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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Graphics system with Qt 4.5
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-02-07 12:09:50
Message-ID: 200902071310.00598.thiago () kde ! org
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Alexis Ménard wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>
>Since qt-copy has switch to 4.5, we have now different graphics systems.
> We can also build by default Qt with the graphicssystem raster but some
> applications should run with the x11 engine (aka native). One example
> is KWin, that use X a lot. More, X screensavers has no point to run
> with it. Basically all applications that assume that a QPixmap is a
> XPixmap sould be updated or should use the x11 graphicssystem.
>
>Should we for instance set in some desktop files/main of applications
> the graphicssystem that the app has to use?

The application should choose the graphic system it needs when starting 
up. The problem is we neglected to add a function in Qt for doing that.

Desktop files will not solve the problem, because applications can be run 
directly (from the command line or bypassing desktop files).

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