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fanquake c8fee6769a Merge #16263: qt: Use qInfo() if no error occurs
a2aabfb749 Use qInfo() if no error occurs (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  [Warning and Debugging Messages](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/debug.html#warning-and-debugging-messages):
  > - `qInfo()` is used for informational messages.
  > - `qWarning()` is used to report warnings and recoverable errors in your
  application.
  >
  > If the `QT_FATAL_WARNINGS` environment variable is set, `qWarning()` exits after printing the warning message. This makes it easy to obtain a backtrace in the debugger.

  [`qWarning()`](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtglobal.html#qWarning):
  > Calls the message handler with the warning message message... This function does nothing if `QT_NO_WARNING_OUTPUT` was defined during compilation; it exits if at the nth warning corresponding to the counter in environment variable `QT_FATAL_WARNINGS`.

  This PR allows more productive debugging using the environment variable `QT_FATAL_WARNINGS`.

  Examples:
  - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16118#issuecomment-503184695
  - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16254#issuecomment-504223404

  The behavior, when option `-debug=qt` is set/unset, remains unchanged.

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This directory contains the BitcoinQT graphical user interface (GUI). It uses the cross-platform framework Qt.

The current precise version for Qt 5 is specified in qt.mk.

Compile and run

See build instructions (macOS, Windows, Unix, etc).

To run:

./src/qt/bitcoin-qt

Files and directories

forms

Contains Designer UI files. They are created with Qt Creator, but can be edited using any text editor.

locale

Contains translations. They are periodically updated. The process is described here.

res

Resources such as the icon.

test

Tests.

bitcoingui.(h/cpp)

Represents the main window of the Bitcoin UI.

*model.(h/cpp)

The model. When it has a corresponding controller, it generally inherits from QAbstractTableModel. Models that are used by controllers as helpers inherit from other Qt classes like QValidator.

ClientModel is used by the main application bitcoingui and several models like peertablemodel.

*page.(h/cpp)

A controller. :NAMEpage.cpp generally includes :NAMEmodel.h and forms/:NAME.page.ui with a similar :NAME.

*dialog.(h/cpp)

Various dialogs, e.g. to open a URL. Inherit from QDialog.

paymentserver.(h/cpp)

Used to process BIP21 and BIP70 (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11622) payment URI / requests. Also handles URI based application switching (e.g. when following a bitcoin:... link from a browser).

walletview.(h/cpp)

Represents the view to a single wallet.

Other .h/cpp files

  • UI elements like BitcoinAmountField, which inherit from QWidget.
  • bitcoinstrings.cpp: automatically generated
  • bitcoinunits.(h/cpp): BTC / mBTC / etc handling
  • callback.h
  • guiconstants.h: UI colors, app name, etc
  • guiutil.h: several helper functions
  • macdockiconhandler.(h/mm): macOS dock icon handler
  • macnotificationhandler.(h/mm): display notifications in macOS

Contribute

See CONTRIBUTING.md for general guidelines. Specifically for Qt:

Using Qt Creator as IDE

You can use Qt Creator as an IDE. This is especially useful if you want to change the UI layout.

Download and install the community edition of Qt Creator. Uncheck everything except Qt Creator during the installation process.

Instructions for macOS:

  1. Make sure you installed everything through Homebrew mentioned in the macOS build instructions
  2. Use ./configure with the --enable-debug flag
  3. In Qt Creator do "New Project" -> Import Project -> Import Existing Project
  4. Enter "bitcoin-qt" as project name, enter src/qt as location
  5. Leave the file selection as it is
  6. Confirm the "summary page"
  7. In the "Projects" tab select "Manage Kits..."
  8. Select the default "Desktop" kit and select "Clang (x86 64bit in /usr/bin)" as compiler
  9. Select LLDB as debugger (you might need to set the path to your installation)
  10. Start debugging with Qt Creator (you might need to the executable to "bitcoin-qt" under "Run", which is where you can also add command line arguments)