Qt 4 application and UI framework for eCS, OS/2

Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt, you can write applications once and deploy them across many desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. (See ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(toolkit))

History

A few years ago netlabs.org hired Dmitry A. Kuminov (aka dmik) to port version 3 of the toolkit to the eCS and OS/2 platform. This port is working well and made it possible to port many applications to our platform.

Some time ago Qt 4 got introduced and more and more applications are using this version of the toolkit by now. To make sure we can port those applications again, we have to invest some more work into the eCS and OS/2 port, as Qt 4 redid a lot of things from scratch. Dmitry offererd us to work on the port again, our goal would be to hire him for about 5 months, but we cannot do that ourself without help from the community.

Sponsoring

We do have some money in the queue but it's not enough yet. If you would like to contribute to this port, you are welcome to buy a sponsoring unit for that at Mensys, 100% of that money will be transferred to netlabs.org.

The Mensys sponsor link is: ​http://www.mensys.com/NetlabsQT4

Current Status

Things that already compile and work:

• qmake, moc, rcc tools.
• !QtCore4.dll (limited functionality, excluding any GUI-related stuff yet).
• !QtScript4.dll, !QtTest4.dll, !QtXml4.dll (seem to be cross-platform enough out-of-the-box).

You may find more detailed information about the project progress and future plans on the ​Roadmap page.

Latest Version

neither alpha nor beta available right now

Reporting Bugs

Reporting bugs and requesting new features is done through the ticket system. You can view existing tickets, add comments to them and create new tickets using the corresponding buttons at the top of every page. If you want to submit a new bug or request a feature, please use the Search function first to make sure there is no ticket for this task already created.

Anonymous access to the ticket system has been restricted due to multiple attacks of stupid spammers we've been suffering from during the last month. In order to create a new ticket or comment the existing one, you need to login with your Netlabs login id. If you do not have a login id, you can request one at ​http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml. We are sorry for inconvenience, but at the present time this is the only way to avoid extremely annoying spam.

Mailing Lists

Project discussion is done through mailing list conversations. Currently, the following mailing lists are available:

• qt-user()netlabs.org (send an e-mail to qt-user-subscribe()netlabs.org to subscribe, or go to ​http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.qt.user for online reading)

This mailing list is intended to discuss the usage of the OS/2 version of the Qt Toolkit for creating or porting applications. Announces of new releases are also posted to this list.

• qt-dev()netlabs.org (send an e-mail to qt-dev-subscribe()netlabs.org to subscribe, or go to ​http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.qt.devel for online reading)

This mailing list is for developers of Qt for OS/2. All ticket changes are automatically posted to this list. Please don't post user questions there!

Credits

• Dmitry A. Kuminov
• Silvan Scherrer