Re: [scite] A QT version of SciTE?

[Neil Hodgson]

Jim:

> Has SciTE been updated to handle the QT libraries, for I only see a "gtk" make folder.

The standard distribution of SciTE only supports Win32 and GTK+ on Linux.

> I'm guessing that the "outer layer" of SciTE would have to be re-written for QT, and I have a feeling that the commercial version of SciTE in the Mac App store may be that QT port.

The Mac version of SciTE calls Cocoa directly. It does not use Qt.

> If so, I'm guessing source will not be available.

I have no current plans to publish the source code for OS X SciTE.

Neil

[Shawn Rutledge]

On 28 September 2012 01:23, Jim <macr0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I see that Scintilla has been ported to QT. Since I'm having headaches
> with scrolling in GTK3 (GTK2 servers are fine), I'm rather interested in
> using the QT platform instead. Our other QT apps are pretty fast & solid.

> Has SciTE been updated to handle the QT libraries, for I only see a "gtk"

> make folder. There is "qscite," but that was a severely custom job from an
> old version: http://code.google.com/p/qscite/downloads/list

>
> I'm guessing that the "outer layer" of SciTE would have to be re-written for

> QT, ...

I always thought that's a great idea too; cross-platform becomes
easier and more native-looking. But there are many features of SciTE
which are added on to Scintilla itself, so there might be a lot of
rewriting to do, depending on how reusable the code is.

[Jim]

Neil:
The Mac SciTE is done in Cocoa?  Wow, that is a serious re-write.  I already assumed you wouldn't post the source code (it's common practice to make a little money by making a stellar wrapper around open-source software if the license permits it).  It is your own work, after all.

So, that means the alpha project I listed is the closest thing to a QT version of SciTE.  Hmmmm....intriguing...I wonder how much of SciTE is portable between GTK and QT.  Unfortunately, my "hobby coding" time is greatly reduced now that I have two boys and a full-time job. I'll stick with GTK for now.

- Jim

[Neil Hodgson]

Jim:

> The Mac SciTE is done in Cocoa? Wow, that is a serious re-write.

Yes, it took quite some time. If it had been a smaller effort than it would have been open source.

> So, that means the alpha project I listed is the closest thing to a QT version of SciTE. Hmmmm....intriguing...I wonder how much of SciTE is portable between GTK and QT.

There's a small amount of Unix code for processes and files that would be portable but the bulk of the GUI code inside SciTEGTK.cxx would have to be rewritten.

Neil