Changeset 243

Timestamp:

Oct 17, 2009, 2:46:45 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Dmitry A. Kuminov

Message:

Readme for Beta 3.

File:

• trunk/README.OS2 (modified) (5 diffs)

trunk/README.OS2

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 The next step is to go to the src subdirectory and type:
 
-  qmake
   make
 
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 separate directories for object files.
 
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 Once the library is successfully built, you may try to compile the demos
 and examples by visiting the individual example subdirectories in the source
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 CURRENT LIMITATIONS
 
-  1. configure.cmd is not yet capable of generating the main Makefile and
-     individual Makefiles for modules and examples. This needs to be done by
-     hand (as described above).
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-  2. Beta 2 and earlier can only use one font at the moment,
-     C:\PSFONTS\HELV.PFB. Make sure this file exists.
+  1. configure.cmd is not yet capable to generate individual Makefiles for demos
+     and examples, it only generates the main Makefile that builds the library
+     and the necessary tools. Demos and examples can be compiled by hand
+     (as described above).
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+  2. OS/2 bitmap fonts are not yet supported. Use TTF or Type1 (PFB) fonts with
+     Qt.
 
   3. Make sure you have the LANG environment variable properly set.
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      real life applications and has low priority.
 
-  6. No native PM style.
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-  7. No QDesigner, QLinguist and QAssistant.
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-  8. No Drag&Drop, no printer support, no sound. See the project roadmap for
+  6. No native PM style, but Qt will use fonts and colors from the current
+     OS/2 theme (hint: if your default OS/2 font is "WarpSans", install the
+     "Workplace Sans" TTF font from Alex Taylor to get more native look & feel).
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+  7. QProcess: when starting PM applications from text-mode applications and
+     when detaching applications with startDetached(), the returned PID is a
+     PID of the intermediate cmd.exe process, not the target application.
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+  8. No QDesigner, no QAssistant.
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+  9. No Drag&Drop, no printer support, no sound. See the project roadmap for
      more information on the progress and current limitations:
 
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 Beta 2 (17-09-2009)