[Development] RFC: unified data model API in QtCore

2018-06-13 Thread Thiago Macieira
Out of the serialisation discussion at QtCS 2018, we have a call for action to discuss the possibility of *not* adding QCborValue in Qt 5.12 and instead add a generic, data model API that could be used for JSON, CBOR and future uses. The reason was that we do not need the duplication of very

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Tor Arne Vestbø
> On 13 Jun 2018, at 14:07, Simon Hausmann wrote: > > Hi, > > While it's true that show(), etc. don't have the focus object as a parameter, > you do have a three ways of tracking the focus object, via QWindow and > QGuiApplication's signal as well as via setFocusObject in the input context

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Simon Hausmann
Hi, While it's true that show(), etc. don't have the focus object as a parameter, you do have a three ways of tracking the focus object, via QWindow and QGuiApplication's signal as well as via setFocusObject in the input context itself. I'm missing something then, why is your virtual

Re: [Development] QtCS 2018 - Serialisation session notes

2018-06-13 Thread Bogdan Vatra via Development
Hi, > > === Protobuf === > > * Need volunteers to write a Proof of Concept > ** plugin to protoc? IMHO flatbuffers (https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/) has quite a few advantages over protocol buffers (one that I really like is that the only dependency your app has is a single .h file,

Re: [Development] QtCS 2018 - Serialisation session notes

2018-06-13 Thread Alejandro Exojo via Development
On Tuesday 12 June 2018 00:41:38 Thiago Macieira wrote: > On Monday, 11 June 2018 22:50:09 CEST Rafael Roquetto wrote: > > Would it also make sense to explore msgpack? https://msgpack.org/ > > No. Msgpack is the older version of CBOR, which we already have. CBOR is IMHO better than Message

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Uwe Rathmann
Hi Simon, > But my initial guess is that this isn't an inherent design > problem of the input method API. Well, one problem is that the input context needs to know about the current item, as it has to correspond with it. But QInputMethod::show/ commit/reset/update/hide do not transfer any

Re: [Development] Changing maintainership for Qt Creator modules

2018-06-13 Thread Alex Blasche
The proposed changes have been enacted. -- Alex > -Original Message- > From: Development [mailto:development- > bounces+alexander.blasche=qt...@qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Eike Ziller > Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2018 15:31 > To: Kai Koehne > Cc: development@qt-project.org > Subject: Re:

Re: [Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Simon Hausmann
Hi, I would imagine that there is a way for your virtual keyboard to not hide itself if the focus object is transferred to an element of your virtual keyboard itself. That said, I haven't your code, so I can't tell for sure. But my initial guess is that this isn't an inherent design problem

[Development] QInputMethod woes

2018-06-13 Thread Uwe Rathmann
Hi all, when working on our virtual keyboard I had to realize that the design of QInputMethod is inappropriate to achieve what we need: a) the input method is tied to the item having the focus We have a touch screen but also an special input device, that offers a wheel to navigate along the