QML 1 usage in KDevelop

[Aleix Pol]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Milian Wolff <mail at milianw.de> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> we use QML 1 in two places currently in KDevplatform:
>
> - the welcome page
> - the assistant popup
>
> The welcome page is disabled in KF5 - does anyone know why?
Because we don't have a hook on when to open it. I want to work on it
eventually, I'll get there. Also this is using QML2, if I'm not
mistaken.

> The assistant
> popup shows some more issues, like ALT + num not enabling the action reliably
> anymore.
>
> But I write this mail more because QML 1 is "dead" and should not be used
> anymore. The welcome page we could easily port to QML 2, I guess. But I'm not
> so sure about the assistant popup - does the current QML1 code rely on the
> "good" interaction between QML1 and Qt Widgets? Or should it be easy to port
> it as well?

It should be easy to port, I remember even looking into porting it,
but back then QQuickWidget wasn't too stable and decided to hold it.
Now it should be better.
I agree it's something to look into sooner rather than later.

Aleix