Qt - Revision history

Ray Chason: Windows Qt build is broken

2019-08-19T02:46:13Z

Windows Qt build is broken

Ray Chason: /* Mac OS X */ Use Qt 5 from Homebrew

2019-08-18T23:30:41Z

‎Mac OS X: Use Qt 5 from Homebrew

Ray Chason: NetHack 3.6.2 supports Qt 4 and 5 on Windows and Mac; notes on compiling

2019-08-16T03:30:45Z

NetHack 3.6.2 supports Qt 4 and 5 on Windows and Mac; notes on compiling

Ray Chason: Note availability of makefiles for Windows and Mac

2018-09-19T01:34:43Z

Note availability of makefiles for Windows and Mac

Ray Chason: Qt 4 and 5 compatibility in 3.6.1

2018-05-21T04:29:50Z

Qt 4 and 5 compatibility in 3.6.1

Ray Chason: Update for 3.6.0; compatibility notes

2017-10-23T04:29:47Z

Update for 3.6.0; compatibility notes

Ray Chason: /* Special configuration options */ Clarification regarding tile sizes

2012-07-23T00:03:07Z

‎Special configuration options: Clarification regarding tile sizes

Ray Chason: Description of the Qt interface and the configuration options

2012-07-22T23:55:18Z

Description of the Qt interface and the configuration options

New page

[[Image:Sokoban-Qt.png|thumbnail|right|200px|NetHack 3.4.3's Qt port, showing a monk in [[Sokoban]].]]
'''Qt''' is a [[GUI]] toolkit developed by Trolltech and now controlled by [[wikipedia:Nokia|Nokia]]. It is the native graphical API for [[wikipedia:KDE|KDE]] and as such is available for all of the main [[wikipedia:Linux|Linux]] distributions.

NetHack offers an interface based on Qt, compatible with Qt through version 3. It is not compatible with Qt 4, which is the current version, nor with the forthcoming Qt 5.

==Features of the Qt interface==
The Qt interface supports tiles and text display. It uses tiled mode by default, but the text mode display can be enabled by setting the ascii_map [[option]]. Due to a bug, it is necessary to redraw the map (press control-R) after changing ascii_map.

{{todo|Note how to set item counts in the inventory display}}

==Special configuration options==
The Qt interface supports a number of unique options in the configuration file; as only Unix supports Qt, this will be ~/.nethackrc . Some of these can be set from the Game|Qt Options... menu entry.

{|class="wikitable"
!Option!!Values!!Meaning
|-
|QT_TILEWIDTH||1 to 64||Width of tiles as displayed
|-
|QT_TILEHEIGHT||1 to 64||Height of tiles as displayed
|-
|QT_FONTSIZE||t, s, m, l, h||Size of fonts used on the screen: '''t'''iny, '''s'''mall, '''m'''edium, '''l'''arge, '''h'''uge
|-
|QT_COMPACT||0 or 1||If 1, the message and status windows are on separate pages from the map, and the map is
enlarged to cover most of the screen except for a single line for the messages.
|}

{{todo|Get a screenshot of the compact mode}}

{{nethack-343}}
[[Category:User interface]]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 NetHack offers an interface based on Qt. [[NetHack 3.3.0]] through [[NetHack 3.6.0|3.6.0]] is compatible with Qt through version 3.  It is not compatible with Qt 4 or 5. Because Qt 5 is the current version, the older Qt interface is difficult to build on modern systems. Furthermore, the [[NetHack 3.6.0]] source has a corrupt version of include/qt_xpms.h ([[Bugs in NetHack 3.6.0#Build-from-source bugs|bug S360-2]]); the version of this file from [[NetHack 3.4.3]] must be substituted.
-[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. [[NetHack 3.6.2]] has the necessary files to build with Qt 5 on Windows and OS X.
+[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. [[NetHack 3.6.2]] has the necessary files to build with Qt 5 on OS X. Unfortunately, the Windows build is broken.
 ==Features of the Qt interface==
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 ===Windows===
-TODO
+The build of NetHack with GCC is badly broken in 3.6.2, and the makefile for Visual Studio lacks instructions for building the Qt interface. No build instructions for Windows are available at this time.
 {{nethack-362}}
 [[Category:User interface]]

