[Qt-creator] Automatic handler creation + crossplatform project...

[Ernst Huber]

Alex Williams schrieb:
> Thank you for explanations. This IDE is NOT suitable for my company.
> First question: "Where is the button handler? Manual editing? You're
> joking?!" - says my friends...
>   

Well, I don't know better as written in my last reply. It's more about 
Qt Designer than Qt Creator, I guess.

You can read more about Designer, signal/slot mechanism and actions here:

Designer manual:

    http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/designer-manual.html

Actions - used in Main Windows:

    http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/designer-creating-mainwindows.html

Signal/Slots:

    http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/designer-connection-mode.html

And finally how to tighten all together is described here: "Slots" are 
what you describe as handlers:

    http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/designer-using-a-component.html

> P.S.
> It's normal to have "do not edit this manually" sections in code. You
> prefer manual editing, but others - NOT... Please, do not destroy
> future of this nice IDE...
>   
We could also start a nice discussion about where to place the currly 
braces in code...
IMHO it's a matter of taste.

> P.P.S.
> I want to improve this IDE - can I participate in development? Or you
> are officially against autohandlers?
>
>   

There are auto-connects - seems to be the Qt equivalent for 
auto-handlers. See the section "Widgets and Dialogs with Auto-Connect" here:

    http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/designer-using-a-component.html

But nevertheless you will have to define and implement the handlers 
manually in your code:

For example in the header file:

 private slots:
     void on_okButton_clicked();

And in the implementation file:

void TextFinder::on_okButton_clicked()
 {
      ...
 }
 
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I'm not a Qt/Designer expert, just a programmer using (and struggling with) these tools for a couple of years now, nor am I part
of the Qt Creator team - so let's see whether you get an invitation from them to participate in their work.

Best regards
Ernst


>> As far as i know
>> the handlers for actions must be implemented manually, there's no
>> "visual" in the IDE - but this is how Desginer (which is integrated into
>> Creator) works. In my opinion it's little extra work to do it like this,
>> even more, I prefer writing my own code as compared to other IDE's
>> (Visual ...) where the code generators often prepend the code with
>> "don't change this or that..." and one has little clue why.
>>     
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