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QT RESOURCE COMPILER (QRC) FOR ZIG

The qrc-zig program reads from a Qt Resource Collection .qrc file and generates a source import (.zig) optionally with a binary file (.rcc) for use in libqt6zig applications.

Example

For a usage example, see the rcc examplefolder.

Building

This can be built from source by running go build while in this directory. The resulting binary will be static by default and named qrc-zig. There are no external dependencies.

Installation

This can also be fetched and installed by running:

go install github.com/rcalixte/libqt6zig/cmd/qrc-zig@latest

If successful, this will place the qrc-zig binary at $GOPATH/bin.

Usage

By default, this program attempts to use Qt's rcc application from the local path. In the event this is not ideal, the -r flag can be used to provide the full path.

To see the full options that are available, run ./qrc-zig -h.

Execution design

  1. Pass the .qrc input file to rcc (or the defined alternative).
  2. Either keep the binary and generate the minimal Zig stub for pairing or the default, which is to convert the binary data output file to its hexadecimal representation and append that representation and the related value of the length of the data (u32) to the generated Zig code.
  3. If the hexadecimal representation is created, the binary data file is deleted. The functions in the generated Zig file can be imported for execution in application code.