[maemo-developers] Does Maemo's Qt look like Hildon?

[From: Murray Cumming]

On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 23:39 +0300, Antonio Aloisio wrote:
> Hi
> 
>         Although new-style Maemo 5 menus with sub-menus are
>         discouraged, I don't
>         think they should be forbidden. The current C API makes it
>         very
>         difficult to create them because HildonAppMenu is just a grid
>         container,
>         not a menu API. But I see no reason for Qt to make the same
>         mistake.
>         
>         Of course they would not be displayed as a tree-like menu.
>  
> To be honest I don't know yet if we will have those menu in Qt too.
> Currently I can't take other tasks, but if someone is interested in
> implementing them, he/she is welcome and I'll happy to help him/her in
> that job.

While we are on the subject of Qt looking like Maemo without API
changes, how are you dealing with the need for Maemo-specific API such
as that in HildonWindow:
http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/beta/hildon/HildonWindow.html


I'm trying to get a general feel for how Qt can stick to its concept of
multiple platforms without API changes, though Mameo 5 seems to be the
first Qt platform with a significantly uncommon UI and API.


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