Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-12 Thread Till Oliver Knoll
Replying to the proper list... Am 13.04.2012 um 00:08 schrieb Till Oliver Knoll : > > > Am 12.04.2012 um 22:54 schrieb Paul Floyd : > >> >> On 12 Apr 2012, at 22:46, Till Oliver Knoll wrote: >> >>> The truth is: the financial industry is dead simple compared to software >>> engineering: thro

Re: [Interest] [ Missing pixels when using drawLine ]

2012-04-12 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 14/03/12 09:48, ashish raste wrote: >[...] > The qDebug() in mouseMoveEvent() shows that some pixels arent tracked. I > assume that the mouseMoveEvent can't happen for every pixel which are drawn. > Now, I am curious to know whether there is any way to calculate the > pixel-values, which are not

Re: [Interest] [ Missing pixels when using drawLine ]

2012-04-12 Thread Till Oliver Knoll
Am 14.03.12 08:48, schrieb ashish raste: > ... > The qDebug() in mouseMoveEvent() shows that some pixels arent tracked. What do you mean by "some pixels are not tracked"? You mean when the mouse moves over say coordinate <10, 41> you get the mouse move event, but when you move the mouse over <10

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-12 Thread Paul Floyd
On 12 Apr 2012, at 22:46, Till Oliver Knoll wrote: > The truth is: the financial industry is dead simple compared to software > engineering: throw a little bit of primary school math like addition and > multiplication into the game, and you know how Interest Rate Swaps etc. > work. Add a littl

Re: [Interest] thanks for extra reading suggestions - sorry to insult technical writers

2012-04-12 Thread Till Oliver Knoll
Am 12.04.12 14:09, schrieb Mark Griffith: > . What's that? A mis-configured email client? Or the point you're trying to make here? :) > ... > I suggested managers repeat the tests I'd done of my versions on the > most computer-naive users I could find, a couple of the sales girls (who > much pre

[Interest] New ICSNetwork Webcast Released - PhoneGap, Apache Cordova and Qt

2012-04-12 Thread Lynn Gray
The latest ICSNetwork webcast, *PhoneGap, Apache Cordova and Qt*, is currently available for download at www.ics.com/icsnetwork. This webcast presents an overview of PhoneGap, a framework for mobile web applications. It focuses on the version of PhoneGap implemented

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread Till Oliver Knoll
Am 12.04.2012 um 09:49 schrieb Mark Summerfield : > . When I was responsible > for the Qt documentation (many years ago) I aimed at "at least average > C++ programmers and smart engineers and scientists with some GUI > knowledge and an awareness of how Qt worked". I would like to quickly jump

Re: [Interest] Mac sidebar

2012-04-12 Thread Michael Jackson
There is an example in the demos directory that does specifically that. "macmainwindow". Mike Jackson On Apr 12, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Tibold Kandrai wrote: > Hi, > > Does any know how to create a mac sidebar (for example what Finder has) with > Qt on mac? > > Cheers, > > --- > Tibold Kandrai

[Interest] Mac sidebar

2012-04-12 Thread Tibold Kandrai
Hi, Does any know how to create a mac sidebar (for example what Finder has) with Qt on mac? Cheers, --- Tibold Kandrai ___ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest

Re: [Interest] [solved] Model::data() only called with role == Qt::sizeHintRole

2012-04-12 Thread Eckhard Jokisch
On 04/12/12 18:04, Girish Ramakrishnan wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Eckhard Jokisch > wrote: >> Hi, >> in my custom subclass of QAbstractItemModel the data() is not called >> with any other role than Qt::SizeHintRole. >> > > Maybe you do, if (role = Qt::SizeHintRole) by mis

Re: [Interest] Subclassing QStyledItemDelegate to implement multi-color text in a single QTableView cell/item?

