[PyQt] qrc:/// not working to access resources?

[Shriramana Sharma]

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:50 PM, lloyd konneker <bootch at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>  I think you should reply to the list serv (instead of just to me) so
> that others may learn also.
>

My mistake. Done that now. BTW I'm also not an expert but only a maverick
of sorts.


> My reading of QImage documentation does not seem to imply that you can use
> the URI form "qrc:///" :
>

Well QImage documentation need not mention that. It is mentioned in the
generic Qt Resource System documentation.


> Have you tried QImage("qrc:///foo") in c++?
>

No -- I haven't had the patience to write the header separately and the cpp
separately etc. Hence my using PyQt.


>
> You say you are using the difference as a hack to document what resources
> are 'outside'.  By outside do you mean in an external resource file (not
> embedded) or do you mean a resource file that is not even on the local file
> system but over the network?
>

As a file that's not embedded. And I only said that using qrc:// makes it
*clear* that the resource is embedded.


>
> I don't understand why Qt provides two different forms, but surely it is
> not so you can document the difference between embedded and external.
>

Whatever the reason they provided, I only said using qrc:// makes it
*clearer*.

-- 
Shriramana Sharma ஶ்ரீரமணஶர்மா श्रीरमणशर्मा
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