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From: Patric Schmitz <bzk0711@×××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble tweaking KDE package "six"
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:17:58
Message-Id: 20080719171413.70146bc0@silencio.saunaklub
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Trouble tweaking KDE package "six" by Kevin O'Gorman
1 On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:45:32 -0700
2 "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > It involves a new target in Makefile.am, but if I run a new 'automake'
5 > I get a Makefile.in which is _very_ different from the old one, and
6 > won't even compile the old target. Most obviously, a bunch of *.moc
7 > targets are not generated. The Makefile has some references to
8 > 'automoc', but that does not seem to be an executable or package in
9 > Gentoo (but if I'm reading it right, it is a package in Ubuntu).
10
11 http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/moc.html
12 seems to be "Meta object compiler", a Qt thing. The ebuild
13 x11-libs/qt seems to provide "/usr/bin/moc", haven't found automoc (as
14 an executable at least).
15
16 > I have a book on autotools, but have only used them, not configured
17 > them. I have a book on Qt (apropos of moc and automoc), but have
18 > never written Qt code. My tweak is for a non-GUI alternative, so I
19 > was hoping that the GUI stuff would just keep working and not bother
20 > me. KDE itself seems to be largely lacking in programming docs (or I
21 > just missed it), although there a a few short tutorials.
22
23 See above, http://doc.trolltech.com has tons of (professionally written
24 and maintained) documentation on Qt and everything around it.
25
26 > I'm not looking for answers (my questions may not yet be well-enough
27 > formulated for that), but pointers to resources. Of course, if anyone
28 > has answers, or can guide me, that would be welcome too.
29
30 wikipedia Qt/moc:
31 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28toolkit%29#Meta_object_compiler
32
33 the famous autobook on autotools:
34 http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/
35
36 as well as the links above is all I have found just now. Hope this
37 helps.
38
39 Good Luck,
40 Patric.
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