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authorDavid Boddie <dboddie@trolltech.com>2010-01-06 10:21:41 (GMT)
committerDavid Boddie <dboddie@trolltech.com>2010-01-06 10:21:41 (GMT)
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Doc: Improved the advice about deployment of plugins.
Recommended deploying all plugins, excluding only those that are not required. Included accessibility plugins in the list of example plugins that users may need. Reviewed-by: Jan-Arve Sæther
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@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
\o \l {QtXmlPatterns}
\o \l {Phonon Module}{Phonon}
\o \l {Qt3Support}
+ \o
\endtable
Since Qt is not a system library, it has to be redistributed along
@@ -117,10 +118,15 @@
of the libraries used by the application. Using static linking,
however, the Qt run-time is compiled into the executable.
- In particular, you will need to deploy Qt plugins, such as
- JPEG support or SQL drivers. For more information about plugins,
- see the \l {plugins-howto.html}{How to Create Qt Plugins}
- documentation.
+ In general, you should deploy all plugins that your build of Qt uses,
+ excluding only those that you have identified as being unnecessary
+ for your application and its users.
+
+ For instance, you may need to deploy plugins for JPEG support and
+ SQL drivers, but you should also deploy plugins that your users may
+ require, including those for accessibility.
+ For more information about plugins, see the
+ \l{plugins-howto.html}{How to Create Qt Plugins} documentation.
When deploying an application using the shared library approach
you must ensure that the Qt libraries will use the correct path to