diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layConverters.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layConverters.cc
index 3a5f0497a..9aababc46 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layConverters.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layConverters.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace lay
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
 //  ColorConverter implementation
 
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
 std::string 
 ColorConverter::to_string (const QColor &c) const
 {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ ColorConverter::to_string (const QColor &c) const
     return tl::to_string (c.name ());
   }
 }
+#endif
 
 std::string
 ColorConverter::to_string (const lay::Color &c) const
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ ColorConverter::to_string (const lay::Color &c) const
   }
 }
 
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
 void
 ColorConverter::from_string (const std::string &s, QColor &c) const
 {
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ ColorConverter::from_string (const std::string &s, QColor &c) const
     c = QColor (t.c_str ());
   } 
 }
+#endif
 
 void
 ColorConverter::from_string (const std::string &s, lay::Color &c) const
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.cc
index ea9eb5e1c..8d830b78a 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.cc
@@ -1006,7 +1006,8 @@ LayoutCanvas::screenshot ()
   return img;
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_QT) // @@@
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
+
 void 
 LayoutCanvas::resizeEvent (QResizeEvent *)
 {
@@ -1020,6 +1021,23 @@ LayoutCanvas::resizeEvent (QResizeEvent *)
   do_redraw_all (true);
   viewport_changed_event ();
 }
+
+#else
+
+void
+LayoutCanvas::resize (unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
+{
+  //  clear the image cache
+  m_image_cache.clear ();
+
+  //  set the viewport to the new size
+  m_viewport.set_size (width * m_dpr, height * m_dpr);
+  m_viewport_l.set_size (width * m_oversampling * m_dpr, height * m_oversampling * m_dpr);
+  mouse_event_trans (db::DCplxTrans (1.0 / double (m_dpr)) * m_viewport.trans ());
+  do_redraw_all (true);
+  viewport_changed_event ();
+}
+
 #endif
 
 void 
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.h b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.h
index 8e254a1fb..8af843e87 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.h
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutCanvas.h
@@ -396,7 +396,10 @@ private:
   virtual void paintEvent (QPaintEvent *);
   virtual void resizeEvent (QResizeEvent *);
   virtual bool event (QEvent *e);
+#else
+  void resize (unsigned int width, unsigned int height);
 #endif
+
   virtual void key_event (unsigned int key, unsigned int buttons);
 
   //  implementation of the lay::Drawings interface
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
index e427b4ef7..8901d20bd 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::init (db::Manager *mgr)
   m_no_stipples = false;
   m_stipple_offset = true;
   m_fit_new_cell = true;
-  m_full_hier_new_cell = true;
+  m_full_hier_new_cell = false;
   m_clear_ruler_new_cell = false;
   m_dbu_coordinates = false;
   m_absolute_coordinates = false;
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::init_layer_properties (LayerProperties &p, const LayerProperties
 QImage 
 LayoutViewBase::get_screenshot ()
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save screenshot")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save screenshot")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::get_screenshot ()
 lay::PixelBuffer
 LayoutViewBase::get_screenshot_pb ()
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save screenshot")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save screenshot")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ png_texts (const lay::LayoutViewBase *view, const db::DBox &box)
 void
 LayoutViewBase::save_screenshot (const std::string &fn)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save screenshot")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save screenshot")));
 
   QImageWriter writer (tl::to_qstring (fn), QByteArray ("PNG"));
 
