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This category contains development-related and API documentation for the Trinity Desktop Environment.
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This category contains development-related and API documentation for the Trinity Desktop Environment.<noinclude>
   
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==Developing for Trinity==
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==New to Trinity development?==
   
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Take a look at the following pages:
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[[Project GIT Information]]
  
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[[Project RoadMap]]
  
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* [http://trinitydesktop.org/helpwanted.php Getting Involved with Trinity Development]
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[[Specifications for Future Development]]
  
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* [[TDE Gitea Workspace]]
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[[Understanding the TQt Interface]]
  
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* [[TDE Weblate Translation Workspace]]
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[[QT/TQT API Documentation]]
  
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* [[Project GIT Information]]
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[[TDE (KDE3) API Documentation]]
  
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* [[Project RoadMap]]
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[[Sample Applications]]
  
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* [[DevelopmentSpecifications]]
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* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/apidocs.php TQt/TDE API documentation]
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* [[Porting to TDE|Porting KDE3/Qt3 apps to Trinity]]
   
 
==Building and Distributing Trinity==
  
==Building and Distributing Trinity==
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* [[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
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* [[How to Build TDE Core Modules]]
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* [[How to Build Extra Applications]]
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See also pages in [[:Category:Packagers]].
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==Tutorials and Documentation==
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===Qt3 and TQt===
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* [[Understanding the TQT Interface]]
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* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt3 TQt API Documentation]
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===Trinity===
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* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/tdelibs/ TDELibs API Documentation]
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* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/tdebase/ TDEBase API Documentation]
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* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/tdepim/ TDEPIM API Documentation]
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* [[DCOP]], the IPC system used by TDE applications.
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* [[TDEParts]], a mechanism for reusing and embedding elaborate widgets into applications (e.g. Konqueror)
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* [[TDEIO]], an abstraction that provides network transparency between local and remote filesystems.
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* [[TDEConfig XT Tutorial]]
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* [[TDEConfig Module HOWTO]]
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* [[Debugging TDE applications]]
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* [[Sample Applications]]
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===KDE3===
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Information in this section should be used with care, as it was not written for the current version of Trinity. However, much of it still applies. If you know of any other interesting KDE3 documentation or tutorials, please add them to this section.
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* [http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/index.html KDE 3.5 API Reference]
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: The original API reference, at kde.org
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* [[KDE3 Architecture]]
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: The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together. Ported from the KDE wiki.
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* [[KDE3 Tutorials]]
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: On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.
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* [[KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy]]
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: Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.
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* [http://www.kde.org/info/requirements/3.5.php KDE3 Compilation Requirements]
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: Mandatory and optional packages for building KDE3, most of which are still used by Trinity.
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===Books===
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====C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3====
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Blanchette, Jasmin & Summerfield, Mark. (2015). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245591968_C_GUI_Programming_with_Qt_3 C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3]. (ISBN 0-13-124072-2)
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Things to note:
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* Names changed from "Qt..." to "TQt..."
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* compiling by hand needs something like <code>g++ a.cpp $(pkgconf tqt --cflags --libs) -lstdc++</code>
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* <code>qmake -project ...</code> will not include the TDE folders, so you'll have to add them manually to the *.pro file
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* When in doubt check against the [http://trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt3/ TQt API documentation]
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<small>by [https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydesktop.org/thread/AY7MVBPGHOJJUHJEV4NSLSLXG7QKQOEF/ Dr. Nikolaus Klepp]</small>
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====GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition====
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Boudewijn Rempt - Copyright © 2001 by Commandprompt, Inc
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The main topic of this book is [http://nclairon.free.fr/documentation/pyqt/book1.htm application development using PyQt.]
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==== KDE 2.0 Development ====
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David Sweet, et al. (2002). [http://andamooka.org/~dsweet/kde2dev.pdf KDE 2.0 Development].
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Covers, among other things, KDE 2.0 widgets, Qt API, actions, icons, custom widget painting, internationalization, network transparency, KParts, DCOP, aRts/MCOP, ImageIO, OpenGL and Mesa, drag and drop, session management, image manipulation, spell checking, and documentation creation.
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Mind the changes that happened between Qt 2 and Qt 3, Qt3 and TQt, KDE 2.x and KDE 3.x and KDE 3.x and TDE.
   
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==== KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible ====
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[[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
  
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Arthur Griffith (2000). [https://box.cs.istu.ru/public/docs/devel/qt/kde%202%20-%20QT.pdf KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible]
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[[How to Build Trinity Components]]
  
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[[Package Building QA Check List]]
  
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[[Current Distribution Functionality Test Results]]
  
   
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Covers KDE 2.x and Qt 2 widgets, mouse and keyboard handling, graphic file formats, fonts, colors, drawing and painting with QPainter, graphics manipulation, drag and drop, IPC and applets, internationalization etc.
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==About the Trinity Project==
  
   
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Also mind the changes that happened between Qt 2 and Qt 3, Qt3 and TQt, KDE 2.x and KDE 3.x and KDE 3.x and TDE.
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[[Monthly Meeting Information]]
  
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</noinclude>
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[[Non-Bug To-Do List]]
  

Latest revision as of 16:02, 9 June 2024

This category contains development-related and API documentation for the Trinity Desktop Environment.

New to Trinity development?

Take a look at the following pages:

Building and Distributing Trinity

See also pages in Category:Packagers.

Tutorials and Documentation

Qt3 and TQt

Trinity

KDE3

Information in this section should be used with care, as it was not written for the current version of Trinity. However, much of it still applies. If you know of any other interesting KDE3 documentation or tutorials, please add them to this section.

The original API reference, at kde.org
The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together. Ported from the KDE wiki.
On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.
Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.
Mandatory and optional packages for building KDE3, most of which are still used by Trinity.

Books

C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3

Blanchette, Jasmin & Summerfield, Mark. (2015). C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3. (ISBN 0-13-124072-2)

Things to note:

  • Names changed from "Qt..." to "TQt..."
  • compiling by hand needs something like g++ a.cpp $(pkgconf tqt --cflags --libs) -lstdc++
  • qmake -project ... will not include the TDE folders, so you'll have to add them manually to the *.pro file
  • When in doubt check against the TQt API documentation

by Dr. Nikolaus Klepp

GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition

Boudewijn Rempt - Copyright © 2001 by Commandprompt, Inc

The main topic of this book is application development using PyQt.

KDE 2.0 Development

David Sweet, et al. (2002). KDE 2.0 Development.

Covers, among other things, KDE 2.0 widgets, Qt API, actions, icons, custom widget painting, internationalization, network transparency, KParts, DCOP, aRts/MCOP, ImageIO, OpenGL and Mesa, drag and drop, session management, image manipulation, spell checking, and documentation creation.

Mind the changes that happened between Qt 2 and Qt 3, Qt3 and TQt, KDE 2.x and KDE 3.x and KDE 3.x and TDE.

KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible

Arthur Griffith (2000). KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible

Covers KDE 2.x and Qt 2 widgets, mouse and keyboard handling, graphic file formats, fonts, colors, drawing and painting with QPainter, graphics manipulation, drag and drop, IPC and applets, internationalization etc.

Also mind the changes that happened between Qt 2 and Qt 3, Qt3 and TQt, KDE 2.x and KDE 3.x and KDE 3.x and TDE.

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