[bt-devel] Newbie help please!

[bt-devel@crosswire.org]

You may also want to download and install the latest released version of
Kdevelop (www.kdevelop.org)  Actually, the KDK (KDE Development Kit)
available at links from that site includes KDevelop and other tools useful
for KDE development efforts.

The tutorials for KDE and Qt seem to be good, and KDK installs all of the
documentation on KDE and QT libraries.

Once you get comfortable there, the next steps are to download and install
QT 2.1.0, and Kdelibs 2.0 (CVS) and we can provide directions to get you
going using these libraries, which are used for BibleTime 0.3 development.

We will be more than happy to help along each step of the way.  I know
because I got plenty of help recently when I was at about the same spot you
are now.

Thomas J. Philpot writes:

> For starters, you might want to check out the KDE Developer's Tutorials on
> 
> http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/index.html
> 
> There's a tutorial on how to develop for KDE (with some small example) programs.
> I suggest you start with Daniel Marjamaki's KDE tutorial, it talks about how to
> compile on *nix (g++ for c++ programs, gcc for c).
> 
> Just off the top of my head, here are some useful commands
> 
> -o  filename  = renames the output file
> -g            = enables debugging
> -lfoo         = links the libfoo library to your code
> -Iincludedir  = adds includedir to your include path
> -Llibdir      = adds libdir to your linking path
> 
> You'll probably used these 90% of the time if you have to compile by hand.
> With most big projects though, there are Makefiles distributed with the
> program,  and all you have to do is something like ./configure;make;make
> install to  get the program up and running.  Another peice of advice, get
> familar with KDevelop.  It'll help you tremendously...
> 
> I'm going to study for finals now ;)   Two left...
> 
> Tom
> 
> On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote:
> > That's why I'm asking, I don't even know how to compile a program in Unix!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Chris Marsh
> > Analyst Programmer
> > Hansen Corporation
> > Ph: 	(03) 9843 8438
> > Fax:	(03) 9843 8590
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Thomas J. Philpot [SMTP:tjphilpot@ou.edu]
> > > Sent:	Wednesday, May 03, 2000 5:08 PM
> > > To:	bt-devel@crosswire.org
> > > Subject:	Re: [bt-devel] Newbie help please!
> > > 
> > > Chris,
> > > 
> > > 	The best advice I can give you is read this list and don't be afraid
> > > to ask questions.   The project is in need of more developers and any help
> > > would
> > > be appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Tom
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 02 May 2000, you wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I'm new to this list and would dearly love to start doing some work on
> > > > Bibletime.  Problem is, I haven't done any C or C++ work since school
> > > (2+
> > > > years ago), as I currently do PL/SQL on Oracle.  Also, I haven't yet
> > > done
> > > > ANY development work on any Unix box, including Linux.
> > > > 
> > > > So, my question is, where do I start?  I have used CVS, although in the
> > > > past.  Any doco's, hint's, tips, HOWTO's etc would be gratefully
> > > received.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Chris Marsh
> > > > Analyst Programmer
> > > > Hansen Corporation
> > > > Ph: 	(03) 9843 8438
> > > > Fax:	(03) 9843 8590


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