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The '''Qt launcher''' is an integrated launcher for FlightGear designed as a replacement for [[FGRun]]. Initially designed as a stop-gap solution in FlightGear 3.4 for the problem of support for the [[FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher|old FlightGear Mac launcher]] ending with OS X Yosemite, it has become FlightGear's main launcher for all platforms, and is shipped with all official FlightGear releases (however, users building from source may need to separately configure/rebuild FlightGear). | The '''Qt launcher''' is an integrated launcher for FlightGear designed as a replacement for [[FGRun]]. Initially designed as a stop-gap solution in FlightGear 3.4 for the problem of support for the [[FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher|old FlightGear Mac launcher]] ending with OS X Yosemite, it has become FlightGear's main launcher for all platforms, and is shipped with all official FlightGear releases (however, users building from source may need to separately configure/rebuild FlightGear). | ||
In addition, this was also motivated by the plethora of 3rd party GUI launchers/frontends developed by numerous contributors over the years <ref>[[The FlightGear Front-End Situation]]</ref>. | In addition, this was also motivated by the plethora of 3rd party GUI launchers/frontends developed by numerous contributors over the years <ref>[[The FlightGear Front-End Situation]]</ref>. | ||
the intention is we’re adding integrated convenience features but the command line / shell environment won’t change and the default mode of ‘fgfs’ even in a Qt-enabled build is unchanged. You need set an env var or pass an argument to get the launcher, even if the feature was selected at compile time. We have the advantage that the Windows and Mac pre-built builds, it’s easy to ensure Qt is available, and those users are less likely to want complex command-line control than Linux users.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34532040/ | |||
|title = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] GUI questions (again)</nowiki> | |||
|author = <nowiki>James Turner</nowiki> | |||
|date = Oct 11th, 2015 | |||
|added = May 7th, 2016 | |||
|script_version = 0.35 | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
{{Package Management}} | {{Package Management}} | ||