2012-04-12 Thread Girish Ramakrishnan
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Carl Schumann wrote: > Qt community, > > I am trying to use Qt to replace an old program that uses multi-color > text strings within a single spreadsheet cell in its user interface. > With Qt 4.5 I had success by subclassing QStyledItemDelegate.   With Qt > 4.8 I

Re: [Interest] Model::data() only called with role == Qt::sizeHintRole

2012-04-12 Thread Girish Ramakrishnan
Hi, On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Eckhard Jokisch wrote: > Hi, > in my custom subclass of QAbstractItemModel the data() is not called > with any other role than Qt::SizeHintRole. > Maybe you do, if (role = Qt::SizeHintRole) by mistake in the code Without code, I cannot guess more :) Girish

[Interest] Model::data() only called with role == Qt::sizeHintRole

2012-04-12 Thread Eckhard Jokisch
Hi, in my custom subclass of QAbstractItemModel the data() is not called with any other role than Qt::SizeHintRole. I'm completely stopped by this I do not know when this behaviour is expected to happen. Any hints? Regards Eckhard ___ Interest mailin

Re: [Interest] my comparison with company reports

2012-04-12 Thread André Somers
Op 12-4-2012 15:00, R. Reucher schreef: > > On Thursday 12 April 2012 14:45:18 Mark Griffith wrote: > > > Dear R. Reucher, > > Huh? I guess you're addressing the wrong person here... I didn't say > anything about "company reports". > > I did. I guess he meant me? @Mark: it would be easier to foll

Re: [Interest] my comparison with company reports

2012-04-12 Thread R. Reucher
On Thursday 12 April 2012 14:45:18 Mark Griffith wrote: > Dear R. Reucher, Huh? I guess you're addressing the wrong person here... I didn't say anything about "company reports". Cheers, René ___ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists

Re: [Interest] my comparison with company reports

2012-04-12 Thread Jason H
Mark, I know you mean well, but Qt has the best documentation in the industry. I think your complaints come from your own short comings as a developer, as Qt docs are written with developers for developers. So the question is audience. I think it's good that you're versatile, but you're clearly n

[Interest] my comparison with company reports

2012-04-12 Thread Mark Griffith
. Dear R. Reucher, thanks for your response about company reports - actually that's not quite true. I'm not an economist telling you they are clear. I'm an economist telling you we expect them to be clear, and even though most of them are unclear there is general agreement they should and cou

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread Atlant Schmidt
Peter: "Rant"? Inferring I'm a "troll"? Suggesting that "[I] lack the basic knowledge of Operating Systems and C..."? My goodness you're a rude poster! Now that you've had at me, why not respond to the substance of my complaint and that of the poster who first wrote here complainin

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread Peter M. Groen
Atlant Schmidt wrote: > All: > > When the world made the change to mostly Free and > Open-Sourced Software (FOSS), one of the things that > got discarded was good documentation. Where do you get the impression that "Free" means "Free Of Charge"? I suggest you read the GNU License and Manifes

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread R. Reucher
On Thursday 12 April 2012 13:39:26 Atlant Schmidt wrote: > All: > > When the world made the change to mostly Free and > Open-Sourced Software (FOSS), one of the things that > got discarded was good documentation. Back in The > Old Days(tm), when software packages cost thousands > of doll

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread Atlant Schmidt
All: When the world made the change to mostly Free and Open-Sourced Software (FOSS), one of the things that got discarded was good documentation. Back in The Old Days(tm), when software packages cost thousands of dollars, there was money available to pay for a good staff of tech writer

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread André Somers
Op 11-4-2012 13:55, Mark Griffith schreef: > > I'm not totally computer-illiterate - I have reasonable maths skills > as an ex-economist, and have built several websites unaided in > straight HTML without using an editing package or code editor. I have > written simple programs. But I do have a

Re: [Interest] query about QT textbooks

2012-04-12 Thread Mark Summerfield
Hi Mark, On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:55:20 -0700 (PDT) Mark Griffith wrote: > . > > I'd like to ask about books anyone can recommend for beginner > developers using QT. The tutorials on the site have some value, but > they really aren't good enough, as I explain below. If you're bored > easily, don't