[Qt-creator] Migrating Qt Assistant bookmarks to new installed Qt version

Ernst Huber swmail01 at systest.ch
Thu May 28 18:33:33 CEST 2009


Karsten Heimrich schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> ext Ernst Huber schrieb:
>   
>> This is not directly related to Creator, but since most of the Creator 
>> users will face the same problem when migrating to a new Creator version 
>> I hope finding an answer through this mailing list.
>>
>> My problem is quite simple: after installation of a new Qt version with 
>> all the tools, the new Assistant installation doesn’t remember my 
>> bookmarks collected with Assistant of the previous version. The 
>> assistant manual explains how to use different help collections from the 
>> command line with this parameter:
>>
>> -collectionFile <file.qhc> // Uses the specified collection file instead 
>> of the default one.
>>
>> And it works when providing the help collection of the previous version. 
>> I tested Qt Assistant with Qt 4.5.1 using the help collection of Qt 
>> Assistant with Qt 4.5.0 like this:
>>
>> C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Username>assistant -collectionFile 
>> "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Username\Lokale 
>> Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\Trolltech\Assistant\qthelpcollection_4.5.0.qhc" 
>>
>>
>> But sooner or later I guess there will be troubles because with this 
>> approach I’m bound to the Qt help of a specific version (thus not 
>> allowing me to remove that older Qt version). Therefore I ask if there 
>> is a better way to keep my bookmarks while at the same time being able 
>> to always use the Qt help of the newest installed Qt version on my system.
>>
>> Thanks for any reply.
>> Ernst
>>     
>
> currently there is no way to export/ import bookmarks. I've 
> created a task for it and thanks for the report.
>
> http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entry&id=254695
>
>
> Regards,
>   
Thanks!
Ernst



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