@@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_screenshot (const std::string &fn)
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
   
   if (! writer.write (mp_canvas->screenshot ().to_image ())) {
-    throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
+    throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
   }
 
   tl::log << "Saved screen shot to " << fn;
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_screenshot (const std::string &fn)
 void
 LayoutViewBase::save_screenshot (const std::string &fn)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save screenshot")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save screenshot")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_screenshot (const std::string &fn)
 QImage
 LayoutViewBase::get_image (unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Get image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Get image")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::get_image (unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
 lay::PixelBuffer
 LayoutViewBase::get_pixels (unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Get image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Get image")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ QImage
 LayoutViewBase::get_image_with_options (unsigned int width, unsigned int height, int linewidth, int oversampling, double resolution,
                                         lay::Color background, lay::Color foreground, lay::Color active, const db::DBox &target_box, bool monochrome)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Get image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Get image")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2601,7 +2601,7 @@ lay::PixelBuffer
 LayoutViewBase::get_pixels_with_options (unsigned int width, unsigned int height, int linewidth, int oversampling, double resolution,
                                          lay::Color background, lay::Color foreground, lay::Color active, const db::DBox &target_box)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Get image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Get image")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2613,7 +2613,7 @@ lay::BitmapBuffer
 LayoutViewBase::get_pixels_with_options_mono (unsigned int width, unsigned int height, int linewidth,
                                               lay::Color background, lay::Color foreground, lay::Color active, const db::DBox &target_box)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Get image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Get image")));
 
   //  Execute all deferred methods - ensure there are no pending tasks
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::get_pixels_with_options_mono (unsigned int width, unsigned int h
 void
 LayoutViewBase::save_image (const std::string &fn, unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save image")));
 
   QImageWriter writer (tl::to_qstring (fn), QByteArray ("PNG"));
 
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_image (const std::string &fn, unsigned int width, unsigned
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::execute ();
   
   if (! writer.write (mp_canvas->image (width, height).to_image ())) {
-    throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
+    throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
   }
 
   tl::log << "Saved image to " << fn;
@@ -2648,7 +2648,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_image (const std::string &fn, unsigned int width, unsigned
 void
 LayoutViewBase::save_image (const std::string &fn, unsigned int width, unsigned int height)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save image")));
 
   lay::Viewport vp (width, height, mp_canvas->viewport ().target_box ());
 
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_image_with_options (const std::string &fn,
                                          unsigned int width, unsigned int height, int linewidth, int oversampling, double resolution,
                                          lay::Color background, lay::Color foreground, lay::Color active, const db::DBox &target_box, bool monochrome)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save image")));
 
   QImageWriter writer (tl::to_qstring (fn), QByteArray ("PNG"));
 
@@ -2686,11 +2686,11 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_image_with_options (const std::string &fn,
 
   if (monochrome) {
     if (! writer.write (mp_canvas->image_with_options_mono (width, height, linewidth, background, foreground, active, target_box).to_image ())) {
-      throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
+      throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
     }
   } else {
     if (! writer.write (mp_canvas->image_with_options (width, height, linewidth, oversampling, resolution, background, foreground, active, target_box).to_image ())) {
-      throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
+      throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Unable to write screenshot to file: %s (%s)")), fn, tl::to_string (writer.errorString ()));
     }
   }
 
@@ -2702,7 +2702,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::save_image_with_options (const std::string &fn,
                                          unsigned int width, unsigned int height, int linewidth, int oversampling, double resolution,
                                          lay::Color background, lay::Color foreground, lay::Color active, const db::DBox &target_box, bool monochrome)
 {
-  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Save image")));
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Save image")));
 
   lay::Viewport vp (width, height, mp_canvas->viewport ().target_box ());
   std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > texts = png_texts (this, vp.box ());
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/laySelector.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/laySelector.cc
index 029b1cbe1..a6bd77b4d 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/laySelector.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/laySelector.cc
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 #include "tlLog.h"
 #include "tlException.h"
 
-#include <QMessageBox>
-#include <QApplication>
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
+#  include <QMessageBox>
+#  include <QApplication>
+#endif
 
 namespace lay
 {
@@ -37,8 +39,10 @@ namespace lay
 // -------------------------------------------------------------
 //  SelectionService implementation
 
