Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNU make extension?

[Robert McGwier]

Thanks for the note.  Please keep them coming so we can learn how to 
stabilize this across platforms.  I made a modification to the 
grc_gt_qtgui.m4 file in config that fixes the disparity between 
Redhat/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu qt.pc problems (thanks Jonathan for 
aiming me in the right direction).  We will fix the qwt piece by adding 
all of the necessary AC_CHECK library and consequences so we do not have 
to use the rpm (similar to what is done for oss).

Qt/Qwt is VERY impressive.  On one 1.8 GHz laptop abacus, without the 
use of OpenGL,  we got 340 frames of fftscope per second and it was 
resizing the screen EVERY frame.  If we do not run into major 
difficulties in bringing qtgui into being as a usable replacement for 
wxgui,  I am sure people will want to use it as it is so much more 
capable and faster and the scientific/engineering/signals widget in Qwt 
seem particularly suited to our needs.

So after consulting Eric we decided that the best way to get this kind 
of feedback was to get it early and often since it seems to have so much 
potential.

Matt, Tom, and I are concentrating on the ofdm branch for a bit as we 
try to perfect the synchronization but we'll return to the qt stuff shortly.

Bob


Johnathan Corgan wrote:
> Michael Dickens wrote:
>
>   
> > When bootstrap'ing the current trunk, I get the following.  I doubt
> > they're show stoppers, but I thought I'd let folks know ... - MLD
> >
> > gr-qtgui/src/lib/Makefile.am:29: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make
> > extension
> > gr-qtgui/src/lib/Makefile.am:33: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make
> > extension
> > gr-qtgui/src/lib/Makefile.am:36: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make
> > extension
> > gr-qtgui/src/lib/Makefile.am:60: filter moc_%.cc, $(qt_examples_SOURCES:
> > non-POSIX variable name
> > gr-qtgui/src/lib/Makefile.am:60: (probably a GNU make extension)
> > gr-trellis/doc/Makefile.am:51: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make
> > extension
> >     
>
> Okay, these are from the new gr-qtgui component that was just added to
> the trunk today.  We'll (well, Bob & Jason) will need to figure out how
> to set up the autotools to compile QT apps that is portable to gmake.
>
>   


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