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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

Tutorials and Documentation

Qt3 and TQt

Trinity

TDELibs API Documentation
TDEBase API Documentation
TDEPIM API Documentation
DCOP, the IPC system used by TDE applications.
TDEParts, a mechanism for reusing and embedding elaborate widgets into applications (e.g. Konqueror)
TDEIO, an abstraction that provides network transparency between local and remote filesystems.
TDEConfig XT Tutorial
TDEConfig Module HOWTO
Debugging TDE applications
Sample Applications

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.

KDE 3.5 API Reference

The original API reference, at kde.org

KDE3 Architecture

The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together. Ported from the KDE wiki.

KDE3 Tutorials

On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.

KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy

Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.

KDE3 Compilation Requirements

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

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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 This category contains development-related and API documentation for the Trinity Desktop Environment.<noinclude>
-==Building and Distributing Trinity==
+==New to Trinity development?==
-[[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
+Take a look at the following pages:
-[[How to Build TDE Core Modules]]
+* [http://trinitydesktop.org/helpwanted.php Getting Involved with Trinity Development]
-[[How to Build Extra Applications]]
+* [[TDE Gitea Workspace]]
+* [[TDE Weblate Translation Workspace]]
+* [[Project GIT Information]]
+* [[Project RoadMap]]
+* [[DevelopmentSpecifications]]
+* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/apidocs.php TQt/TDE API documentation]
+* [[Porting to TDE|Porting KDE3/Qt3 apps to Trinity]]
-[[Package Building QA Check List]]
+==Building and Distributing Trinity==
+* [[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
+* [[How to Build TDE Core Modules]]
+* [[How to Build Extra Applications]]
+See also pages in [[:Category:Packagers]].
+==Tutorials and Documentation==
-==Developing for Trinity==
+===Qt3 and TQt===
-[[TDE Gitea Workspace]]
+* [[Understanding the TQT Interface]]
+* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt3 TQt API Documentation]
+===Trinity===
-[[TDE Weblate Translation Workspace]]
+* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/tdelibs/ TDELibs API Documentation]
+* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/tdebase/ TDEBase API Documentation]
-[[Project GIT Information]]
+* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/tdepim/ TDEPIM API Documentation]
+* [[DCOP]], the IPC system used by TDE applications.
-[[Project RoadMap]]
+* [[TDEParts]], a mechanism for reusing and embedding elaborate widgets into applications (e.g. Konqueror)
+* [[TDEIO]], an abstraction that provides network transparency between local and remote filesystems.
-[[DevelopmentSpecifications]]
+* [[TDEConfig XT Tutorial]]
+* [[TDEConfig Module HOWTO]]
+* [[Debugging TDE applications]]
-===Tutorials and Documentation for QT and TQT===
+* [[Sample Applications]]
-[[Understanding the TQT Interface]]
-[https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt3 QT3 API Documentation]
-[https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt4 QT4 API Documentation]
-[https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt4/porting4.html Qt3 to Qt4 porting guide]
-===Tutorials and Documentation for Trinity===
-[https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/trinity/index.html Trinity API Documentation]
-[[Sample Applications]]
-===Tutorials and Documentation for KDE3===
+===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.
-[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/index.html KDE 3.5 API Reference]
+* [http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/index.html KDE 3.5 API Reference]
+: The original API reference, at kde.org
+* [[KDE3 Architecture]]
+: The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together.  Ported from the KDE wiki.
+* [[KDE3 Tutorials]]
+: On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.
+* [[KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy]]
+: Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.
+* [http://www.kde.org/info/requirements/3.5.php KDE3 Compilation Requirements]
+: Mandatory and optional packages for building KDE3, most of which are still used by Trinity.
+===Books===
-The original API reference, at kde.org
+====C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3====
+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)
+Things to note:
-[[KDE3 Architecture]]
+* Names changed from "Qt..." to "TQt..."
+* compiling by hand needs something like <code>g++ a.cpp $(pkgconf tqt --cflags --libs) -lstdc++</code>
+* <code>qmake -project ...</code> will not include the TDE folders, so you'll have to add them manually to the *.pro file
+* When in doubt check against the [http://trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt3/ TQt API documentation]
+<small>by [https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydesktop.org/thread/AY7MVBPGHOJJUHJEV4NSLSLXG7QKQOEF/ Dr. Nikolaus Klepp]</small>
-The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together.  Ported from the KDE wiki.
+====GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition====
-[[KDE3 Tutorials]]
+Boudewijn Rempt - Copyright © 2001 by Commandprompt, Inc
+The main topic of this book is [http://nclairon.free.fr/documentation/pyqt/book1.htm application development using PyQt.]
-On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes.  Ported from the KDE wiki.
+==== KDE 2.0 Development ====
-[[KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy]]
+David Sweet, et al. (2002). [http://andamooka.org/~dsweet/kde2dev.pdf 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.
-Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.
+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.
-[http://www.kde.org/info/requirements/3.5.php KDE3 Compilation Requirements]
+==== KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible ====
-Mandatory and optional packages for building KDE3, most of which are still used by Trinity.
+Arthur Griffith (2000). [https://box.cs.istu.ru/public/docs/devel/qt/kde%202%20-%20QT.pdf 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.
-[[Building KDE 3.5]]
+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.
-Build instructions for using the pre-cmake system.
-===GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition===
-Boudewijn Rempt - Copyright © 2001 by Commandprompt, Inc
-The main topic of this book is [http://nclairon.free.fr/documentation/pyqt/book1.htm application development using PyQt.]
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