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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>
   
==Building and Distributing Trinity==
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==New to Trinity development?==
   
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Take a look at the following pages:
[[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
 
   
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* [http://trinitydesktop.org/helpwanted.php Getting Involved with Trinity Development]
[[How to Build Trinity Components]]
 
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* [[TDE Gitea Workspace]]
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* [[TDE Weblate Translation Workspace]]
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* [[Project GIT Information]]
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* [[Project RoadMap]]
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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]]
   
[[Package Building QA Check List]]
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==Building and Distributing Trinity==
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* [[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
 
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* [[How to Build TDE Core Modules]]
[[Current Distribution Functionality Test Results]]
 
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* [[How to Build Extra Applications]]
 
 
==Developing for Trinity==
 
 
[[Monthly Meeting Information]]
 
 
[[Non-Bug To-Do List]]
 
 
[[Project GIT Information]]
 
 
[[Project RoadMap]]
 
 
[[Specifications for Future Development]]
 
 
 
===Tutorials and Documentation for QT and TQT===
 
 
[[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===
 
   
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See also pages in [[:Category:Packagers]].
[[Trinity API Documentation]]
 
   
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==Tutorials and Documentation==
[[Sample Applications]]
 
   
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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===
===Tutorials and Documentation for KDE3===
 
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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===
 
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.
 
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]
[[KDE3 Architecture]]
 
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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===
The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together. Ported from the KDE wiki.
 
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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:
[[KDE3 Tutorials]]
 
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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>
On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.
 
   
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====GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition====
[[KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy]]
 
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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.]
Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.
 
   
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==== KDE 2.0 Development ====
[[KDE3 Compilation Requirements]]
 
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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.
Mandatory and optional packages for building KDE3, most of which are still used by Trinity.
 
   
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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.
[[Building KDE 3.5]]
 
   
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==== KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible ====
Build instructions for using the pre-cmake system.
 
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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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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 with Konstruct]]
 
   
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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.
Even older build instructions, for a utility offered with KDE 3.5.8 and earlier.
 
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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.

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

Pages in category "Developers"

The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.