[Interest] Compiler Error from moc_MainWindow.cpp

[Mitchell Verter]

Thanks so much for the hints.  I will try to implement these suggestions.


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Mitchell Verter <mitchell.verter at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your response, Thiago.
>>
>> So your intutiion was correct:  the error is coming from exacty a line
>> that says
>>
>> #define Bool int
>>
>> However, this line is located in the the X11 libraries, in Xlib.h.
>>
>> I was using X11 to inject mouse clicks into the application.
>>
>> I had no problems using Xlib.h when I was using Qt4 but I am having
>> problems in Qt5.  Why would this be?  What should I do to rectify it?  I am
>> reluctant to start chopping away at X11 header files.
>>
>
> Well, with Qt4 you probably got Xlib.h included in some Qt header and Qt
> cleaned up all the broken defines that it sets for you. With Qt5 all this
> stuff is completely hidden in private headers and plugins that your app
> code never include's, now you gotta clean up such stuff yourself.
>
> For this particular case a
>
> #undef Bool
>
> after the include <Xlib.h> should be sufficient. If you use Xlib.h in
> multiple places, create a myXlib.h use that everywhere and put the cleanup
> in there.
>
> With some grepping you might be able to find where in Qt4 the cleanup
> happens and just take that over into your project.
>
> Andreas
>
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