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[Stefan Schwarzburg <stefan.schwarzburg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Stefan Schwarzburg <
stefan.schwarzburg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> In the last two days I had some time and had a closer look at the qml code
> you have written for Qreator.
> I really like it a lot and have started to use it as a basis for some
> tests of my own [1].
>
> I think in the long run, we should start a new series in launchpad and
> continue there.
>
> I'm not really sure that I have really understood all the concepts of QML,
> especially how to work around the limitations..., but I have nevertheless
> started to organize your code a little and add some features...
>
> 1) qrcode.js
> I have extended qrcode.js to allow for qrcodes up to size 40 (177x177
> modules) instead of only size 10.
> I have added a custom excetion that can be caught in order to increase the
> size if the text does not fit the current size.
> With those two changes, we now start at the smallest version and upgrade
> the size dynamically...
>
> 2) directory structure
> I have reorganized a lot of code. All longer functions are now in
> 'coffee/qreator.coffee' and get compiled to 'js/qreator.js'
> QR code pages have their own folder and one file per code, they register
> themselves in a global model.
> All other pages are also single files in a different folder.
>
> 3) About / credits
> I have added a few pages
>
> 4) Theming
> I have slightly modified your already existing theming capabilities, added
> color-themes and dot themes as separate entities, both of which can be
> selected.
> The current color theme and the current dot theme are stored in a
> Qt.LocalStorage database and are persistent.
> Every user will eventually be able to add colorthemes themselves (as soon
> as there is a color picker in the Ubuntu SDK).
>
> 5) maybe more...
>
> Actually, I struggled a lot with the limitations of QML and javascript. I
> feel like having to jump through hoops in order to get the simplest things
> done (e.g. triggering all qrcanvases to redraw themselves without changing
> any text is something I still can't do...)
>

Just an update: this automatic update is now working as well... Connecting
signals to signals to functions... :-)

Cheers,
Stefa


>
> Nevertheless: Its also fun to get something working, and I would really
> like Qreator to be ready when users actually have Ubuntu Phones in their
> hands...
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
>
>
> [1] http://ubuntuone.com/1HFUhyVRZwfLWWsh7nJSQg
>