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diff --git a/src/scripts/README b/src/scripts/README deleted file mode 100644 index aa49d282..00000000 --- a/src/scripts/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -This directory contains miscellaneous utility scripts for use with Qt3D. - -filter-qmldump.pl -================= - -Use this script to regenerate the library.xml files after making changes -to the properties or structure of the QML bindings. - -It expects a file called "library.xml" to be in the current directory, and -requires a single command line argument, which is a string matching the -module name to filter on. - -Typical use: - -1) Build and install Qt3D into a given Qt at $QTDIR -2) Ensure qmldump is available in your $PATH (see below) -3) Run qmldump to generate the library.xml file: - qmldump $QTDIR/imports Qt3D > library.xml -4) Filter the output to just include the Qt3D module: - filter-qmldump.pl Qt3D > library-qt3d.xml - -Repeat 3) & 4) for the Shapes library: - qmldump $QTDIR/imports/Shapes Qt3D.Shapes > library.xml - filter-qmldump.pl Qt3D > library-qt3d.xml - -To generate the plugins.qmltypes, you first need a qmldump binary generated from -sources shipped with Qt Creator version less than 2.2. On Mac these are inside -the app bundle, other platforms vary. If all else fails get the sources from the -Qt Creator repo. - -To build qmldump you need access to private headers, so therefore it must be -built against a source build of Qt. On Mac it is helpful to build qmldump with -"qmake CONFIG-=app_bundle" so that you get a regular command-line binary. - -In the above note that $QTDIR points to the root of the Qt where Qt3D is installed. - -Check the contents of library.xml above and ensure it is XML - not yaml. If you -see some curly braces { } - then the version of qmldump source you used was for -Qt Creator > 2.2 - you somehow have the later version qmldump sources. |