling worked without any problems.
>
> => I don't know how to built a binarie that works one every palterforms.
> the binaries that I have done where built on mdk 9.1 with QT 3.2.3
>
>
> >
> > - The tab-bug of the former version seems fixed (in the last version,
> > the cursor jumped in the middle of the word if you tabbed the word,
> > therfore making two or more tabs impossible). Thanks for that :)
>
> => I was bored too ;-P
>
>
> > - The ini-editor seems very mighty and it's cool that it covers all the
> > options. However I think it might be to mighty for only quick changes. I
> > loved the old configuration tab (especially antialiasing, command line,
> > quality and resolution). Perhaps something like giving some simple
> > options (like the old ones) directly on the panel and add a button
> > labeled "more options" which shows the full editor.
>
> => In fact, you can quickly create an ini file with assistant : create
> new ini, click on refresh, click on assistant set width, height, AA and
> source file name. Click on OK and save it ... I think it's quick enough
> and as you can modify the source of the ini and give extra parameters in
> the "ini to use" combo, the old system won't be restored.
>
> >
> > More comments when I got time to really work with your app!
> >
> > Florian
> >
> > P.S.: I really appreciate the work you're putting into this!
>
> => Thanks :)
>

FYI, the binary worked on slackware 9.1 with QT 3.2.1. I'm going to build
from source later. I just wanted to see if it ran :)

Also, as a suggestion to the documentation for people who are not really big
on QT development on linux, simply want to try out your applicaiton, it
might be good to say how they can check to see what version of the QT
libraries they have installed. I don't know if this is a general solution,
but "kde-config -v" displays relevant information.

i'll tinker more with your editor later. thanks for the updates.

ross.

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gRRosminet <pov### [at] les-charlesnet> wrote in message
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> the stable release of qtpoveditor v0.3.0 has been published. The
> ressources package have also been updated with a new help.
>

Hmmm, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how do I tell it where the
help files are?  It only looks at http://qtpoveditor.sf.net

Somewhere local would be nice...

RG

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A copy of the help is in the ressources package. If you want to use them 
instead of the online version, y'ou'll have to modify line 506 in file 
"poveditmainwindow.ui.h"

gonzo wrote:
> gRRosminet <pov### [at] les-charlesnet> wrote in message
> news:405dbde9@news.povray.org...
> 
>>the stable release of qtpoveditor v0.3.0 has been published. The
>>ressources package have also been updated with a new help.
>>
> 
> 
> Hmmm, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how do I tell it where the
> help files are?  It only looks at http://qtpoveditor.sf.net
> 
> Somewhere local would be nice...
> 
> RG
> 
>

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> http://qtpoveditor.sf.net

Excellent work, thank you for this editor! It compiled without problem 
under linux slackware 9.1, gcc 3.3.3, qt 3.2.3. I use it every day now.

Here is the list of my wishes (is this the right place to post them?):

1. Insert menu entries are not recursive. I mean if the insert menu path 
contains a deep structure of directories only the first level *.txt 
files are displayed in the insert menu (see below)

2. When quitting, even if all files are saved, the editor keeps asking 
about open files and if it should save some of them. When there are 
unsaved files, this is the normal behavior, but otherwise is somewhat 
annoying.

3. It would be nice to have a small preview for the insert menu items 
where there is a *.bmp file available (standard windows povray 
distribution does that) - it helps a lot the beginners like me :-)
(maybe also an option somewhere to disable this feature if it is 
annoying for more experienced users)

4. after running povray it shoud be nice to have a non modal windows 
displaying the resulted image. Right now I use am image viewer and 
refresh the image every povray run, but again, it is a little bit 
annoying. Kpovmodeler has a window like this which displays the image 
being rendered while it is rendered, with a progress bar and a speed 
indication (in kpixels/sec). I know kpovmodeler is a kde program, but 
maybe Qt can do that also.


Concerning the first point, I wrote a (very) small patch to parse 
recursively the insert menu path and display *.txt files found as nested 
menu items. I use insert menu add-on(s) from Friedrich Lohmueller site 
and some others and the directory structure is recursive many times deep.

If anyone is interested, drop me a mail.If Thierry accepts patches maybe 
I can send it to him (it's really a small modification).

Happy raytracing for all!

Marin

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gRRosminet wrote:
> A copy of the help is in the ressources package. If you want to use them 
> instead of the online version, y'ou'll have to modify line 506 in file 
> "poveditmainwindow.ui.h"

Thanks, I'll check it out.  The online help is too unreliable on my 
tempermental dial-up.

This would be good to have as an option in the preferences.

Everything else looks great! Thanks for your considerable effort!

RG

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Marin Ferecatu wrote:
> 
>> http://qtpoveditor.sf.net
> 
> 
> Excellent work, thank you for this editor! It compiled without problem 
> under linux slackware 9.1, gcc 3.3.3, qt 3.2.3. I use it every day now.
> 
> Here is the list of my wishes (is this the right place to post them?):
> 
> 1. Insert menu entries are not recursive. I mean if the insert menu path 
> contains a deep structure of directories only the first level *.txt 
> files are displayed in the insert menu (see below)
> Concerning the first point, I wrote a (very) small patch to parse 
> recursively the insert menu path and display *.txt files found as nested 
> menu items. I use insert menu add-on(s) from Friedrich Lohmueller site 
> and some others and the directory structure is recursive many times deep.
 > If anyone is interested, drop me a mail.If Thierry accepts patches
 > maybe I can send it to him (it's really a small modification).

==> Of course I want it ! actualy, I was realy hurry ti get something 
working, but I can remember that doing something recursive would not be 
a hard work to do it. I'll integrate it into the source if you've done it !

> 
> 2. When quitting, even if all files are saved, the editor keeps asking 
> about open files and if it should save some of them. When there are 
> unsaved files, this is the normal behavior, but otherwise is somewhat 
> annoying.

==> I know, I know ... this was the easiest solution. I think I'll do 
something for this

> 
> 3. It would be nice to have a small preview for the insert menu items 
> where there is a *.bmp file available (standard windows povray 
> distribution does that) - it helps a lot the beginners like me :-)
> (maybe also an option somewhere to disable this feature if it is 
> annoying for more experienced users)

==> If you do it, it'll be integrated, but I don't think I'll do it 
(previews are frequently non-representative)

> 
> 4. after running povray it shoud be nice to have a non modal windows 
> displaying the resulted image. Right now I use am image viewer and 
> refresh the image every povray run, but again, it is a little bit 
> annoying. Kpovmodeler has a window like this which displays the image 
> being rendered while it is rendered, with a progress bar and a speed 
> indication (in kpixels/sec). I know kpovmodeler is a kde program, but 
> maybe Qt can do that also.

==> Of course, this can be done using QT. Personnaly, I use the povray 
output with the "Pause when done" option. Perhaps a viewer could be added.

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