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+Here is a list of (major) changes in Qt from 0.95 to 0.96.
+
+Bug-fixes, optimizations and improved documentation, of course.
+QClipboard is new.
+
+There are some changes in the API (Qt header files).  Some functions have
+been renamed or the arguments have changed. The old versions of these
+functions have been obsoleted. A call to an obsoleted function will by
+default generate a runtime warning the first time it is called, but it
+will be executed correctly. If you really need to ship code fast, you can
+turn off the runtime obsolescence warnings by calling
+qSuppressObsoleteWarnings().
+
+Obsoleted functions will disappear in a future release.  To get
+compile-time errors for each use of an obsoleted function, compile your
+code with -DTEST_OBSOLETE. You should recompile without this option when
+you have upgraded your code (otherwise, you may get linking errors). 
+Note: it is probably not a good idea to compile the Qt library with
+-DTEST_OBSOLETE, it may cause problems if you try to link or run
+programs that use obsoleted functions.
+
+For new users: obsoleted functions are no longer documented, in fact they
+are not even visible in the documentation.
+
+*************** Changes that might affect runtime behavior *****************
+
+QFileInfo:
+----------
+  size() returns uint(previousy int), 0 if the size cannot be fetched (was -1).
+	Use isFile() to check.
+
+
+QPopupMenu
+------------
+  When a popup menu is a submenu (directly or as a subsub...menu) of a
+  menu bar(QMenuBar), the menu bar will now always emit the activated() or
+  highlighted() signal when a submenu emits these signals. This fix might
+  have undesired effects if you previously have worked around it by
+  connecting to signals both in menu bar and its submenus.
+
+*************** Changes that might generate compile errors *****************
+**************           when compiling old code           *****************
+
+QDataStream:
+-----------
+  Serialization of int and uint is no longer supported. Use INT32 and
+  UINT32 instead. This had to be changed in order to run Qt on 64-bit
+  architectures.
+
+
+QImage:
+-------
+  24-bpp pixel format no longer supported, use 32-bpp instead.
+
+  This means that you have to use uint* instead of uchar* when accessing
+  pixel values. You cannot use the uchar* pointer directly, because the
+  pixel format depends on the byte order on the underlying platform. Use
+  qRgb() and friends (qcolor.h) to access the pixels.
+
+
+QWidget:
+--------
+  setMouseTracking() does not return bool. Call hasMouseTracking() to
+  determine the mouse tracking state. (This only affects code that
+  actually uses the return value.)
+
+  (There are other changes in QWidget, see below)
+
+
+*************** Type changes that might generate warnings: *****************
+
+
+QCache/QIntCache:
+-----------------
+  Using int/uint instead of long/ulong.
+
+
+QDate/QTime/QDateTime:
+----------------------
+  Using int/uint instead of long/ulong (MS-DOS required long).
+
+
+QIODevice/QBuffer/QFile:
+------------------------
+  Using int/uint instead of long/ulong.
+
+
+QKeyEvent:
+----------
+  ascii() now returns int (previously uchar).
+
+
+QTableView:
+------------
+  uint used instead of ulong (tableFlags() etc.)
+
+
+QTextStream:
+------------
+  int used instead of long (flags() etc.)
+
+
+*****************         Obsoleted functions         **********************
+
+QAccel:
+-------
+  enable(), disable() and isDisabled() are obsolete.
+  Use setEnabled(TRUE/FALSE) and !isEnabled() instead.
+  isItemDisabled(), enableItem(), disableItem() are obsolete.
+  Use !isItemEnabled(), setItemEnabled(TRUE/FALSE) instead.
+
+
+QApplication:
+-------------
+  cursor(), setCursor() and restoreCursor() obsoleted.
+  Use overrideCursor(), setOverrideCursor() and restoreOverrideCursor()
+  instead.
+
+
+QBitmap:
+--------
+  Constructor takes "const uchar *bits" instead of "const char *"
+  because of sign problems (uchar = unsigned char). Old constructors are
+  obsolete.