-SelectionService::SelectionService (lay::LayoutViewBase *view)
-  : QObject (),
+SelectionService::SelectionService (lay::LayoutViewBase *view) :
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
+    QObject (),
+#endif
     lay::ViewService (view->view_object_widget ()), 
     mp_view (view),
     mp_box (0),
@@ -48,9 +52,11 @@ SelectionService::SelectionService (lay::LayoutViewBase *view)
     m_hover_wait (false),
     m_mouse_in_window (false)
 { 
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
   m_timer.setInterval (100 /*hover time*/);
   m_timer.setSingleShot (true);
   connect (&m_timer, SIGNAL (timeout ()), this, SLOT (timeout ()));
+#endif
 }
 
 SelectionService::~SelectionService ()
@@ -81,7 +87,9 @@ void
 SelectionService::hover_reset ()
 {
   if (m_hover_wait) {
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
     m_timer.stop ();
+#endif
     m_hover_wait = false;
   }
   if (m_hover) {
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ SelectionService::hover_reset ()
   }
 }
 
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
 void 
 SelectionService::timeout ()
 {
@@ -98,6 +107,7 @@ SelectionService::timeout ()
   mp_view->clear_transient_selection ();
   mp_view->transient_select (m_hover_point);
 }
+#endif
 
 void
 SelectionService::reset_box ()
@@ -155,7 +165,9 @@ SelectionService::mouse_move_event (const db::DPoint &p, unsigned int buttons, b
       mp_box->set_points (m_p1, m_p2);
     } else if (m_mouse_in_window && mp_view->transient_selection_mode ()) {
       m_hover_wait = true;
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
       m_timer.start ();
+#endif
       m_hover_point = p;
     }
 
@@ -173,10 +185,12 @@ SelectionService::mouse_double_click_event (const db::DPoint & /*p*/, unsigned i
     reset_box ();
   }
 
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
   if (prio && (buttons & lay::LeftButton) != 0) {
     mp_view->show_properties (QApplication::activeWindow ());
     return true;
   }
+#endif
 
   return false;
 }
@@ -230,13 +244,17 @@ SelectionService::mouse_click_event (const db::DPoint &p, unsigned int buttons,
       //  add a transient selection trigger to capture the "next" selection.
       if (mp_view->transient_selection_mode ()) {
         m_hover_wait = true;
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
         m_timer.start ();
+#endif
         m_hover_point = p;
       }
 
     } catch (tl::Exception &ex) {
       tl::error << ex.msg ();
-      QMessageBox::critical (0, QObject::tr ("Error"), tl::to_qstring (ex.msg ()));
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
+      QMessageBox::critical (0, tr ("Error"), tl::to_qstring (ex.msg ()));
+#endif
       //  clear selection
       mp_view->select (db::DBox (), lay::Editable::Reset);
     }
@@ -273,7 +291,9 @@ SelectionService::mouse_release_event (const db::DPoint & /*p*/, unsigned int /*
         mp_view->select (db::DBox (m_p1, m_p2), mode);
       } catch (tl::Exception &ex) {
         tl::error << ex.msg ();
-        QMessageBox::critical (0, QObject::tr ("Error"), tl::to_qstring (ex.msg ()));
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
+        QMessageBox::critical (0, tr ("Error"), tl::to_qstring (ex.msg ()));
+#endif
         //  clear selection
         mp_view->select (db::DBox (), lay::Editable::Reset);
       }
@@ -301,4 +321,3 @@ SelectionService::begin (const db::DPoint &pos)
 }
 
