27.06.2019, 22:15, "André Pönitz" <apoen...@t-online.de>: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 06:57:08AM +0200, Richard Weickelt wrote: >> Is it well known, how many QtCreator users are even using the integrated >> help functionality? How many Qt users are using QtAssistant and how many >> prefer the online documentation? > > The exact numbers are not known (to me), but the patterns as such are in > principle. It is known that effectively the full range of possibilities > starting from reading the doc comments in Qt sources up to online docs > only are used in practice. > > And it is known that no matter what option is selected as "the only > true one" some people will be left out. > >> I stopped using the integrated help and QtAssisant at some point and now I >> am exclusively using the online documentation in my regular browser. I can't >> give an exact reason, but I can see a correlation of multiple things: >> >> 1) Fast internet access became available everywhere I worked and there >> was no noticable delay anymore in page loading. >> 2) I am reading so much in the browser anyway that I feel more >> comfortable also reading the Qt docs in it. >> 3) I am using my browser anyway while working with Qt because >> I often search in the mailing list, forum, other docs, etc. >> 4) Using a regular search engine leads to good-enough search results >> and is very fast >> 5) There was the point where Qt's online docs started to look better. >> Cripser fonts, more whitespace, better code highlighting. >> >> I guess no matter how hard you try and how much effort you put into it, I'll >> probably never use QtCreator's integrated help again. > > That's a valid usage pattern. > >> I'd rather appreciate >> QtCreator to be slim and fast, both when using and building it. I think the >> time, energy should rather be spend in improving the documentation as a >> whole. I'd like to see more video tutorials about QtCreator best practices, >> for instance. > > I usuall run a mixture of online docs and reading the comments directly, > except in the occasional off-line case where it is QTextBrowser and/or > comments. > >> And yes, I (and a lot of users) would appreciate if qdoc would output >> exactly the same nice html design as doc.qt.io. > > And as usual, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. E.g. I still dislike > the current Qt Green, especially as text color. And unfortunately for me > in that case the rate of change of design seems to have slowed down > lately in that area;&}
Be my guest. With QtWebKit you can set user style sheet [1] to override those properties that you don't like, e.g. change green color to something else. And this does not even require enabling JS support for the page. [1] https://qtwebkit.github.io/doc/qtwebkit/qwebsettings.html#setUserStyleSheetUrl -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development