# QTodo 0.1

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qtodo-0-1/81329>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 7, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qtodo-0-1/81329 "2007-01-07T21:14:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnuvince)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qtodo-0-1/81329/1 "2007-01-07T21:14:12Z")

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Hello all !

I’m glad to announce the first (alpha) release of QTodo, a hierachical  
TODO-list manager written in pure Ruby/Qt4. I’ve been looking for a long  
time for a way to organise my TODO lists in a hierarchical way, but  
failed to find something suiting me. Among other things, it features a  
dual list view (tree view and flat view, the latter supporting sorting).  
Download at

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/qtodo](http://rubyforge.org/projects/qtodo)

Some information and screenshots at

[http://vincent.fourmond.neuf.fr/blog/tags/QTodo/](http://vincent.fourmond.neuf.fr/blog/tags/QTodo/)

Although it is not a Ruby library usable by others, I believe it to be  
a good demonstration of the possibilities of Qt4/Ruby. If you’re  
interested in this, you probably will want to check out the SVN  
repository,

[http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group\_id=2832](http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=2832)

I hope this will inspire some of you looking for a good GUI solution  
with Ruby.

Cheers,

Vince

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**Author:** ![gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnuvince)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qtodo-0-1/81329/2 "2007-01-07T23:26:22Z")

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Vincent F. wrote:

> Hello all !
> 
> …

> I hope this will inspire some of you looking for a good GUI solution  
> with Ruby.

Looks interesting, but how does one get started using Ruby and Qt4?

–  
James B.

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion  
of knowledge.”

- D. Boorstin

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**Author:** ![gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@gnuvince](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnuvince)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qtodo-0-1/81329/3 "2007-01-07T23:39:23Z")

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James B. wrote:

> Vincent F. wrote:
> 
> > Hello all !
> > 
> > …
> 
> > I hope this will inspire some of you looking for a good GUI solution  
> > with Ruby.
> 
> Looks interesting, but how does one get started using Ruby and Qt4?

For now, the pure Ruby resources are scarce. If you had a bit of  
experience with Qt in C++, it is very easy to learn. I however believe  
it is possible to learn straight in Ruby. In any case:

- install the Qt C++ documentation (absolutely necessary) (or look  
online at [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/index.html](http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/index.html))
- read [http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/index.html](http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/index.html);
- go through the qtruby/rubylib/tutorial and rqtruby/rubylib/examples/  
running the different programs. You’ll learn a lot looking at the code,  
and it is much more readable in pure Ruby. (by the way, if you can  
report broken examples, it is even better ;-)…). These examples are  
converted from C++, so you should have a look at the Qt documentation  
([http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/examples.html](http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/examples.html)).

This should help a lot…

Vince