User:Vladbogolin/GSoC2013/Logs

Project Info

Project Name	New Cross-Platform 3D Display Manager
Student Name	Bogolin Simion Vlad
IRC nick	vladbogo
Link to proposal	http://brlcad.org/wiki/User:Vladbogolin/Proposal/DisplayManager

Milestones

• Embed Qt in Tk windows
• Drawing
  • Line drawing
  • Text drawing
• Keyboard and mouse integration
• Embedding a framebuffer window

Logs

Community bonding

• 30 May 2013:
  • Updated short description of the project on the melange page.
• 1 June 2013:
  • A first step in implementing the qt display manager. Now it only prints logs similar to txt dm, but has some improvements
• 4 June 2013:
  • Final version of Qt dm patch
  • http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/patches/185/
• 14 June 2013:
  • Added to g-voxel (src/conv/g-voxel.c) program the same optional arguments as the src/libged/voxelize.c (-s -t and -d).
  • http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/patches/189/

Week 1

• Weekly milestone:
  • As I haven't worked with Qt before I will focus on getting more familiarized with it this week and also a more detailed look on the existing dm's code to be sure I will not miss anything.
• 17 June 2013:
  • Created a first qt small application. It is not something complicated. I focused on the compilation procedure and how to integrate qt with cmake.
• 18 June 2013:
  • I successfully built a qt project using cmake. I struggled with the difference between Qt4 and Qt5 but finally managed to make a cmake build.
• 19 June 2013:
  • Got commit access
  • Updated the txt display manager patch
    • https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/patches/163/
• 20 June 2013:
  • Studied existing cmake files in order to complete integration of Qt with cmake.
  • Found out a FindQt.cmake implementation and tested it: does not work.
• 21 June 2013:
  • Studied existing X-dm implementation, especially the open function.