• Antelope Release 5.10 Linux CentOS release 7.6.1810 (Core) 3.10.0 2020-05-12

 

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
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