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After introducing the automoc feature in my last blog, here comes the next part of this series. More will follow. The new --find-package mode of CMake Typically, in projects which are built using autotools or handwritten Makefiles, the tool pkg-config is used to find whether and where some library, used by the software, is installed on the current system, and prints the respective command line options for the compiler to stdout. Read More

Canonical has a company scheme where after working there for a few years you can rotate to work at another part of the company for 6 months. Having worked on the desktop team for over five years I decided to do a rotation to Bazaar. My hopes for this were to build up my own programming skills by learning more Python and by experiencing different programming practices from the ones I'm used to in KDE. Read More

A long over due update on the status of build.kde.org. It now builds most of the old core KDE modules. Both the stable, currently the KDE/4.7 branch and the master branch. Sadly I haven't gotten Qt5 or kdelibs frameworks branch to build as a result nepomuk-core doesn't build either. Read More

It's been a while since I blogged, so I thought I'd post an update on what I've been up to. Along with nearly a thousand other Qt developers, I headed over to Munich for the Qt Dev Days. It was my first time at the event, and I was surprised just how big it was. There were a lot of interesting talks, with highlights including Jens' talks on Qt Quick components for the desktop and using QML for rapid prototyping and Peter's talk on Secure Networking. Read More

Please note: This blog is personal and opinions are of my own and do not represent RIM I've been quiet for a while now. Lots of things going on in my life. I have not forgotten KDE, but I'm still unable to work on anything at this time (more on that in future post). Read More

Ubuntu Developer Summit is happening in cloudy Florida. The Kubuntu team have been busy talking about how to make a rock solid LTS release for Precise Pangolin that can be supported for 5 years. KDE Software is in a good place for this LTS since we are coming towards the end of the long KDE/Qt 4 cycle and it is a stable and mature product. Read More

Starting with version 2.8.6 CMake supports what is known as automoc, i.e. automatic handling of moc when using Qt4. As you know, when adding signals and slots to a class using Qt, this source code (typically the header) has to be processed by the moc preprocessor. This invocation of moc during the build is what we are talking about. Read More

As Andreas note we are rather close towards Calligra 2.4 which will be the very first release of the Calligra Suite. Our pretty cool Calligra Quality Dashboard lists 11 remaining release-critical blocker bugs that still need to be fixed till then. Read More

At KDAB we spend all of our time working with Qt. As with any software development, much of that time ends up being focused on understanding, debugging, profiling and bug fixing rather than implementing new functionality. To help us with that we constantly improve the tools available to us and other Qt and KDE developers. That is what has brought us awesomeness such as massif-visualizer, verktyg or various bits and pieces in Qt Creator and KDevelop. The latest result of our tinkering with tooling was released at Qt Developer Days in Munich last week under the name GammaRay. It's a comprehensive collection of high level introspection and debugging utilities specifically tailored for the various frameworks in Qt. You can find out more about it and see some screenshots here. The whole thing, including all plugins, is released under the GPL so it can be useful to as many Qt developers as possible and in the hope that many of you will pitch in and help us make it even more useful for us all. <a href=http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=131997790827755&w=2>Here is the announcement email to the KDE lists sent by Volker Krause, who has been leading this effort since its beginnings in the Kontact Touch project. Enjoy! Read More

"Don't browse, search" is already well known demand and it changes the way people expect to use your app. Recently I needed to finalize first incarnation of my Global Search feature in Kexi. Being late by two days after Calligra beta 3 tagging, I made it fully working only for RC1 now. But it's here. Read More