 }
-
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/laybasic.pro b/src/laybasic/laybasic/laybasic.pro
index 1702e9fac..81e2fceb3 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/laybasic.pro
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/laybasic.pro
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ DEFINES += MAKE_LAYBASIC_LIBRARY
     gtf.cc \
     layAbstractMenu.cc \
     layBackgroundAwareTreeStyle.cc \
-    layBitmapsToImage.cc \
     layBookmarkList.cc \
     layBookmarkManagementForm.cc \
     layBookmarksView.cc \
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ DEFINES += MAKE_LAYBASIC_LIBRARY
     layCellSelectionForm.cc \
     layCellTreeModel.cc \
     layConfigurationDialog.cc \
-    layConverters.cc \
     layCursor.cc \
     layDialogs.cc \
     layEditLineStyleWidget.cc \
@@ -146,12 +144,10 @@ DEFINES += MAKE_LAYBASIC_LIBRARY
     laySelectCellViewForm.cc \
     laySelectLineStyleForm.cc \
     laySelectStippleForm.cc \
-    laySelector.cc \
     layStream.cc \
     layTechnology.cc \
     layTipDialog.cc \
     layWidgets.cc \
-    layZoomBox.cc \
     rdbInfoWidget.cc \
     rdbMarkerBrowser.cc \
     rdbMarkerBrowserDialog.cc \
@@ -162,7 +158,6 @@ DEFINES += MAKE_LAYBASIC_LIBRARY
     layAbstractMenu.h \
     layBackgroundAwareTreeStyle.h \
     layBitmap.h \
-    layBitmapsToImage.h \
     layBookmarkList.h \
     layBookmarkManagementForm.h \
     layBookmarksView.h \
@@ -175,7 +170,6 @@ DEFINES += MAKE_LAYBASIC_LIBRARY
     layCellSelectionForm.h \
     layCellTreeModel.h \
     layConfigurationDialog.h \
-    layConverters.h \
     layColor.h \
     layCursor.h \
     layDialogs.h \
@@ -219,12 +213,10 @@ DEFINES += MAKE_LAYBASIC_LIBRARY
     laySelectCellViewForm.h \
     laySelectLineStyleForm.h \
     laySelectStippleForm.h \
-    laySelector.h \
     layStream.h \
     layTechnology.h \
     layTipDialog.h \
     layWidgets.h \
-    layZoomBox.h \
     laybasicConfig.h \
     rdbInfoWidget.h \
     rdbMarkerBrowser.h \
@@ -242,9 +234,11 @@ SOURCES += \
     layAnnotationShapes.cc \
     layBitmap.cc \
     layBitmapRenderer.cc \
+    layBitmapsToImage.cc \
     layCellView.cc \
     layColor.cc \
     layColorPalette.cc \
+    layConverters.cc \
     layDispatcher.cc \
     layDisplayState.cc \
     layDitherPattern.cc \
@@ -272,6 +266,7 @@ SOURCES += \
     layRedrawThreadWorker.cc \
     layRenderer.cc \
     layRubberBox.cc \
+    laySelector.cc \
     laySnap.cc \
     layStipplePalette.cc \
     layCanvasPlane.cc \
@@ -280,13 +275,16 @@ SOURCES += \
     layViewObject.cc \
     layViewOp.cc \
     layViewport.cc \
+    layZoomBox.cc \
 
 HEADERS += \
     layAnnotationShapes.h \
     layBitmap.h \
     layBitmapRenderer.h \
+    layBitmapsToImage.h \
     layCellView.h \
     layColorPalette.h \
+    layConverters.h \
     layDispatcher.h \
     layDisplayState.h \
     layDitherPattern.h \
@@ -315,6 +313,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     layRedrawThreadWorker.h \
     layRenderer.h \
     layRubberBox.h \
+    laySelector.h \
     laySnap.h \
     layStipplePalette.h \
     layLayerProperties.h \
@@ -322,6 +321,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     layViewObject.h \
     layViewOp.h \
     layViewport.h \
+    layZoomBox.h \
     laybasicCommon.h \
 
 
diff --git a/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayoutViewTests.cc b/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayoutViewTests.cc
index 806026609..3e0936add 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayoutViewTests.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/unit_tests/layLayoutViewTests.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ static bool compare_images_mono (const QImage &qimg, const std::string &au)
   }
 }
 
+#endif
+
 static bool compare_images (const lay::PixelBuffer &img, const lay::PixelBuffer &img2)
 {
   return img == img2;
@@ -79,8 +81,6 @@ static bool compare_images (const lay::BitmapBuffer &img, const lay::BitmapBuffe
   return img == img2;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 #if defined(HAVE_QT)
 TEST(1)
 {