From kde-core-devel  Wed Oct 28 03:11:55 2009
From: Matt Rogers <mattr () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:11:55 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Advice on Qt User interface
Message-Id: <200910272211.56030.mattr () kde ! org>
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On Tuesday 27 October 2009 16:39:18 Hugo Pereira Da Costa wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> Newbie question. What's the policy on designing user interfaces (Qt
> based) in KDE:
> use UI files rather than brute force c++, or indiferent ?
> I personally hate Qt designer (for my own reasons) and have been used to
> design my UI in brute force c++.
> Are there some known disadvantages with this approach ? Or historical
> reasons against it ?
>=20
> Thanks in advance,
>=20
> Hugo
>=20

There were several places that used handwritten layouts in C++ that were=20
ported to use designer instead, so it seems that the preferred way is to us=
e=20
designer (and UI files). Besides, anytime you can get something to generate=
=20
code for you, that's a good thing. :)
=2D-=20
Matt

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