[QBS] Questions about QBS best practices

[Tobias Hunger]

On 14.06.2013 12:38, Smirnov Vladimir wrote:
> What do you mean by properties support?

Being able to set e.g. Qt.declarative.qmlDebugging:true from within creator.

 > I've downloaded latest trunks of
> qbs and QtC just an hour ago,  compiled them together, but haven't
> noticed any changes.

My change is in the 2.8 branch of QtC. This is essential for Qbs users 
and I did not want to make you wait for it:)

You will notice a lineedit labeled "Properties" below the Build Variant. 
I e.g. use that to set "cpp.cFlags:-Qunused-arguments 
cpp.cxxFlags:-Qunused-arguments". This quietens warnings from clang when 
using ccache.

> QtC qbs plugin creates such a profile in qbs.conf:
<snip>
> it disappearing just as before.

Yeap. Creator will manage the profiles it creates as it sees fit. You 
can of course edit those via Tools->Options->Build & Run->(Kit|Qt 
Version|Compiler) in Creator.

> Moreover, i couldn't just pass custom buildVariant to qbs! (screen
> attached) or any other parameters... (i can do that for make - oh, i
> understand that it is separate tool, but... its annoing).

The profile is the one set up for the kit you are using. Use a different 
kit and you get a different profile. The build variant is either "debug" 
or "release" (no other values are allowed there AFAIK) and you can 
change those with a dropdown box.

> I shill wondered, what is a correct way (without system ENV settings)
> set dozen of absolute path. For all build variants... qbs config still
> useless with QtC ;)

Yeap, qbs config is not needed when working with QtC, just as it should 
be IMHO. Creator has all the information required to build sets up its 
profiles as configured.

Best Regards,
Tobias

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