LinuxQuestions.org - Entries for December 13, 2012

Tooling Up: Clickable Script Programs

Posted 12-13-2012 at 02:10 PM by rainbowsally
Updated 12-23-2012 at 04:15 PM by rainbowsally

Note: shell-exec and lq-launch (the lq version) are now included in the mc2 libLQ d/load. They are in the examples/goodies folders and can be copied directly into your ~/bin folder and should be usable immediately with no changes to your paths required.
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Today's Features

Clickable sequential backup utility. You'll need to create a program to copy it to the directory you want to use it in. That's pretty easy, but well.. maybe not.

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Generic QT Signal/Slot --or-- Using Dummy Custom Widget in Designer -- No Plugin Req'd

Posted 12-13-2012 at 01:52 PM by rainbowsally

Tags c++, computer mad science, genericity, makefiles, qt4

[This is FUN!! It works. What a freaking trip. :-)]

The previous entry on using Old Style callbacks wasn't much of a hit. Ooooooohhhh... it's a hit alright.

But here it is in it's second incarnation cleaned up a bit though it needs a bit more simplification due to the number of elements that are involved and where they need to go. But this is cool.

Today's Features

Using a custom widget in Designer without making the plugin.
Using the "Old

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A Stand Alone executable QT MsgBox with Stays On Top attribute

Posted 12-13-2012 at 07:59 AM by rainbowsally

Tags c++, computer mad science, makefiles, qt4

A Stand Alone executable QT MsgBox with Stays On Top attribute.

Today's Features:

A non-modal qt based dialog/message box that STAYS ON TOP of the window stack.
How to center a window on the screen.
Using the short optargs to parse the options.

The msgbox utility in the 'extras' folders of the mc2 d/load (see link below) uses xmessage for the display widget. That makes it independent of QT so it can run on any computer that has the X windowing system.

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