From kde-devel  Thu Aug 22 08:22:00 2019
From: Boudewijn Rempt <boud () valdyas ! org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 08:22:00 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Portability of KDE Applications
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On woensdag 21 augustus 2019 19:18:10 CEST =D0=9D=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=B8=D1=82=
=D0=B0 =D0=A1=D0=B8=D1=80=D0=B3=D0=B8=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=BA=D0=BE wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> Has anyone had issues with KDE Apps (based on kde frameworks) portability?
>=20
> I mean, the app can use different types of file: .rc, .knsrc, .png,
> additinal binary files, etc
> The problem appears, if you installed this files non standart installetion
> prefix, like /opt.

I would put most of those files in in the executable using the qrc system. =
That works for icons, settings rc file, xmlgui rc files (which, for Krita, =
I renamed to .xmlgui, since the rc suffix was confusing all my users). Not =
sure about knsrc files since the last attempt at integrating GHNS into Krit=
a was a failure.

> Obviously, I can forward-pass installation prefix path, binary path, etc
> from Cmake to the aplication, but I am interested, is there support for
> situtation like this from KDE frameworks?
>=20
> Just an example: the app have a few .rc files for menus, can I set
> additional search path for kde core addons (better from cmake, but settin=
gs
> path for example from main.cpp not bad too, if it need done only one time=
),
> and use not absolute path?

That's solved by going the qrc route.

> I know, that Kde apps more target to kde platform, but the application is=
 a
> part of KdeEdu project, and portability is very important for us (for our
> application), because we target for students, and the students often
> haven't administration rights on work computers, used for education.

Are you only targeting Linux, or also other operating systems? For Linux, a=
ppimage probably is the best solution since it is the simplest for the end =
user.


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Boudewijn Rempt | https://www.valdyas.org | https://www.krita.org
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