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ivan:
Progress of a sort.
I downloaded qpdfview 0.4.2b1 and tried that. It opens PDF files!! Downside the PDF files have to be in the same volume as Qpdfview - try opening a pdf on another volume and it locks the WPS requiring a reset button restart.
Qpdfpdf.dll also appears to have no problems.
I will now move Qpdfview 0.4.2b1 to the same volume as the bulk of the PDF files and continue testing but I like what I see at the moment.
Qt4 is v4.7.3 ga2 according to the change log.
Qt4 was originally installed using warpin but has been updated from zip files using the same directory structure and placement. As I said all the other Qt4 applications work without problems. CoolReader3 is especially well used for checking how epubs appear - thank you for that - now a question, how much work is it to port a Qt4 based application, I'm wondering if I could do anything like getting Sigil more up to date?
Silvan Scherrer:
--- Quote from: ivan on May 13, 2013, 08:46:18 pm ---Progress of a sort.
I downloaded qpdfview 0.4.2b1 and tried that. It opens PDF files!! Downside the PDF files have to be in the same volume as Qpdfview - try opening a pdf on another volume and it locks the WPS requiring a reset button restart.
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thats really strange and has for sure nothing to do with qpdfview. either a broken qt installation or a old xwp or....
--- Quote from: ivan on May 13, 2013, 08:46:18 pm ---Qpdfpdf.dll also appears to have no problems.
I will now move Qpdfview 0.4.2b1 to the same volume as the bulk of the PDF files and continue testing but I like what I see at the moment.
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sounds good for me
--- Quote from: ivan on May 13, 2013, 08:46:18 pm ---Qt4 is v4.7.3 ga2 according to the change log.
Qt4 was originally installed using warpin but has been updated from zip files using the same directory structure and placement. As I said all the other Qt4 applications work without problems. CoolReader3 is especially well used for checking how epubs appear - thank you for that - now a question, how much work is it to port a Qt4 based application, I'm wondering if I could do anything like getting Sigil more up to date?
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to update a qt app is usually not a big problem, but you need to have a good working build env. and that mostly the biggest problem.
Silvan Scherrer:
--- Quote from: ivan on May 13, 2013, 08:46:18 pm ---I'm wondering if I could do anything like getting Sigil more up to date?
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Sigil is one of the special cases, as it already needs Qt5 and we don't have that atm. So no chance to get a recent version i'm afraid.
ivan:
--- Quote from: Silvan Scherrer on May 14, 2013, 03:43:47 pm ---Sigil is one of the special cases, as it already needs Qt5 and we don't have that atm. So no chance to get a recent version i'm afraid.
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As far as I remember Sigil 0.5.3 is the last version that works with Qt4.7.3. Sigil 0.6.0 series require Qt4.8.x and Sigil 0.7.x requires Qt5.0.x.
I found Sigil 0.5.3 was very usable with many improvements over the v0.2 that Paul produced, which I still use for quick corrections to epubs - saves having to start windows in VirtualBox/2.
If you can tell me what is needed to setup a build environment I have a spare computer I can dedicate to the task. It should give me something to do in the long evenings and, hopefully, keep my mind in trim - they say old dogs can't learn new tricks but this one is going to try.
Silvan Scherrer:
--- Quote from: ivan on May 14, 2013, 11:22:55 pm ---If you can tell me what is needed to setup a build environment I have a spare computer I can dedicate to the task. It should give me something to do in the long evenings and, hopefully, keep my mind in trim - they say old dogs can't learn new tricks but this one is going to try.
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first you need a working rpm env. with that set up see: http://svn.netlabs.org/rpm/wiki/RpmHowToDevelopers for seting up the basic build env. to have qt4-devel you need also "yum install qt4-devel-kit".
this gives you a good starting point and as long as qt projects use .pro files qmake produces you the makefiles. also read the qt4 readme about shadow building.
have fun
Silvan
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