Re: Tester with MXE Windows 7 (or just Windows) and Qt 5.8 or greater

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 06/12/2018 11:59 AM, JohnD wrote:
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> > Cc: 'Daniel J Sebald'
> > Subject: Re: Tester with MXE Windows 7 (or just Windows) and Qt 5.8 or
> > greater
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> > > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:05:11 -0500
> > > From: Daniel J Sebald <address@hidden>
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> > > Subject: Tester with MXE Windows 7 (or just Windows) and Qt 5.8 or
> > >         greater
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> > > Is there someone using Windows 7 or the MXE equivalent as well as Qt
> > > series 5.8 or higher?  If so, could you help confirm if there is a bug
> > > in which the title bar of a floated QDockWidget (i.e., GUI subpanel) is
> > > lost?  This would only involve compiling/running a development version
> > > within the past few weeks and making observations.  The bug report is
> > here:
> > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54078
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dan
> >
> >
> > I submitted a patch to the tracker [1], that updates mxe-octave from 5.7.1
> > to Qt 5.11.0, I haven't pushed it to mxe yet, as only just got it working
> > for mxe octave 64 bit and not yet tested for anything else.
> >
> > For it, using the current stable branch (as of this email), on my Windows
> 10
> > machine, I see the title bars and dock buttons ok.  I was seeing the
> missing
> > dock buttons yesterday with the recent stable and Qt 5.7.1
> >
> > I'll try a new build with the latest dev next.
> >
> >
> > [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?9655
>
>
> Actually I just realized it was the dev octave of a day or so ago, with Qt
> 5.7.1 that I have installed that is missing the dock buttons.
>
> Will report back later when a new version of dev is compiled with Qt5.11

This is a great help, thanks.  That will save us a lot of guesswork and 
avoid pursuing things that aren't the core issue.

Dan