On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Kai Koehne <kai.koe...@nokia.com> wrote:
> On 11/25/2010 12:48 PM, ext Attila Csipa wrote: > > [...] > > I never said it would have to be an executable (I do agree it should not >> be a >> sis/deb/rpm replacement) - neither are the .h and .py files generated >> with rcc >> and pyrcc respectively. In its simplest form, it's just an aggregator >> for files >> so you would not have to care about drives, directory layouts, allowed >> filenames, case sensitivity filesystem fragmentation/overhead, etc, etc. >> The original question was - do we really need complete crossplatform >> toolchains just to be able to make/alter/use a bundled resource file ? >> > > Well, if you have latest QtCreator 2.1 snapshot you should give the > skeleton code generated by the "Qt Quick Application" wizard a try. If you > base your project on this, you can just click 'Run' ... and it will > automatically build e.g. a .sis file with all your .qml/.js files + > executable, deploy it to the device, install & run it. You need a working > toolchain, but that's also easy to get with the Nokia Qt SDK. What's the use > case of a new format then? > I do have the very latest QtCreator snapshots, but the thing is going through the whole toolchain and sis (and self-signing !) story to deploy a bouncy rectangle just sounds like a massive overkill in the context of QML as the simple, platform agnostic approach. It feels like saying 'you should build/install a browser if you want to view these HTML documents/WRT widgets'. I would very much prefer to be able to send this imaginary qrz via bluetooth, and/or MIME associate it with qmlviewer for quick deploy/testing (just QML doesn't help as you would need to copy/check every referenced file). To repeat myself, I don't necessarily want an exe/sis/rpm/deb, I want something I can quickly/painlessly check/deploy as I would, say, a Flash SWF file (which I guess is the closest ideological equivalent). But this would also be better on desktops, too. If your designer buddy wants your opinion/help on an UI concept, he will have to go through cleaning/zipping manually, and the same thing takes place on the developer's machine. Yes, use svn or git, I know, but you get the idea :) On a side note, sis-for-QML is a bit of a downer for me as I have to use the remote compiler for it (Linux dev here), so it REALLY is a royal pain to go through the deploy cycle (several minutes of waiting and clicking just to see the effect of changing a plaintext file ?). Best regards, Attila
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