QuiltQuilt integrates Qt's meta-compilers into native Xcode and Visual Studio projects, allowing automatic pre-processing without using qmake. Although qmake can generate simple Xcode/Visual Studio project files, it does not support new IDE features such as external .xcconfig or .vsprops files. Quilt supports both Xcode for Mac OS X, and Visual Studio for Microsoft Windows. Using QuiltQuilt is normally invoked by a pre-build step in the development environment, and a build rule during the actual build. During the pre-build phase Quilt scans your source tree for files that contain Q_OBJECT macros. It then generates a single .moc file, which identifies the source files that require pre-processing. During the actual build Quilt is invoked to process any Qt files (.moc, .qrc, or .ui) in the project. It invokes the appropriate Qt meta-compiler for each file, and adds the derived source to the build. Once Quilt has been attached to your project, the identification and compilation of Qt source is automatic. |