Re: Qt widgets Improvement

[Marcus Müller]

Hi Volker,

I might have gotten my Qt jargon mixed up here :) Yeah I meant QT Designer. Sorry for the 
confusion!

Cheers,
Marcus

On 30.01.23 17:29, Volker Schroer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> but I think in this case the qt-designer is the tool to to design the
> widget. I'm curious how, to integrate qt-creator in the build process.
>
> -- Volker
>
> Am 30.01.23 um 17:11 schrieb Marcus Müller:
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > Sadly, the reply chain on this email thread got broken, so it's probably
> > hard for you all to see, but:
> > This is about a specific GSoC proposal, which does not at all imply that
> > you need Qt for every flowgraph.
> > Exactly as Rohit describes, this is about making it easier to build a
> > GUI for GNU Radio flowgraphs *should you decide you want graphical
> > visualizations*.
> > And if you do so, gr-qtgui is based on Qt, anyways.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marcus
> >
> > On 30.01.23 17:02, Jim Melton wrote:
> > > I'd propose that nothing you do *requires* Qt. There are many uses for
> > > GUI-less flowgraphs. Qt is a heavyweight framework; it should not be
> > > required in order to build GRC flowgraphs.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Jim Melton
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+jim.melton=sncorp.com@gnu.org
> > > <discuss-gnuradio-bounces+jim.melton=sncorp.com@gnu.org> On Behalf Of
> > > Marcus D. Leech
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2023 12:30
> > > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org
> > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Qt widgets Improvement
> > >
> > > On 29/01/2023 14:20, Rohit Bisht wrote:
> > > > I'd like to start with "integrating gnu with qt creator" because it
> > > > would make it easier to write code in the integrated qt environment
> > > > and speed up build, run, and testing. I believe adjusting the cmake
> > > > file and fixing paths to missing library files would be the way to go
> > > > (though I'll require more directions on that).
> > > >
> > > > Then "adding new widgets" followed by "improving them" .
> > > I guess it depends on what you think the dominant design doctrine
> > > should be  "gorgeous UI with the DSP as a kind of afterthought",
> > >     or "robust DSP with the UI as a kind of afterthought".   I don't
> > > think that Qt designer is a particularly productive way to design
> > >     the DSP bits of a DSP application.
> > >
> > > The whole "form is more important than function" is a bit of leftover
> > > brain-death promulgated by Steve Jobs, and it was as
> > >     wrong-headed then as it is now, IMHO.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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