[Development] Urgent gerrit change for 5.1: closing the Qt Quick feature gap on the desktop

[Alan Alpert]

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Tvete Paul <Paul.Tvete at digia.com> wrote:
> I have spoken to Lars, and we have identified a significant feature
> missing from Qt Quick. Lars agrees that this needs to be handled
> immediately.  Unfortunately, Easter vacation in Norway has made it
> difficult to communicate this earlier.
>
> We realize that there is a feature freeze, but it has been decided
> that this is more important. This matter has already been decided, so
> we ask you to be constructive in your comments.
>
> The missing feature, which was regrettably not picked up during the
> Components API review, has been part of Qt from the very beginning. To
> underline its importance, consider that it was added to Qt before
> fonts and text rendering.  I have therefore submitted the new
> component to gerrit, and hope the CI system will not cause
> too many problems. https://codereview.qt-project.org/52659
>
> I am sure you will all realize, once you get over your immediate
> emotional reaction, why we decided to do this, and that making sure
> that Qt Quick is relevant also on the desktop is more important than
> mindlessly sticking to the letter of the submit policy. After all, the
> policies are there to improve the quality of Qt - not the other way
> around.
>
> I append a screenshot, and the source code of the new Qt Quick tutorial,
> showcasing LCDNumber and illustrating how it enables us to finally
> capture the full Qt Desktop experience using the power of Qt
> Quick.

Amusing... that your example of "finally capture the full Qt Desktop
experience" relies on a PinchArea to control the cannon force:P .
Fortunately it's not QtQuick that's deficient here, I've attached a
fixed version which is more designed for desktop (keyboard controls as
well as all-touch, also uses GPU more).

Despite all the bonus features it's still less than half the LoC of
the old cannon tutorial :) .

--
Alan Alpert
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