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#1 2015-04-15 18:17:31
- Katsuyori
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Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
As the topic says, is it possible to use KDE widgets in Qt to create applications, and run them on Windows? Do the libraries need to be compiled in DLL form first?
There are lots of cool widgets for KDE and it'd be totally awesome if I can create Cross-Platform apps with them. Thanks in advance!
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#2 2015-04-17 02:37:24
- hipersayan_x
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Re: Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
Yes, at some point its certainly possible, but since KDE plasmoids strongly depends on KDE libraries, you must replace the KDElibs depending component with it's Qt equivalent, or rewrite it from scratch. So I did with one of my projects, and at end discovered that less dependencies mean more portability, and less prone to fail.
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#3 2015-04-18 20:05:39
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Re: Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
Yes, at some point its certainly possible, but since KDE plasmoids strongly depends on KDE libraries, you must replace the KDElibs depending component with it's Qt equivalent, or rewrite it from scratch. So I did with one of my projects, and at end discovered that less dependencies mean more portability, and less prone to fail.
Thanks. Would it be suffering from slow responsiveness? I tested Amarok on Windows. Quite weird though. Although I was running it on Windows, it had the looks and feel of KDE Plasma 4, and of course, it was slow. What's with that one?
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#4 2015-04-18 22:35:16
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Re: Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
The slow down of an app depends on many factors, I don't know the internals of Amarok, so I can't give you clear response in this case. Also, a pure Qt app will adapt its look&feel to the host environment, in the case of Amarok and other KDE apps, it will look like if you where using it on GNU/Linux because of KDE Windows environment variables.
What plasmoid do you want to port?
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#5 2015-04-19 18:06:18
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Re: Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
I'm not porting anything. Just wanted to ask. Are KDElibs in DLL form or one should compile them natively on Windows himself?
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#6 2015-04-20 00:00:50
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Re: Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
Yes, KDElibs and all development libraries, and plugins, uses the native DLL format. When you install KDE for Windows you can install also the KDElibs. what I'm not sure is if you can distribute your program (thats depends on KDElibs) without KDE as requirement.
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#7 2015-04-22 05:21:08
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Re: Is KDE Framework compatible with Windows?
Yes, KDElibs and all development libraries, and plugins, uses the native DLL format. When you install KDE for Windows you can install also the KDElibs. what I'm not sure is if you can distribute your program (thats depends on KDElibs) without KDE as requirement.
Thanks for your answers.
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