NAME
notes_qt - Qt within Antelope
DESCRIPTION
All new graphical programs inside Antelope are now being written
based on the
Qt application framework from
The Qt Company,
http://www.qt.io. For the most part, this is transparent to the
user, notwithstanding the better-looking graphics of the updated
applications. The
Qt software hierarchy is installed in
/opt/antelope/qt5.14.1
On each system,
Qt uses a "platform plugin" to provide connections
to the graphics facilities of the machine and operating system. On
Linux, the default platform plugin is called
xcb and
provides X11-based graphics. On
macOS machines, the default
platform is
cocoa, which provides Cocoa-based graphics.
Note that while Cocoa-based graphics are superior on
macOS both in
appearance and performance, they have the disadvantage that they
may not be forwarded through an ssh(1) connection, as with
X11-based applications.
SEE ALSO
dbe(1), dbevents(1)
BUGS AND CAVEATS
Regrettably, the
Qt application framework no longer supports
X11-forwarding (
xcb platform plugin) on
macOS. To view
Qt-based applications on
macOS, consider using a
screen-sharing solution such as
VNC or Apple Screen Sharing.
AUTHOR
Kent Lindquist