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MartinK is offline MartinK
2014-10-08 , 22:38
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#1665
Originally Posted by ivgalvez View Post
Wouldn't it be better to drop the GTK2 UI for a Qt4/QML implementation that could be used in both Fremantle and Harmattan?

You have Hildon QML Components in Fremantle, and there are even packages for Meego Qt Components that can be used with Harmattan applications.

Obviously, it might be a lot of work and it's totally up to you. Thanks in any case.
Well, the GTK2 interface also runs out of the box on many Linux distros thanks to how ubiquitous GTK2/PyGTK, the Qt 4 GUI on the other hand needs Qt Components that not readily available or even maintained/packaged outside of the Maemo/MeeGo proper.

And frankly, I don't really want to do that.

But as always (wait for it!) - patches welcome ! It is very easy to add a new GUI module (let's say based on Hildon QML components) or to improve the Qt 4/QtQuick 1.0 based one - as long as someone is willing to do that.

Originally Posted by taixzo View Post
There is a port of PyOtherSide to harmattan, because at least one of thp's apps uses it iirc.
Interesting! Do you have any more information about this ?

Originally Posted by meemorph View Post
me too, same option. Please dristribute the GTK stuff in openrepos. Very good idea and great help for N9 users.
Yeah, it indeed looks like it might be doable - I still have the packages from my GTK2/PyGTK port somewhere & they should also be in the COBS dump on OpenRepos. I'll see what can be done.

BTW, I've released modRana 0.49.3 - it adds a configurable map screen compass rose on Sailfish OS (Qt 5 GUI).
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