The name of Trolltech's GUI toolkit for desktop systems.
This is also referred to as Qt (host) and qtopiacore (host).
Qtopia Core
This is the name given to Qt when it is run on embedded Linux systems. It features additional functionality not present in the desktop version because it does not run under an existing windowing system.
This was previously known as Qt/Embedded.
This is also referred to as Qt (target) and qtopiacore (target).
source tree
Where source code comes from.
This can be the same as the build tree.
Often referred to as <source> in this documentation.
build tree
Where build files go.
This can be the same as the source tree.
Often referred to as <build> in this documentation.
project root
The Qtopia source tree is split into a number of areas called project roots. Generally, files are found relative to a project root.
project
A project is a directory that contains a .pro file. It typically represents an app, lib or plugin to be built.
internal project
This is a project that lives inside the Qtopia tree.
external project
This is a project that lives outside the Qtopia tree.
image
This is where Qtopia is installed to by make install.
Often referred to as <image> in this documentation.
This is usually the same as prefix on a desktop system but different when deploying to a device.
prefix
This is where Qtopia is run from.
Often referred to as <prefix> or PREFIX in this documentation.
There is a Storage.conf location PREFIX that matches this location.
