Handcoder's IDE for Qt

[elcuco]

1) To make it work on Linux I had to modify the src/src.pro file.

TEMPLATE = app
CONFIG += uitools qt console release assistant
QT+=xml # <- this line
DESTDIR = ../bin
TARGET = HiQt

TEMPLATE = app
CONFIG += uitools qt console release assistant
QT+=xml # <- this line
DESTDIR = ../bin
TARGET = HiQt

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2) Documentation is not working. See this patch:

elcuco@pinky:~/src/qt4/HiQt/src$ diff -u HiQtDocBrowser.h{.orig,}
--- HiQtDocBrowser.h.orig       2007-07-21 17:38:11.000000000 +0300
+++ HiQtDocBrowser.h    2007-07-21 17:46:22.000000000 +0300
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "ui_HiQtDocBrowser.h"
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QLibraryInfo>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QToolBar>
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@
        HiQtDocBrowser(QWidget *parent=0) : QWidget(parent) {
                ui.setupUi(this);
 
-               ui.browser->setSearchPaths(QStringList(QString(getenv("QTDIR"))+"/doc/html"));
+               QStringList l;
+               l << QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::DocumentationPath) + "/html";
+               ui.browser->setSearchPaths(l);
 
                connect(ui.previous_button,SIGNAL(clicked()),ui.browser,SLOT(backward()));
                connect(ui.next_button,SIGNAL(clicked()),ui.browser,SLOT(forward()));
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@
                ui.browser->setSource(QUrl("index.html"));
        }
        void open_keyword(QString word) {
-               if (QFileInfo(QString(getenv("QTDIR"))+"/doc/html/"+word.toLower()+".html").exists())
+               if (QFileInfo( QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::DocumentationPath)  + "/" + word.toLower()+".html").exists())
                        ui.browser->setSource(QUrl(word.toLower()+".html"));
        }
 public slots:

elcuco@pinky:~/src/qt4/HiQt/src$ diff -u HiQtDocBrowser.h{.orig,}
--- HiQtDocBrowser.h.orig       2007-07-21 17:38:11.000000000 +0300
+++ HiQtDocBrowser.h    2007-07-21 17:46:22.000000000 +0300
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

 #include "ui_HiQtDocBrowser.h"
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QLibraryInfo>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QToolBar>
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@
        HiQtDocBrowser(QWidget *parent=0) : QWidget(parent) {
                ui.setupUi(this);

-               ui.browser->setSearchPaths(QStringList(QString(getenv("QTDIR"))+"/doc/html"));
+               QStringList l;
+               l << QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::DocumentationPath) + "/html";
+               ui.browser->setSearchPaths(l);

                connect(ui.previous_button,SIGNAL(clicked()),ui.browser,SLOT(backward()));
                connect(ui.next_button,SIGNAL(clicked()),ui.browser,SLOT(forward()));
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@
                ui.browser->setSource(QUrl("index.html"));
        }
        void open_keyword(QString word) {
-               if (QFileInfo(QString(getenv("QTDIR"))+"/doc/html/"+word.toLower()+".html").exists())
+               if (QFileInfo( QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::DocumentationPath)  + "/" + word.toLower()+".html").exists())
                        ui.browser->setSource(QUrl(word.toLower()+".html"));
        }
 public slots:

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3) When I loaded a project based on subdirs, I get this message saying that my projects has no targets, and thus I cannot execute it.

4) Look into Issue 155 of QDevelop, it affects your application as well. http://code.google.com/p/qdevelop/issues/detail?id=155

A few suggestions:
5) Get rid of all the margins in the GUI. Qt4 uses a HUGE margin for layout, it wastes a lot of space in your application (which is very concentrated anyway). Remove the frames from the editors as well. No need for 3-5 margins. Qt4's problem I know, but you have to deal with it.

6) You use 2 tab bars. Bar usability Idea. Wastes a lot of space. Search for a better solution.

7) Open UI's in an external designer. I don't care that they are XML. I don't want to see the XML.

8) The source zip file - put a version on it. Also on the directory inside it.