+
+
+QButton:
+--------
+  toggleButton() is obsolete, renamed to isToggleButton().
+
+
+QColor:
+-------
+  The functions QRED, QGREEN, QBLUE, QRGB, QGRAY obsolete.
+  Instead, use  qRed, qGreen, qBlue, qRgb, qGray.
+
+
+QComboBox:
+----------
+  setStrList() obsolete, use clear() + insertStrList() instead.
+  string() obsolete, use text() instead.
+
+
+QLCDNumber:
+----------
+  longValue() is obsolete, use intValue() instead.
+
+
+QListbox:
+---------
+  The macro LBI_String is obsolete, use LBI_text instead.
+  string() obsolete, use text() instead.
+  stringCopy() and setStringCopy() are obsolete.
+
+
+QMenuData:
+----------
+  string() obsolete, use text() instead.
+  isItemDisabled(), enableItem(), disableItem() are obsolete.
+  Use !isItemEnabled(), setItemEnabled(TRUE/FALSE) instead.
+  checkItem() and uncheckItem() are obsolete.
+  Use setItemChecked(TRUE/FALSE) instead.
+
+
+QPainter: 
+--------- 
+
+  drawBezier() is obsolete, general Bezier curves are rarely used and
+  cost too much. Qt will only support drawQuadBezier() (four-point
+  Bezier) in the future.
+
+QPointArray:
+-----------
+  move() is obsolete, use translate() instead.
+  bezier() is obsolete, general Bezier curves are rarely used and
+  cost too much. Qt will only support quadBezier() (four-point
+  Bezier) in the future.
+
+
+
+QRect:
+------
+  move() is obsolete, use moveBy() instead.
+  setTopLeft(), setTopRight(), setBottomLeft(), setBottomRight() and
+  setCenter() is obsolete, use moveTopLeft(), moveTopRight(),
+  moveBottomLeft(), moveBottomRight() and moveCenter() instead.
+
+
+QRegion:
+-------
+  move() is obsolete, use translate() instead.
+
+
+QSocketNotifier:
+----------------
+  enabled() is obsolete. Use isEnabled() instead.
+
+
+QWidget:
+--------
+  enable(), disable() and isDisabled() are obsolete.
+  Use setEnabled(TRUE/FALSE) and !isEnabled() instead.
+
+  setMinimumSize(), setMaximumSize(), minimumSize(), maximumSize() are obsolete
+  use setMinSize(), setMaxSize(), minSize(), maxSize() instead.
+
+  enableUpdates() obsolete, use isUpdatesEnabled()/setUpdatesEnabled().
+
+  id() is obsolete, it has been renamed to winId().
+
+***************** All other changes from 0.95 to 0.96 **********************
+
+moc
+----------
+    Gives a warning if no output is generated.
+
+
+qglobal.h:
+----------
+  INT32 and UINT32 typedefs changed to work with DEC Alpha.
+
+
+QApplication:
+-------------
+  clipboard() is new.
+
+
+QButtonGroup:
+-------------
+  Exclusive group setting added (isExclusive and setExclusive).
+  find() is new.
+
+
+QColor:
+-------
+  New type QRgb (uint), used for RGB triplet.
+
+
+QLineEdit:
+----------
+  You can now mark text, and copy and paste to/from the clipboard.
+
+
+QPaintDevice:
+---------
+  The bitblt function now takes an ignoreMask parameter. It has a default
+  value, so no old code will be broken.
+
+QPrinter:
+------------
+  fixed minor bugs in handling of polygons and beziers.
+
+
+QWidget:
+--------
+  New protected virtual functions styleChange(), backgroundColorChange(),
+  backgroundPixmapChange(), paletteChange() and fontChange().
+  These functions are called from setStyle(), setBackgroundColor() etc.
+  You can reimplement them to if you need to know when widget properties
+  changed and to optimize updates.
+
+  The destroyed() signal has been moved to QObject.
+