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Trizbort-qt is a C++/Qt port of the original C#/.NET version of Trizbort, both to keep Trizbort alive and to run natively on GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows. It’s free software, GPL-3.0-or-later, and read/writes the original .trizbort file format.

https://jxself.org/trizbort-qt.shtml.

I’m also trying to get it into Debian, which needs a Debian Developer to sponsor the upload. If you’re a DD, or know one who might help, it’s ready for review on Mentors: https://mentors.debian.net/package/trizbort-qt/. Thanks!

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Curious about why you changed languages and UI frameworks. With C# .NET you would only need to change the UI framework to Avalonia to achieve cross platform binary support for all the major players.

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I’ve done the packaging for Guix, if it helps. There was an issue with using the newer version of Qt6 in Guix, so I’ve patched it out for now:

---
 src/TrizbortWriter.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/TrizbortWriter.cpp b/src/TrizbortWriter.cpp
index 58e5461..5f9a73a 100644
--- a/src/TrizbortWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/TrizbortWriter.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ QString saveColorHex(const QColor &c)
         return QString();
     const unsigned int rgb =
         ((c.red() & 0xFF) << 16) | ((c.green() & 0xFF) << 8) | (c.blue() & 0xFF);
-    return QStringLiteral("#%1").arg(rgb, 6, 16, QLatin1Char('0')).toUpper();
+    return QStringLiteral("#%1").toUpper();
 }
 
 QString escAttr(const QString &s)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ QString encodeXmlName(const QString &in)
         if (isNameChar(c, i == 0)) {
             r += c;
         } else {
-            r += QStringLiteral("_x%1_").arg(c.unicode(), 4, 16, QLatin1Char('0')).toUpper();
+            r += QStringLiteral("_x%1_").toUpper();
         }
     }
     if (r.isEmpty())
-- 
2.54.0

Thanks for doing the Qt port!

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made an AUR pkgbuild for it! (though borrowed the patch created by adam)

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Well that’s neat. Can confirm that the Intel Mac version is running. I got some feedback on the UI.

  • The scroll sensitivity is very high and it’s too easy to zoom way in / out unintentionally. The scroll zoom could stand to be desensitized.

  • It seems like you can zoom infinitely in both directions. The zoom level could use some reasonable max bounds.

  • Clicking on a room in connect mode automatically connects the room to itself. I’m not super familiar with Trizbort, but this doesn’t seem right.

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  • The blue dots that appear around the rect perimeter aren’t themselves selectable, so they don’t highlight and the clickable area of them is just the width of the box outline.

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  • The connection lines sometimes highlight on hover, but often do not, and remain unclickable.
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  • I can zoom, but I can’t scroll, so zooming seems to be the only way to navigate. It would be nice to have scrollbars or a drag hand.

  • The connection logic is wonky. It really struggles to connect this fourth from the left point, then draws unnecessary diagonals.

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  • Somehow I managed to activate the box highlight and the lines highlight at the same time.

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  • Trying to detach and reconnect a line doesn’t work very well.

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  • I thought that this was the full application menu and didn’t realize until after I made all these other observations that there was an actual proper MacOS application menu. These options could probably be a floating palette.
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I like C and C++. Even though they have the C name they’re very different. Using Avalonia would have meant staying on C#, which is the part I wanted to leave, and would’ve been a rewrite regardless. Qt was the better trade for me.

Thanks so much for packaging it for Guix - really kind of you! One heads-up on the patch though: It will corrupt the saved .trizbort files. I recommend to not apply it. Could you send the exact build error you saw with Guix?

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here is the paste log for the build error i am getting: /home/silver/aur-packages-git/trizbort-qt/src/trizbort-qt-1.0/src/TrizbortWriter - Pastebin.com

QT version: 6.11.2

gcc: 16.2.1

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Sure, the error I got in the Guix build log is the same as Ethan’s.

Qt version: 6.9.2
GCC version: 14.3.0

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FINALLY A LINUX BINARY OF TRIZBORT !!!

and works without crashing :slight_smile:

But I confirm the issues Ivan noted in the mac version, which points to the QT interfacing part of the source.
(Albeit I have Dl’d also the sources, was an hard work getting my way into the vanilla X and Xaw (athena) widget API documentation, so I can’t help with the most complex X API like QT and Gnome…)

Congrats for the excellent work, and
Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio.

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How do you like Qt? I’ve dabbled in it but never committed to anything using it. I guess I haven’t hit the pain point yet. C++ is my favorite language of all the “C” languages and I consider myself an expert in C++ 11 and the STL which eventually merged into the standard. I spent 20 years writing engineering software for a stats firm using it. These days I use C# because of the universal language support across the ecosystem.

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I’ve tested the latest commit, and it builds now for newer Qt6 versions :smiley:

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Thanks for confirming. Seems to be in order. :grinning_face:

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builds fine here, though did get confused thinking there wasn’t a new release until i looked at the time stamp on the .tar.gz

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Heads-up for the Debian crowd: trizbort-qt has landed in Debian unstable: trizbort-qt - Debian Package Tracker. Thanks to Amin for sponsoring the upload. It’ll flow to testing and then a stable release in the usual way. I expect it to show up in Debian-based distros as they sync over time.

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I just downloaded the Windows version and got this error when run:

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Click OK and it shuts down. Any idea what this means?

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Which version of Windows are you using?

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Windows 7.

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Thank you. Qt 6, which Trizbort-qt uses, requires Windows 10 (version 1809) or later. I’ll make sure to go document that somewhere so it’s clear.

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1.0.1 is out; it fixes a bug showing the app icon on GTK-based desktops. I’m thinking of reviewing open issues filed against the original C# version to identify ideas for future versions.