PoC: qt using auto-generated bindings

.gitmodules

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 	branch = status-desktop
 [submodule "vendor/nimqml"]
 	path = vendor/nimqml
-	url = https://github.com/status-im/nimqml.git
+	url = https://github.com/arnetheduck/nimqml-miqt-poc.git
+	branch = status-desktop
 [submodule "vendor/uuids"]
 	path = vendor/uuids
 	url = https://github.com/pragmagic/uuids.git
@@ -119,3 +120,7 @@
 	url = https://github.com/nim-lang/checksums.git
 	ignore = untracked
 	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/nim-miqt-poc"]
+	path = vendor/nim-miqt-poc
+	url = https://github.com/arnetheduck/nim-miqt-poc
+	branch = status-desktop

Makefile

@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ ifneq ($(detected_OS),Windows)
  else
   QT5_PCFILEDIR := $(QT5_LIBDIR)/pkgconfig
  endif
+ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH := "$(QT5_PCFILEDIR)"
+
  # some manually installed Qt5 instances have wrong paths in their *.pc files, so we pass the right one to the linker here
  ifeq ($(detected_OS),Darwin)
   NIM_PARAMS += -L:"-framework Foundation -framework AppKit -framework Security -framework IOKit -framework CoreServices -framework LocalAuthentication"
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ endif
 $(NIM_STATUS_CLIENT): NIM_PARAMS += $(RESOURCES_LAYOUT)
 $(NIM_STATUS_CLIENT): $(NIM_SOURCES) | statusq dotherside check-qt-dir $(STATUSGO) $(STATUSKEYCARDGO) $(QRCODEGEN) $(FLEETS) rcc compile-translations deps
 	echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "$@"
-	$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim c $(NIM_PARAMS) \
+	PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(QT5_PCFILEDIR)" $(ENV_SCRIPT) nim c $(NIM_PARAMS) \
 		--mm:refc \
 		--passL:"-L$(STATUSGO_LIBDIR)" \
 		--passL:"-lstatus" \

config.nims

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ elif defined(windows):
   --tlsEmulation:off
   switch("passL", "-Wl,-as-needed")
 else:
+  switch("passL", "-fPIC")
+  switch("passC", "-fPIC")
+  switch("passC", "-fvisibility=hidden")
+
   --dynlibOverrideAll # don't use dlopen()
   # dynamically link these libs, since we're opting out of dlopen()
   switch("passL", "-l:libcrypto.so.1.1")
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ switch("warning", "UnreachableElse:off")
 
 # Those are popular to miss in our app, and quickly make build log unreadable, so we want to prevent them
 switch("warningAsError", "UseBase:on")
-switch("warningAsError", "UnusedImport:on")
+#switch("warningAsError", "UnusedImport:on")
 switch("warningAsError", "Deprecated:on")
 switch("warningAsError", "HoleEnumConv:on")
 

nim.cfg

@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 gcc.linkerexe="g++"
 
 path = "src"
+path = "vendor/nim-miqt-poc/qt"
+path = "vendor/nim-miqt-poc/qt/network"
+path = "vendor/nim-miqt-poc/qt/quick"