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/about.hpp"
25 #include "dialogs/help.hpp"
27 #include "dialogs_provider.hpp"
28 #include "util/qvlcframe.hpp"
31 #include <QTextBrowser>
37 HelpDialog *HelpDialog::instance = NULL;
39 HelpDialog::HelpDialog( intf_thread_t *_p_intf) : QVLCFrame( _p_intf )
41 setWindowTitle( qtr( "Help" ) );
44 QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout( this );
45 QTextBrowser *helpBrowser = new QTextBrowser( this );
46 helpBrowser->setOpenExternalLinks( true );
47 helpBrowser->setHtml( _("<html><h2>Welcome to VLC media player help</h2><h3>Documentation</h3><p>You can find VLC documentation on VideoLAN's <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org\">wiki</a> website.</p> <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><p>You will find some information on how to use the player in the <br>\"<a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Play_HowTo\">How to play files with VLC media player</a>\"document.</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><p>If you are unsure about terminology, please consult the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Knowledge_Base\">knowledge base</a>.</p> <p>To understand the main keyboard shortcuts, read the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Hotkeys\">shortcuts</a> page.</p><h3>Help</h3><p>Before asking any question, please refer yourself to the <a href=\"http://wiki.videolan.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions\">FAQ</a></p><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://krishna.videolan.org/cgi-bin/irc/irc.cgi\"><em>#videolan</em></a> on irc.freenode.net ).</p><h3>Contribute to the project<h3><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> </html>") );
48 QPushButton *closeButton = new QPushButton( qtr( "&Close" ) );
49 closeButton->setDefault( true );
51 layout->addWidget( helpBrowser, 0, 0, 1, 0 );
52 layout->addWidget( closeButton, 1, 3 );
54 BUTTONACT( closeButton, close() );
57 HelpDialog::~HelpDialog()
60 void HelpDialog::close()
62 this->toggleVisible();
65 AboutDialog *AboutDialog::instance = NULL;
67 AboutDialog::AboutDialog( intf_thread_t *_p_intf) : QVLCFrame( _p_intf )
69 setWindowTitle( qtr( "About" ) );
72 QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout( this );
73 QTabWidget *tab = new QTabWidget( this );
75 QPushButton *closeButton = new QPushButton( qtr( "&Close" ) );
76 closeButton->setSizePolicy( QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Minimum );
77 closeButton->setDefault( true );
79 QLabel *introduction = new QLabel(
80 qtr( "Information about VLC media player." ) );
81 QLabel *iconVLC = new QLabel;
82 iconVLC->setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/vlc48.png" ) );
83 layout->addWidget( iconVLC, 0, 0, 1, 1 );
84 layout->addWidget( introduction, 0, 1, 1, 7 );
85 layout->addWidget( tab, 1, 0, 1, 8 );
86 layout->addWidget( closeButton, 2, 6, 1, 2 );
88 /* Main Introduction */
89 QWidget *infoWidget = new QWidget( this );
90 QHBoxLayout *infoLayout = new QHBoxLayout( infoWidget );
91 QLabel *infoLabel = new QLabel( "VLC media player " PACKAGE_VERSION "\n\n"
92 "(c) 1996-2006 - the VideoLAN Team\n\n" +
93 qtr( "VLC media player is a free media player, made by the "
94 "VideoLAN Team.\nIt is a standalone multimedia player, "
95 "encoder and streamer, that can read from many supports "
96 "(files, CDs, DVDs, networks, capture cards) and that works "
97 "on many platforms.\n\n" )
98 + qtr( "You are using the new Qt4 Interface.\n" )
99 + qtr( "Compiled by " ) + qfu( VLC_CompileBy() )+ "@"
100 + qfu( VLC_CompileDomain() ) + ".\n"
101 + "Compiler: " + qfu( VLC_Compiler() ) +".\n"
102 + qtr( "Based on SVN revision: " ) + qfu( VLC_Changeset() )
104 + qtr( "This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent "
105 "permitted by the law; read the distribution tab.\n\n" )
106 + "The VideoLAN team <videolan@videolan.org> \n"
107 "http://www.videolan.org/\n") ;
108 infoLabel->setWordWrap( infoLabel );
110 QLabel *iconVLC2 = new QLabel;
111 iconVLC2->setPixmap( QPixmap( ":/vlc128.png" ) );
112 infoLayout->addWidget( iconVLC2 );
113 infoLayout->addWidget( infoLabel );
116 QTextEdit *licenseEdit = new QTextEdit( this );
118 QFile *licenseFile = new QFile( "COPYING.txt" );
119 licenseFile->open( QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text );
120 licenseEdit->setText( licenseFile->readAll().data() );
121 licenseFile->close();
123 char *psz_license = LICENCE;
124 licenseEdit->setText( qfu( psz_license ) );
126 licenseEdit->setReadOnly( true );
128 /* People who helped */
129 QWidget *thanksWidget = new QWidget( this );
130 QVBoxLayout *thanksLayout = new QVBoxLayout( thanksWidget );
132 QLabel *thanksLabel = new QLabel( qtr("We would like to thanks the whole "
133 "community, the testers, our users and the following people "
134 "(and the missing ones...) for their collaboration to "
135 "provide the best software." ) );
136 thanksLabel->setWordWrap( true );
137 thanksLayout->addWidget( thanksLabel );
138 QTextEdit *thanksEdit = new QTextEdit( this );
140 QFile *thanksFile = new QFile( "THANKS.txt" );
141 thanksFile->open( QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text );
142 thanksEdit->setText( thanksFile->readAll().data() );
145 char *psz_thanks = THANKS;
146 thanksEdit->setText( qfu( psz_thanks ) );
148 thanksEdit->setReadOnly( true );
149 thanksLayout->addWidget( thanksEdit );
151 /* People who wrote the software */
152 QTextEdit *authorsEdit = new QTextEdit( this );
154 QFile *authorsFile = new QFile( "COPYING.txt" );
155 authorsFile->open( QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text );
156 authorsEdit->setText( authorsFile->readAll().data() );
157 authorsFile->close();
159 char *psz_authors = AUTHORS;
160 authorsEdit->setText( qfu( psz_authors ) );
162 authorsEdit->setReadOnly( true );
164 /* add the tabs to the Tabwidget */
165 tab->addTab( infoWidget, qtr( "General Info" ) );
166 tab->addTab( authorsEdit, qtr( "Authors" ) );
167 tab->addTab( thanksWidget, qtr("Thanks") );
168 tab->addTab( licenseEdit, qtr("Distribution License") );
170 BUTTONACT( closeButton, close() );
173 AboutDialog::~AboutDialog()
176 void AboutDialog::close()
178 this->toggleVisible();