From 4d68db43e6634b71e88085df8d57746b33ad7846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joerg Bornemann Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 09:44:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Document the .base modifier for qmake resources Pick-to: 6.4 Change-Id: If8484e9bcf0aa7f0f59102b7b0120defdcd7b3fb Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking --- src/corelib/doc/src/resource-system.qdoc | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/resource-system.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/resource-system.qdoc index 45934a29d0..8cee601c67 100644 --- a/src/corelib/doc/src/resource-system.qdoc +++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/resource-system.qdoc @@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ \snippet resource-system/application.pro 1 + This creates a resource of several \c{.png} files, that are addressable + like this: \c{":/images/copy.png"}. + + If the directory layout of the files you want to embed into the resource + doesn't match the expectations of the application, you can specify + \c{resources.base}. \c base is a path prefix that denotes the root point of + the file's alias. In the example above, if \c{resources.base} is set to + \c{"images"}, then \c{copy.png} is addressable as \c{":/copy.png"}. + \section1 Runtime API Qt API that deals with iterating and reading files has built-in support for