better selection and scrolling behaviour

[lyx.git] / src / frontends / qt2 / README

diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/README b/src/frontends/qt2/README
index efbb13a742386cb6cc74d288320abb055f28b228..904dfce4745aff5d29ed9f46292437d275643465 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/README
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/README
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ then remember to call form_->changed() at the end (if it has changed !)
 Every non-trivial widget should have a tooltip. If you don't know
 what to write, write "FIXME", and it can fixed later. Don't be afraid
 to use QWhatsThis too, but this must be done in the derived class's
-constructor, and use _("...").
+constructor, and use _("..."). Non-trivial means that things like "OK"
+/must not/ have a tooltip.
  
 If necessary, you should override Qt2Base::isValid() for determining the validity
 of the current dialog's contents.
@@ -82,3 +83,23 @@ Thesaurus    John            Done
 Toc            Kalle           Waiting to be updated
 Url            Kalle           Done
 VCLog          John            Done
+
+
+Stuff to be aware of
+--------------------
+
+The connect statement in Qt is a macro and its arguments does not follow
+the C++ standard as it should. Using the construct "Type const &" as
+argument will lead to runtime-errors, use "const Type &" instead.
+
+ex.
+
+--right--
+
+       connect(list, SIGNAL(selected(const QString &)),
+               this, SLOT(complete_selected(const QString &)));
+
+--wrong--
+
+       connect(list, SIGNAL(selected(QString const &)),
+               this, SLOT(complete_selected(QString const &)));