[rkward-devel] KDE4 porting status

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

just a short update on the porting efforts: RKWard now compiles with KDE/Qt4, 
and some things are actually working, but many, many other things are still 
horribly broken. Things will improve gradually over time, but it's still 
going to be an uphill battle for a while, and it would be good, if some of 
you could start to do some testing.

To do so, first, follow these instructions to set up a KDE4 development 
environment (up to "Running KDE 4 programs"):
http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE4

Now check out the KDE4 branch of rkward:
# svn co https://rkward.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rkward/branches/KDE4_port/
  rkward_kde4

Create a directory "build" somewhere (e.g. inside the checked out directory), 
cd there, and do
# 
cmake /path/to/rkward/sources -DCMAKE-BUILD-TYPE=debugfull -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDEDIR
(This step is only needed once).

Then (in the build directory) just do the usual make and make install (this 
should install to be local KDE4 installation, so you do not need super-user 
privileges).

You may have to do
chmod 744 rkward

Then start rkward with ./rkward from the build-dir.

Right now, the R Console, and the Filesystem Browser should be fully 
functional, so please test those, first. Everything else will be broken to 
various degrees. If you find anything not yet listed (whether it's a 
downright crash or just a minor regression), please add it to the "TODO_KDE4" 
file.

If you don't get it to work at all, please let me know.

Regards
Thomas
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