[PyQt] Problems building PyQt snapshot on Win32 with MinGW -- all details included

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 11.07.07 16:52:34, Martin Blais wrote:
> On 7/11/07, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> >On 11.07.07 16:05:38, Martin Blais wrote:
> >> The PyQt setup is actually super clean if only you get it started the
> >> right way, but I can't help wonder why no-one ever bothered taking an
> >> extra 20 mins to provide clear instructions-for-dummies on the Wiki
> >> how to use all that beautiful work.  It must have been a lot more pain
> >> to actually make this setup, why not make sure it gets used?  And if
> >> it actually does get tested, why not provide a binary?
> >
> >As Phil already said: If you use the official binary from Trolltech that
> >comes with MinGW bundled all you need to do is run configure.py through
> >python. That binary installs a shortcut into your programs menu (under
>          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >Qt or Trolltech, not sure) which will open a command box for you,
> >properly setup to build Qt programs (that includes qmake and mingw stuff
> >in PATH).
> >
> >So really there are no extra informations needed, provided you use the
> >officially supported mingw-qt-gpl binary package. For anything else
> >you're own your own.
> 
> That's all cool my friend, it's the "installs a shortcut" bit I was
> missing, you see, I'm an old UNIX geezer, I didn't even *think* of
> looking at what gifts were placed in that "Start" menu...

Well, it is documented however in Qt's README (IIRC) that this shortcut
is installed.

Andreas

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