qtconfig - can it be downloaded or should it be packaged with app?

[wysota]

1. This is not my application - I am porting it to Mac from Windows for someone who cannot.

Does it mean you can't extend it with a simple dialog?

2. It doesn't have nearly that sophistication.

It doesn't have to be sophisticated, just a plain dialog with a font combobox.

3. I'm very green on Qt.

It's really simple, just use QApplication::setFont().

I've tried setting the QApplication font, but this does not appear to have any effect on QWidgets, only QLabels.

How did you do it?

[kuroyume0161]

Does it mean you can't extend it with a simple dialog?

It doesn't have to be sophisticated, just a plain dialog with a font combobox.

It's really simple, just use QApplication::setFont().

When I say green, I mean that I just managed to get Qt built as a static lib and do qmake to set up an Xcode project which, with some fiddling, resulted in the working app.

I've never coded with Qt previously (I'm a Java/Python/Cinema 4D C++ SDK developer).

How did you do it?

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication application(argc, argv);
 
    IvyGenerator ivyGenerator;
 
    ivyGenerator.show();
 
    application.connect(&application, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()), &application, SLOT(quit()));
 
// *** Added here ***
	QFont f("Helvetica", 8);
	application.setFont(f);
// *** ---- ****
 
    return application.exec();
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication application(argc, argv);

    IvyGenerator ivyGenerator;

    ivyGenerator.show();
	
    application.connect(&application, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()), &application, SLOT(quit()));

// *** Added here ***
	QFont f("Helvetica", 8);
	application.setFont(f);
// *** ---- ****

    return application.exec();
}

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This is the only place where QApplication is mentioned - though I suspect that it can be had from one of the widgets (?).

Thanks,
Robert

[wysota]

If the application uses custom widgets which are not well written, you won't be able to change the default font. Each widget should be familiar with the default font (just like QLabel is). Does the application use badly written widgets?