@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 ===Mac OS X===
-Use the hints file hints/macosx-10.10-qt.
+Use the hints file hints/macosx-10.10-qt. This hints file works with a Qt 5 installation from [https://brew.sh/ Homebrew].
 ===Windows===

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 NetHack offers an interface based on Qt. [[NetHack 3.3.0]] through [[NetHack 3.6.0|3.6.0]] is compatible with Qt through version 3.  It is not compatible with Qt 4 or 5. Because Qt 5 is the current version, the older Qt interface is difficult to build on modern systems. Furthermore, the [[NetHack 3.6.0]] source has a corrupt version of include/qt_xpms.h ([[Bugs in NetHack 3.6.0#Build-from-source bugs|bug S360-2]]); the version of this file from [[NetHack 3.4.3]] must be substituted.
-[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. As of 18 Sep 2018, the development sources for NetHack have the necessary files to build with Qt 5 on Windows and OS X.
+[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. [[NetHack 3.6.2]] has the necessary files to build with Qt 5 on Windows and OS X.
 ==Features of the Qt interface==
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 {{todo|Get a screenshot of the compact mode}}
-{{nethack-361}}
+==Compiling==
 [[Category:User interface]]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 NetHack offers an interface based on Qt. [[NetHack 3.3.0]] through [[NetHack 3.6.0|3.6.0]] is compatible with Qt through version 3.  It is not compatible with Qt 4 or 5. Because Qt 5 is the current version, the older Qt interface is difficult to build on modern systems. Furthermore, the [[NetHack 3.6.0]] source has a corrupt version of include/qt_xpms.h ([[Bugs in NetHack 3.6.0#Build-from-source bugs|bug S360-2]]); the version of this file from [[NetHack 3.4.3]] must be substituted.
-[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]].
+[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. As of 18 Sep 2018, the development sources for NetHack have the necessary files to build with Qt 5 on Windows and OS X.
 ==Features of the Qt interface==

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 '''Qt''' is a [[GUI]] toolkit developed by Trolltech and now controlled by [[wikipedia:Qt|the Qt Project]].  It is the native graphical API for [[wikipedia:KDE|KDE]] and as such is available for all of the main [[wikipedia:Linux|Linux]] distributions.
-NetHack offers an interface based on Qt, compatible with Qt through version 3.  It is not compatible with Qt 4 or 5. Because Qt 5 is the current version, the Qt interface is difficult to build on modern systems. Furthermore, the [[NetHack 3.6.0]] source has a corrupt version of include/qt_xpms.h ([[Bugs in NetHack 3.6.0#Build-from-source bugs|bug S360-2]]); the version of this file from [[NetHack 3.4.3]] must be substituted.
+NetHack offers an interface based on Qt. [[NetHack 3.3.0]] through [[NetHack 3.6.0|3.6.0]] is compatible with Qt through version 3.  It is not compatible with Qt 4 or 5. Because Qt 5 is the current version, the older Qt interface is difficult to build on modern systems. Furthermore, the [[NetHack 3.6.0]] source has a corrupt version of include/qt_xpms.h ([[Bugs in NetHack 3.6.0#Build-from-source bugs|bug S360-2]]); the version of this file from [[NetHack 3.4.3]] must be substituted.
-As of 21 October 2017, a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5 is available in the development version of NetHack.
+[[NetHack 3.6.1]] offers a revised interface compatible with Qt 4 and 5. With some modification, it can be made to build on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]].
 ==Features of the Qt interface==
-The Qt interface supports tiles and text display.  It uses tiled mode by default, but the text mode display can be enabled by setting the ascii_map [[option]].  Due to a bug, it is necessary to redraw the map (press control-R) after changing ascii_map.
+The Qt interface supports tiles and text display.  It uses tiled mode by default, but the text mode display can be enabled by setting the ascii_map [[option]].  Due to a bug in the older Qt interface, it is necessary to redraw the map (press control-R) after changing ascii_map; this is fixed in the Qt 4/5 interface.
 {{todo|Note how to set item counts in the inventory display}}
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 {{todo|Get a screenshot of the compact mode}}
-{{nethack-360}}
+{{nethack-361}}
 [[Category:User interface]]

@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 enlarged to cover most of the screen except for a single line for the messages.
 |}
 {{todo|Get a screenshot of the compact mode}}