GUI library for D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-04-05 05:23, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Adam D. Ruppe"<destructionator at gmail.com>  wrote in message
> news:ine114$14ar$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> Looking at the pages that are there for QtD, and the source
>>> browser, I'm honestly not sure how to even get started with it.
>>
>> Somewhere, there was a binary distribution with the needed .libs..
>> I don't remember where, but I think I still have a copy on my
>> other laptop (not available right now though).
>>
>> Note that the duic for Qt Designer files apparently is behind
>> some changes - it won't work right. Gotta write straight D yourself.
>>
>> But, you install it however, the process on the site I think works
>> but it takes a little while.
>>
>> Anyway, here's a hello world I just whipped up with some comments
>> to keep in mind - stuff that took me hours to figure out...
>>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>> The compile line looks like this on Linux:
>> dmd
>> hello.d -I/usr/local/include/d -L-L/usr/local/lib -L-lqtdgui -L-lqtdcore
>> -L-lcpp_core -L-lcpp_gui -L-lQtGui -L-lQtCore
>>
>
> Hmm, I really wish DMD had a cmdline param to specify a library to be passed
> to the linker rather than needing to use "-L". Makes it impossible to write
> a cross-platform DMD command for anything that requires linking to a lib.
>
> Should "pragma(lib, nameoflib);" work, or was that just a special thing in
> bu(il)d?

pragma(lib) works but I don't think it's cross-platform. You have to 
specify the extension. DSSS/rebuild and bu(il)d supports pragma(link, 
"link") which lets you specify any options to the linker.

>> Note it takes a few seconds to compile. Pretty slow for D.
>>
>
> Psshh. Compiling DDMD takes a minute or two. I can live with a few seconds
> :)
>
>
>> It's similar on Windows, but since I don't have my win laptop
>> available right now I don't quite remember what it was exactly.
>>
>> Anyway, the program:
>>
> [...snip...]
>
> Thanks. That should help. It does seem that QtD could *really* use some
> D-ification, though. Like arrays of delegates instead of signals/slots. And
> properties instead of the get*/set* functions that trigger my flashbacks of
> Java.
>
>
>


-- 
/Jacob Carlborg