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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]]
 
* [[Project GIT Information]]
 
* [[Project RoadMap]]
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* [[DevelopmentSpecifications]]
 
* [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==
 
* [[Nightly Builds|Installing Nightly Builds]]
 
* [[How to Build TDE Core Modules]]
 
* [[How to Build Extra Applications]]
   
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See also pages in [[:Category:Packagers]].
[[Current Distribution Functionality Test Results]]
 
   
 
==Tutorials and Documentation==
[[Building KDE 3.5 (Historical)]]
 
   
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===Qt3 and TQt===
[[Building KDE 3.5 with Konstruct (Historical)]]
 
 
* [[Understanding the TQT Interface]]
 
* [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/docs/qt3 TQt API Documentation]
   
 
===Trinity===
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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]
 
* [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===
==Developing for Trinity==
 
 
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]
[[Monthly Meeting Information]]
 
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: The original API reference, at kde.org
 
* [[KDE3 Architecture]]
 
: The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together. Ported from the KDE wiki.
 
* [[KDE3 Tutorials]]
 
: On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.
 
* [[KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy]]
 
: 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===
[[Non-Bug To-Do List]]
 
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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:
[[Project GIT Information]]
 
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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>
[[Project RoadMap]]
 
   
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====GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition====
[[Specifications for Future Development]]
 
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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.]
   
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==== KDE 2.0 Development ====
===Tutorials and Documentation for QT and TQT===
 
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David Sweet, et al. (2002). [http://andamooka.org/~dsweet/kde2dev.pdf KDE 2.0 Development].
 
[[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===
 
 
[[Trinity API Documentation]]
 
 
[[Sample Applications]]
 
 
 
===Tutorials and Documentation for 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.
 
 
[[KDE3 Architecture]]
 
   
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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.
The architecture pages detail how everything was originally supposed to fit together. Ported from the KDE wiki.
 
   
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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.
[[KDE3 Tutorials]]
 
   
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==== KDE 2/Qt Programming Bible ====
On everything from using kdevelop to writing dcop-aware applications to creating window themes. Ported from the KDE wiki.
 
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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.
[[KDE3 Filesystem Hierarchy]]
 
   
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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.
Ported from the KDE wiki and verified against a working KDE3 instance.
 
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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.