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authorVolker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@nokia.com>2009-10-01 09:54:28 (GMT)
committerVolker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@nokia.com>2009-10-01 09:55:24 (GMT)
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Doc: add graphics effects and XML Schema Validation support.
Also add links to relevant APIs or documents for each block. Missing: Qt on Symbian
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@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@
previous releases in the Qt 4 series. This document covers the
most important features in this release, separated by category.
+\omit
A comprehensive list of changes between Qt 4.5 and Qt 4.6 is
included in the \c changes-4.6.0 file
\l{http://qt.nokia.com/developer/changes/changes-4.6.0}{available
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@
Changes between this release and the previous release are provided
in the \c{changes-%VERSION%} file (also
\l{http://qt.nokia.com/developer/changes/changes-%VERSION%}{available online}).
+\endomit
A list of other Qt 4 features can be found on the \bold{\l{What's
New in Qt 4}} page.
@@ -508,6 +510,8 @@
The state machine framework is introduced in 4.6 and is described
below.
+ See \l{The Animation Framework} documentation for more information.
+
\section1 State Machine Framework
The state machine framework provides a robust state chart
@@ -533,6 +537,8 @@
trigger on signals and \l{QEvent}s. By inserting animations into
the state machine, it is also easier to use the framework for
animating GUIs, for instance.
+
+ See \l{The State Machine Framework} documentation for more infromation.
\section1 Multi-touch & Gestures
@@ -552,6 +558,8 @@
\o Enable extensibility.
\endlist
+ See the QTouchEvent and QGesture class documentation for more information.
+
\section1 DOM access API
Web pages and XML both have very complex document object models.
@@ -566,20 +574,7 @@
QList<QWebElement> introSpans = document.findAll("p.intro span");
\endcode
- \section1 Qt3D enablers
-
- As more of Qt, and more of the applications built on Qt go 3D,
- API's should be provided to simplify this. Mainly, the new API
- aims to make it more easy to create 3D applications with OpenGL.
- It will also unify the Qt OpenGL codebase, and enable
- cross-platform 3D codebase.
-
- The main features of the Qt3D enablers are currently: Math
- primitives for matrix multiplication, vectors, quaternions
- (client-side), and API for vertex and fragment shaders, GLSL/ES.
- Future research will, among other things include stencils,
- scissors, vertex buffers and arrays, texture manipulation, and
- geometry shaders.
+ See the QWebElement class documentation for more information.
\section1 Performance Optimizations
@@ -592,10 +587,48 @@
\o Reduced overhead in QNetworkAccessManager.
\o Added the QContiguousCache class, which provides efficient caching of
contiguous data.
+ \o Added support for hardware-accelerated rendering through
+ \l{OpenVG Rendering in Qt}{OpenVG}
\o Removed Win9x support.
\endlist
- \section1 Multimedia Audio Services
+ \section1 Graphics Effects
+
+ Effects can be used to alter the appearance of UI elements such as
+ \l{QGraphicsItem}s and \l{QWidget}s. A range of standard effects such
+ as blurring, colorizing or blooming is provided, and it is possible to
+ implement custom effects.
+
+ \img graphicseffect-widget.png
+
+ See the QGraphicsEffect class documentation for more information.
+
+ \section1 XML Schema Validation
+
+ The QtXmlPatterns module can now be used to validate schemas, either
+ through C++ APIs in the Qt application, or using the xmlpatternsvalidator
+ command line utility. The implementation of XML Schema Validation supports
+ the specification version 1.0 in large parts.
+
+ See the \l{XML Processing} and QXmlSchema class documentation for more
+ information.
+
+ \section1 Qt3D enablers
+
+ As more of Qt, and more of the applications built on Qt go 3D,
+ API's should be provided to simplify this. Mainly, the new API
+ aims to make it more easy to create 3D applications with OpenGL.
+ It will also unify the Qt OpenGL codebase, and enable
+ cross-platform 3D codebase.
+
+ The main features of the Qt3D enablers are currently: Math
+ primitives for matrix multiplication, vectors, quaternions
+ (client-side), and API for vertex and fragment shaders, GLSL/ES.
+ Future research will, among other things include stencils,
+ scissors, vertex buffers and arrays, texture manipulation, and
+ geometry shaders.
+
+ \section1 Multimedia Services
Qt 4.6 comes with new classes for handling audio. These classes
provide low-level access to the system's audio system. By
@@ -605,6 +638,8 @@
functions to query audio devices for which audio formats they
support.
+ See the \l{QtMultimedia Module} documentation for more information.
+
\section1 Classes, functions, and other items introduced in 4.6
Links to classes, function, and other items that were added in