[Interest] Customized Qt Platform Abstraction plugin

[Alejandro Exojo]

On Friday 17 November 2017 18:02:21 Philippe wrote:
> * there is a big desktop application A that does not use Qt, and that uses
> its own xplatform framework. * there is smaller application B, that is
> based on Qt widgets
> * the goal is to embed B inside A. Both applications are from the same
> company, with possibily to make changes in both (but A must not be
> rewritten for Qt, and B must remain based on Qt)
> 
> I am just asking: how crazy or wise, possible or not, is the idea to
> create a QPA plugin, representing the "platform A", to host B ?

The feasibility of creating a plugin, seems doable. Depends on how good is 
that cross platform toolkit, and what capabilities it has. But seems similar 
to what has been done already:

https://github.com/CrimsonAS/gtkplatform

The goal of embedding, though, again depends on what you mean, and what you 
want there.

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