Re: Getting qtquran to compile in Kdevelop (version 0.4 - from sourceforge)

[Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>]

On Friday 06 June 2003 19:03, Kumade Khawi wrote:
 Could you please tell me which version are you using?
 I'm guessing you use the first developement snapshot which is at:
   http://mhdyousif.hypermart.net/quran
 If so, please do not use it, it's very outdated
> Salaam all, my first mailing here :-)
>
> I have download the "quran" package several times and
> it gives me EOF errors. Tarball corrupted methinks.
>
> For the following comments, I am cross-referencing the
> CVS sources from the *web* interface, Revision 1.6.
>
> --- Faaiez Sallie <Faaiez at westnet dot com dot au> wrote:
> > Well after some more time and:
> >
> > 	compiling xmlwrapp-0-4-1
> >
> > I've managed to get rid of the first two errors.
> > I am now left with these:
> >
> >         qtquran.h:44: error: syntax error before `*'
> > token
>
> line 44: quran_audio * qa;
>
> GCC doesn't see the defenition for the type
> "quran_audio". You will either need to run ctags/etags
> on your project to get the cross-referencing info
> (highly recommended.) or you will need to grep for it.
> Grep will return ALL the occurences of "quran_audio"
> and no just the defenition.
>
> I will save you the chase however and tell you what my
> gut feeling is about this type. If you look at
> quran/libquran, you will see the files quranaudio.h
> and  .c. If anything, quran_audio should have been
> defined there (as logic dictates.) but I guess what we
> are looking at is just the framework and the
> maintainer hasn't gotten around to implementing
> "quran_audio" just yet. So, what you're looking at
> might not be ready yet :-(
>
> >         qtquran.h:70: error: parse error before `{'
> > token
>
> If the defenition of "mainWindow" follows the rest of
> the clean design of the project, then the class
> mainWindow should be defined in the header
> "mainwindow.h", which also I THINK is going to be
> generated from mainwindow.ui by some preprocessor. I
> am not a Qt guy .. yet.
>
> [snip errors from line 71 to 139]
> these are nothing but cascading errors. Once
> mainWindow's header is properly included, half of
> these  errors will disappear.
>
> >         main.cpp: In function `int main(int,
> > char**)':
>
> For main.cpp, I am looking at Revision 1.5 in the CVS.
>
> >         main.cpp:44: error: `quran_init' undeclared
> > (first use this
> >         function)
>
> Just to show you how clean and idiomatic the code is,
> I immediately guessed the location where the function
> quran_init() is defined: quran/libquran/quran.h,
> altough it could have also been in
> quran/libquran/init.h.
>
> To fix this, you will have to add this to the top of
> main.cpp:
> #include "quran.h", right after the inclusion of
> qtranslator.h (i.e. after the Qt headers.)
>
> [snip]
>
> >         main.cpp:53: error: `QTQURAN_SHARE_DIR'
> > undeclared (first use
> >         this function)
>
> If you look closely, is is calling
> QTranslator::load().
> Look at the Qt API (google) and you will see that the
> second argument is supposed to be a constant qt
> string,
> but the code is calling it as
>
> QTranslator::load( ..., QTQURAN_SHARE_DIR "/lng");
>
> it is trying to concatenate QTQURAN_SHARE_DIR and
> "/lang", so I am guessing that QTQURAN_SHARE_DIR is
> actually an string /somewhere/ and the author gave it
> this convenience macro defenition.
>
> OTOH, it might as well be a type, he might have meant
> QTQURAN_SHARED with a D. Or it might even be a
> legitimate piece of code accepted by the Qt or C
> preprocessors. We can't say much with cross-referncing
> tools.
>
> [snip the rest of the code]
>
> These "declared but never defined" errors are nothing
> but "You have created the header file, now implement
> the source." I think you are looking at incomplete
> code .
>
> > If anyone has any ideas, please don't hesitate to
> > let me know.
>
> Shoot me a non-corrupted tarball at kkhawi at pobox dot com
> and I will look at it over the weekend.
>
> Salamaati wa Ta7iyaati.
>
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