Adding QT support to Boost Build V2

From: Felix E. Klee (felix.klee.jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-15 05:49:53

Hi,

I would like to use Boost Build V2 for building QT based applications. The 
problem with QT is that it extends the C++ programming language by signals 
and slots and a couple of other minor features. To translate this code to 
standard C++, one has to call the so called moc (Meta Object Compiler). From 
the QT 3 documentation:

The moc reads a C++ source file. If it finds one or more class declarations
that contain the Q_OBJECT macro, it produces another C++ source file which
contains the meta object code for the classes that contain the Q_OBJECT
macro. This generated source file is either #included into the class' source
file or compiled and linked with the class' implementation.

In addition in QT based projects one often has to deal with .ui files that are 
created by the QT's Designer (a GUI building tool). These files have to be 
compiled with the so called uic (User Interface Compiler). From the QT 3 
documentation:

The uic reads a user interface definition (.ui) file in XML as generated by
Qt Designer and creates corresponding C++ header or source files. It can
also generate an image file to embed raw image data in C++ source code.

Any ideas how to add support for QT to Boost Build V2 (not neccessarily 
intrinsically)?

Felix

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