How to debug qmake?
Some day, you may want to debug qmake, … for fun. How to debug qmake? In the source directory of qmake(c:\Qt5.12.1\5.12.1\Src\qtbase\qmake), you will find a .pro file qmake.pro, which would […]
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Qt configure options
You can find some qt configure options in its official document. But more options are undocumented. To get a full list of qt configure options, you should understand how qt […]
qmake subdirs
.pro file can specify a subdirs template. You may think to use subdirs template, you need to create sub directories and create sub project files in them. But actually you […]
yet another makefile tutorial
You’re so lucky to visit my yet another Makefile tutorial because there are so many tutorials about Makefile on the Internet that it is almost impossible for my post to […]
The difference between #if and #ifdef in C
I often see people use #if and #ifdef interchangeably. #if MYMACRO … #else … #endif #ifdef MYMACRO … #else … #endif They seem to achieve the same result. If […]
qmake escape_expand
How do you display multiple-line messages in .pro file? The following code does not work. message(“First line\nSecond line”) The backslash is indeed an escape character in the string, but it […]
The role of qmake in Qt configure
We’ve known the role of the configure script in configuring Qt for build. The last step of the configure script is to call qmake.exe to complete the remaining configuration. The […]
qt configure script
If you want to build qt from source code, the first thing you would do is to run the Qt configure script. Where is the Qt configure script? The Qt […]
which command alternatives in Windows
Which command is a useful tool in Linux. If you run a command by just typing its name instead of the full path name, the shell will find the command […]
colon tilde in windows batch scripting
Tilde is an interesting symbol in windows batch script. You may have seen %~0. The tilde before the digit (which means the command name) does something special to the parameter. […]