Preferences window impossible to use on netbooks

program preferences need remodeling. I'll make sure it works well on small screen after I make the remodeling. I have a eeepc too so I will test.

I redesigned preferences in svn/trunk for future v1.4.0. If you are able to test it, I would really appreciate your feedback. Thanks for the report.

Hi
   I can certainly test it but am not too hot on what I need to do to obtain the SVN/trunk version. Can you give me a step-by-step to install this (or a .deb)? I will then let you know how it shows up :)

sudo apt-get build-dep qbittorrent
svn co https://qbittorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/qbittorrent/trunk qbittorrent
cd qbittorrent
./configure && make -j2
src/qbittorrent

I had to also

apt-get install subversion

and

apt-get install lib-qt4-dev

I'm now stuck on the 'make' and getting:

Checking for libtorrent-rasterbar >= 0.14 ... no

Error: need libtorrent-rasterbar >= 0.14!

How do I proceed?

so this means apt-get build-dep qbittorrent did not work.

Don't you have a qbittorrent respository set up on your system? Where did you get your previous packages from?

For Ubuntu v8.10 "intrepid" / i386:
deb http://hydr0g3n.free.fr/ubuntu/ intrepid main
deb-src http://hydr0g3n.free.fr/ubuntu/ intrepid main

add those lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list then run
sudo apt-get update
then rerun
sudo apt-get build-dep qbittorrent

Thanks for the pointers :)

This laptop is a new build, hence no version of qBitorrent installed.

Make is now running, but failing with this:

/usr/bin/rcc -name icons icons.qrc -o qrc_icons.cpp
/usr/bin/rcc -name lang lang.qrc -o qrc_lang.cpp
/usr/bin/rcc -name search search.qrc -o qrc_search.cpp
/usr/bin/rcc -name webui webui.qrc -o qrc_webui.cpp
RCC: Error in 'webui.qrc': Cannot find file 'webui/uploadframe.html'
make[1]: *** [qrc_webui.cpp] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ad/qbittorrent/src'
make: *** [sub-src-make_default] Error 2

Should I checkout a new version or do I need something else?

Oh.. My mistake. It seems I forgot to commit one file.

I will fix this right now.

ok then.

cd qbittorrent
svn up
 ./configure && make -j2
 src/qbittorrent

I'm now getting this on make:

In file included from moc_SearchTab.cpp:10:
SearchTab.h:50: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘QHeaderView’ with no type
SearchTab.h:50: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
make[1]: *** [moc_SearchTab.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ad/qbittorrent/src'
make: *** [sub-src-make_default] Error 2

I have just commited a fix for this.

Many thanks!

The preferences window looks *much* better. It is still a little too tall - the Apply buttons are not visible in the default view or when the window is maximised. I've learnt to cope with this using ALT+drag on other programs, but it would be even better if the default window could be a little less tall.

Other software uses scrollable left and right panes to ensure the Apply buttons are always visible regardless of the screen resolution - you simply scroll up and down to the view the preferences or categories. This approach would also work.

It looks like there might be just enough free whitespace above and below the current items to move the Apply buttons up a bit - you're probably in a better position to decide which is better :)

I've attached a screengrab to give you an idea what I'm talking about.

If you put it fullscreen, the result is ok, isn't it?

This is why I'm using maximus on my eee pc :)

Maybe I could check screen resolution and make sure that the window fits so that it is perfect.

Do you have the same model? Mine's a 701, which has the smallest screen of them all. I'm also running CrunchBang Linux, which has a lower 'task bar' - does your distro have this too?

When the window is maximised, the Apply buttons are still hidden from view - I have to move the window off the top of the screen to be able to see them.

My resolution is 800x480 if it helps :)

No, not the same model :) I have a 1000H (10 inches :p).

I have just commited a fix to resize the window in case it does not fit the desktop. Could you try it please?

beta3 was released.