Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully.

2010-09-18 Thread Robert Lummis
I wrote a long comment on PyQt documentation a few days ago saying that meta-documentation is needed. An example of the kind of thing I'm thinking of is Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz -- a great book. A comparable PyQt Pocket Reference would be a terrific resource. I am willing to review or

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully.

2010-09-17 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
Dear Al, On Friday 17 September 2010, 02:55:08 Algis Kabaila wrote: IMO, more tutorial material could be useful. Pete, would you encourage tutorials written by newbies for newbies? Of course I do, and as written the other day, I'm willing to review them. Just point me to the wiki page. Pete

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully.

2010-09-16 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Tuesday 14 September 2010 19:08:23 Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: Just a few words on methology: Searching for some functionality of QTextEdit, e.g. how to get at a specific line via line number: * Look up QTextEdit in assistant We read: The QTextEdit class provides a widget that is used

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-15 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
On Wednesday 15 September 2010, 01:25:39 Peter Milliken wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: Come on, Peter, that's not fair. Phil decided to not provide the bulky docs in an otherwise pretty complete package for Windows users: please respect that.

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-15 Thread fpp
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Peter Milliken peter.milli...@gmail.com wrote: After reviewing and reflecting on my experiences with PyQt over the last two weeks and also considering the implications of some of your comments here which relate to a depth of knowledge that isn't immediately

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-15 Thread fpp
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: You're still welcome ;-) Oooops, I took too long to write that message, and Hans-Peter beat me to the punch, with almost the same arguments :-) ___ PyQt mailing list

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-15 Thread fpp
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: If there ever will be usable python apps on mobile devices (they will) with complex UIs, that not always let the user remember the interpreted python penalty, those will be from our camp. Actually there are a lot of

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully

2010-09-15 Thread Robert Lummis
I'd like to second Peter Milliken's sentiments. The PyQt documentation that's available is (in my opinion) pretty poor. Finding a way to do something that you haven't done before by browsing the documentation is nearly impossible. Or at least it's so frustrating and time-consuming that I often

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully

2010-09-15 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
On Wednesday 15 September 2010, 19:50:11 Robert Lummis wrote: I'd like to second Peter Milliken's sentiments. The PyQt documentation that's available is (in my opinion) pretty poor. Finding a way to do something that you haven't done before by browsing the documentation is nearly impossible.

[PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 09:48:47 Algis Kabaila wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 01:54:01 Algis Kabaila wrote: Is it possible to access lines of text in a textEdit? If so how can I find information about it? On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:09:10 Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread Steve Borho
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 09:48:47 Algis Kabaila wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 01:54:01 Algis Kabaila wrote: Is it possible to access lines of text in a textEdit?  If so how can I find information about

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 17:51:28 Steve Borho wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 09:48:47 Algis Kabaila wrote: On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 01:54:01 Algis Kabaila wrote: Is it possible to access lines of

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread fpp
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: Download a matching zip archive, e.g.: ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.3.zip, extract the doc/qch/*.qch files and register them within assistant. Pete Thanks for that ! I tried unpacking

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread Peter Milliken
Exactly how does one find a matching zip archive? :-) I have looked and they don't make it easy! For example, how do I navigate to the 4.7.6 matching archive? Foolishly I thought that if I just used your link and changed the numbers it would work - foolish boy! Any clues how to navigate through

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread David Boddie
On Tue Sep 14 22:59:29 BST 2010, Peter Milliken wrote: Exactly how does one find a matching zip archive? :-) I have looked and they don't make it easy! This is because PyQt 4.7.x is used with Qt 4.6.x. For example, how do I navigate to the 4.7.6 matching archive? Foolishly I thought that

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
On Tuesday 14 September 2010, 23:59:29 Peter Milliken wrote: Exactly how does one find a matching zip archive? :-) I have looked and they don't make it easy! For example, how do I navigate to the 4.7.6 matching archive? Foolishly I thought that if I just used your link and changed the

Re: [PyQt] Howto use the Qt documentation successfully - Was: Re: Access to lines of text on textEdit.

2010-09-14 Thread Peter Milliken
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Hans-Peter Jansen h...@urpla.net wrote: Come on, Peter, that's not fair. Phil decided to not provide the bulky docs in an otherwise pretty complete package for Windows users: please respect that. He has to pay for your downloads in some ways (and is doing a lot