siraj's blog
QtWidgets as OpenGL Texture
Submitted by siraj on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 21:51. KDE GeneralQt is getting better by the second. The new QWidget::render API call is so cool that u can do so many thing you like with it, I just changed few lines of the Video demo to render a QCalendarWidget as a Texture on a cube. Can't explain the coolness of the new API in words, simply impressive. (Video Link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6731089908367617401);
Raptor Menu flip Effect
Submitted by siraj on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 21:13. KDE GeneralFinally it was the day for playing with the QTransformations and QGV. and the result is kinda nice, but not perfect still . in the coming day's i'll probably make it more functional and put the 3D flipping effect in to more practical use. so basically what I have done is add some basic icons zooming and rotate the QGV around Y axis which make the view flip like magic.
video is here : http://upload.ruphy.org/raptor3dflip.ogg
and screenshot below

True Transparency For Raptor
Submitted by siraj on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 18:40. KDE GeneralFew hours ago Fished adding transparency support to the canvas view I'm using . to it to work it needs kwin to run with composition turned on or some thing like compiz running . here is a ogg video http://upload.ruphy.org/raptortrans2.ogg showing the widget in grid mode
And a screenshot to make it complete.

Raptor Grid View
Submitted by siraj on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 13:01. KDE General
video preview : http://upload.ruphy.org/raptorgirdview.mpeg
Finally after few hours of work. got grid view working, sad thing is i'm not using Plasma gridlayout but when it's ready I'll switch back. but it works and dose the trick for now.
I'll be improving the view and the restof the svn components in the coming days. and also start working on the AI engine , maybe the Fuzzy logic plug in can be finessed first,
SliderView Raptor
Submitted by siraj on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 06:33. Application Scriptinglast several months have been a hard run, having exams one after the other, but I was able to commit several line now and then for raptor project, this is just one widget that we will use with raptor
http://upload.ruphy.org/slideicons.mpeg
Simpicity of KBFX
Submitted by siraj on Fri, 01/19/2007 - 17:27. Complaintstwo days after the release of kbfx silk in which we try to simplify the backends and front ends, we got a nice comment on kde-look. actually this was really unexpected.
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"I really dislike the latest kbfx, I wanted simplicity, that is why I switched to kbfx "
KBFX: Lets Evolve
Submitted by siraj on Sun, 01/14/2007 - 23:53. DevelopmentYes..the moment we release KBFX slik is down to hours. and we are working on the release and .getting the packages ready for you to download and install . and to give you a hands on experience of some things KDE4 plasma can bring you. While we finish up the work over here. we have a written a small booklet for you to read, about the up coming release . You can download the booklet in PDF format => KBFX
Plasmic-Raptor Kicksoff
Submitted by siraj on Tue, 09/26/2006 - 04:37. DCOPProject Plasmic-Raptor:
Unified effort to build a appilcations and utility menu for KDE4. This project brings together all the people who are working on Menus for KDE. We are designing so that we can integrate the efforts from cools kickoff and ALI menu concept as well and Some things from KBFX. It's a nice feeling to be a member of such a team.