[Qt-creator] Qt Build Settings can use $BUILDIR. Why not Project Run Settings?

[André Fillipe]

> Any tweaks you need should be coded inside the *.pro file.

True.

> The qmake reference docs contain everything you need.

Quite the opposite: qmake is probably the worst documented part of Qt.
Try and search for any info on $$qtLibraryTarget, the fakelib
template, $$files and the such. I spent this weekend rewriting my
team's convoluted build process and my best source of reference were
Qt Solutions .pro files. And lots of trial and error. We now build and
package straight from checkout, but it was a chore.

The "improved build system" in the Qt Roadmap is the feature I am most
anxious about. Qmake is showing its age and none of the replacements
are good enough.

> Coming from Windows Visual Studio 2008 I saw Qt Creator as
> a viable replacement tool (or maybe a crutch) in my new
> Linux world.  I viewed the Qt *.pro files as the equivalent
> to Visual Studio's project *.sln solution file and *.csproj
> project file which I typically versioned control as well.

They are. The *.pro.user files, however, are like the
*.vcproj.{machine}.{username}.user files which you usually shouldn't
version.

If you clarify what you are trying to accomplish (no need to go into
NDA-breaching specifics), maybe I can assist you. I think Qt Creator
is currently the best C++ IDE available for Linux and it would be a
shame not to use it.

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André Fillipe