[Qt-creator] Installation (and behaviors) on Mac OSX

[Adam Higerd]

Because this accidentally got sent directly to me instead of to the 
list, I'm first including the message I'm replying to:

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 >> I noticed that the installation script for Qt Creator on Mac OSX
 >> deviates from OSX standards (or at least customary behaviour). As you
 >> probably know most OSX applications are installed using drag and drop to
 >> the Applications folder. This action automatically prompts the user for
 >> his or her password to give permission to copy the application to the
 >> Applications folder. Installation scripts normally also prompt for a
 >> password but the Qt Creator installer does not. It simply refuses to
 >> install (due to lack of permissions). This makes it hard for users
 >> familiar with OSX to install Qt Creator. May I suggest to change this.

This is not the behavior I experienced on my laptop.  I don't recall 
whether it prompted me for my password, but it certainly didn't fail due 
to lack of permissions.

 > If we're talking about Mac behaviors, though, the keybindings need a lot
 > of help. Using the F-keys is a bad idea to say the least; while Macs do
 > HAVE the F-keys, you have to hold Fn to use them on a laptop. This isn't
 > such a big deal because they can be remapped by the user, but to point
 > out a bigger problem: Ctrl+Tab doesn't work on Mac because Ctrl is
 > mapped to Cmd and Cmd+Tab is "switch applications." The Mac shortcut for
 > the "switch window" behavior is Cmd+`, and there's no configuration for
 > that shortcut in the preferences window.

Uhh...which alt-tab behavior do you mean?  Do you mean switching between 
editors?  Option-tab works for me in that situation.

Nathan

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I mean switching between open source files, as you would do with 
Ctrl+Tab on Windows or Linux. I guess I didn't try Option-Tab, but 
that's a fairly unorthodox key combination -- never seen it in any 
application. As I said, Mac uses Cmd+` for that function.

/s/ Adam