Mastodawn

I'm looking for someone familiar with QML/Qt Quick/Kirigami who could help.

I've always had an issue with Qt Quick apps being **painfully slow**, especially when resizing, and I still don't understand why.

However, I found two workarounds.

A comparison: the same sample - different settings:
1. Default
2. QSG_RENDER_LOOP=basic
3. QT_QUICK_BACKEND=software

Why do these make apps so much faster? Shouldn't GPU acceleration be better? I'm using an RX 6600 with Mesa.

#Qt #Kirigami #QML #KDE

Logomancer 6d ago

Been playing with the idea of making #Linux mobile apps. Looking through the #Kirigami and #GTK tutorials, though, it feels kinda overwhelming. Somehow, I remember Android development being easier than this.

oschene Mar 31

Noted with pleasure:
https://mymodernmet.com/paper-cranes-naofumi-hama/

#origami #kirigami

Japanese Artist Reimagines Traditional Paper Cranes as Tiny Sculptural Landscapes

Traditional origami is cool, but check out these paper cranes!

My Modern Met

Clear.Dental Mar 19

As I am approaching functional parity with my 1.0 code, I am noticing that I am able to reduce the number of lines of code of each module. Both versions use #QML but 2.0 uses #KDE #Kirigami which reduces the amount of boilerplate code needed for each function.
And yes, I have noticed that 2.0 runs much faster (especially in old hardware) compared to 1.0.

OrbitalMartian Mar 17

I'm facing a slight problem with my project.

#QT / #Kirigami doesn't show properly outside of KDE Plasma, I need to figure it out before I can think about a new release of Apollo.

https://codeberg.org/OrbitalMartian/apollo/issues/28

QT doesn't look proper outside of Plasma

When running Apollo outside of KDE Plasma, the look is wrong.

Codeberg.org

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Athena L.M.Mar 14

Tried to test to see what happens with a global menubar, discovered Qt Quick does not make a window's menubar into the global menubar by default. But I've seen Qt Quick applications do it, so it must be possible. But how…?

#KDE #Kirigami #QML #Qt #QtQuick

Athena L.M.Mar 13

#KDE #Kirigami programmers: Is having a MenuBar that turns into a GlobalDrawer if the window is too narrow for it Not HIG? If it's OK is there an established way to do it in Kirigami? Relatedly, can I detect if a MenuBar is being shown as the global menubar somehow? It would obviously be silly if making the window narrower causes the global menubar to become empty…

(Asked in the Matrix room also.)

Begasus Mar 13

Marknote 1.5.0 is out and is packed with new features! Marknote is turning into a robust knowledge base while keeping the interface as clean and distraction-free as possible. Coming up for Haiku shortly!

Read all about it at: https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/13/marknote-1.5/

#HaikuOS #haikuports #KDE #Marknote #kirigami #markdown #Notes #opensource #software

foldworks Mar 6

Using origami for engineering and design: "it can be difficult to scale up origami-based designs and also to use them with materials that aren't paper – which is extremely forgiving even after being folded and re-folded many times. ... "Origami still isn't commonly used yet in real engineering applications," says Schenk. But that could be changing."

As for real origami, Mark Schenk "has little interest in making paper origami models. "My mother, funnily enough, is very good at it.""

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v0e4n8kw0o

#origami #kirigami #science #design #engineering

Know when to fold them: the tech inspired by origami

Origami techniques can add strength to structures without adding bulk.

BBC News

Andrew Crawford Feb 28

The huge Fight ICE with Dice auction is live! Here is a direct link to my contribution. Even if you are not into TTRPGs, you might find some use for everything in this bundle.

https://fighticewithdice.com/products/sentinel-scribe-bundle

#CelticArt #CelticKnot #WashiTape #Kirigami #Stationery