1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * Help.cpp : Help and About dialogs
3 ****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 2007 the VideoLAN team
7 * Authors: Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb (at) videolan.org>
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22 *****************************************************************************/
24 #include "dialogs/help.hpp"
25 #include "dialogs/about.hpp"
27 #include "dialogs_provider.hpp"
29 #include <QTextBrowser>
35 HelpDialog *HelpDialog::instance = NULL;
37 HelpDialog::HelpDialog( intf_thread_t *_p_intf) : QVLCFrame( _p_intf )
39 setWindowTitle( qtr( "Help" ) );
42 QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout( this );
43 QTextBrowser *helpBrowser = new QTextBrowser( this );
44 helpBrowser->setOpenExternalLinks( true );
45 helpBrowser->setHtml( _("<html>"
46 "<h2>Welcome to VLC media player help</h2>"
47 "<h3>Documentation</h3>"
48 "<p>You can find VLC documentation on VideoLAN's <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org\">wiki</a> website.</p>"
49 "<p>If you are a newcomer to VLC media player, please read the<br><a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:VLC_for_dummies\"><em>Introduction to VLC media player</em></a>.</p>"
50 "<p>You will find some information on how to use the player in the <br>\"<a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Play_HowTo\"><em>How to play files with VLC media player<em></a>\" document.</p>"
51 "<p>For all the saving, converting, transcoding, encoding, muxing and streaming tasks, you should find useful information in the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo\">Streaming Documentation</a>.</p>"
52 "<p>If you are unsure about terminology, please consult the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Knowledge_Base\">knowledge base</a>.</p>"
53 "<p>To understand the main keyboard shortcuts, read the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Hotkeys\">shortcuts</a> page.</p>"
55 "<p>Before asking any question, please refer yourself to the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions\">FAQ</a>.</p>"
56 "<p>You might then get (and give) help on the <a href=\"http://forum.videolan.org\">Forums</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.videolan.org/vlc/lists.html\">mailing-lists</a> or our IRC channel ( <a href=\"http://www.videolan.org/webirc/\"><em>#videolan</em></a> on irc.freenode.net ).</p>"
57 "<h3>Contribute to the project</h3>"
58 "<p>You can help the VideoLAN project giving some of your time to help the community, to design skins, to translate the documentation, to test and to code. You can also give funds and material to help us. And of course, you can <b>promote</b> VLC media player.</p>"
60 QPushButton *closeButton = new QPushButton( qtr( "&Close" ) );
61 closeButton->setDefault( true );
63 layout->addWidget( helpBrowser, 0, 0, 1, 0 );
64 layout->addWidget( closeButton, 1, 3 );
66 BUTTONACT( closeButton, close() );
69 HelpDialog::~HelpDialog()
72 void HelpDialog::close()
74 this->toggleVisible();
77 AboutDialog *AboutDialog::instance = NULL;
79 AboutDialog::AboutDialog( intf_thread_t *_p_intf) : QVLCFrame( _p_intf )
81 setWindowTitle( qtr( "About" ) );
84 QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout( this );
85 QTabWidget *tab = new QTabWidget( this );
87 QPushButton *closeButton = new QPushButton( qtr( "&Close" ) );
88 closeButton->setSizePolicy( QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Minimum );
89 closeButton->setDefault( true );
91 QLabel *introduction = new QLabel(
92 qtr( "Information about VLC media player." ) );
93 QLabel *iconVLC = new QLabel;
94 iconVLC->setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/vlc48.png" ) );
95 layout->addWidget( iconVLC, 0, 0, 1, 1 );
96 layout->addWidget( introduction, 0, 1, 1, 7 );
97 layout->addWidget( tab, 1, 0, 1, 8 );
98 layout->addWidget( closeButton, 2, 6, 1, 2 );
100 /* Main Introduction */
101 QWidget *infoWidget = new QWidget( this );
102 QHBoxLayout *infoLayout = new QHBoxLayout( infoWidget );
103 QLabel *infoLabel = new QLabel( "VLC media player " PACKAGE_VERSION "\n\n"
104 "(c) 1996-2007 - the VideoLAN Team\n\n" +
105 qtr( "VLC media player is a free media player, made by the "
106 "VideoLAN Team.\nIt is a standalone multimedia player, "
107 "encoder and streamer, that can read from many supports "
108 "(files, CDs, DVDs, networks, capture cards...) and that "
109 " works on many platforms.\n\n" )
110 + qtr( "You are using the new Qt4 Interface.\n" )
111 + qtr( "Compiled by " ) + qfu( VLC_CompileBy() )+ "@"
112 + qfu( VLC_CompileDomain() ) + ".\n"
113 + "Compiler: " + qfu( VLC_Compiler() ) +".\n"
114 + qtr( "Based on SVN revision: " ) + qfu( VLC_Changeset() )
116 + qtr( "This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent "
117 "permitted by the law; read the distribution tab.\n\n" )
118 + "The VideoLAN team <videolan@videolan.org> \n"
119 "http://www.videolan.org/\n") ;
120 infoLabel->setWordWrap( infoLabel );
122 QLabel *iconVLC2 = new QLabel;
123 iconVLC2->setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/vlc128.png" ) );
124 infoLayout->addWidget( iconVLC2 );
125 infoLayout->addWidget( infoLabel );
128 QTextEdit *licenseEdit = new QTextEdit( this );
129 licenseEdit->setText( qfu( psz_license ) );
130 licenseEdit->setReadOnly( true );
132 /* People who helped */
133 QWidget *thanksWidget = new QWidget( this );
134 QVBoxLayout *thanksLayout = new QVBoxLayout( thanksWidget );
136 QLabel *thanksLabel = new QLabel( qtr("We would like to thanks the whole "
137 "community, the testers, our users and the following people "
138 "(and the missing ones...) for their collaboration to "
139 "provide the best software." ) );
140 thanksLabel->setWordWrap( true );
141 thanksLayout->addWidget( thanksLabel );
142 QTextEdit *thanksEdit = new QTextEdit( this );
143 thanksEdit->setText( qfu( psz_thanks ) );
144 thanksEdit->setReadOnly( true );
145 thanksLayout->addWidget( thanksEdit );
147 /* People who wrote the software */
148 QTextEdit *authorsEdit = new QTextEdit( this );
149 authorsEdit->setText( qfu( psz_authors ) );
150 authorsEdit->setReadOnly( true );
152 /* add the tabs to the Tabwidget */
153 tab->addTab( infoWidget, qtr( "General Info" ) );
154 tab->addTab( authorsEdit, qtr( "Authors" ) );
155 tab->addTab( thanksWidget, qtr("Thanks") );
156 tab->addTab( licenseEdit, qtr("Distribution License") );
158 BUTTONACT( closeButton, close() );
161 AboutDialog::~AboutDialog()
164 void AboutDialog::close()
166 this->toggleVisible();