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diff --git a/dist/changes-2.00 b/dist/changes-2.00 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1dcfea7 --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changes-2.00 @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +Qt 2.0 introduces a wide range of major new features as well as +substantial improvements over the 1.x series. The documentation has +been significally extended and improved. + +This file will only give an overview of the main changes since version +1.44. A complete list would simply be too large to be useful. For +more detail see the online documentation which is included in this +distribution, and also available on http://doc.trolltech.com/ + +The Qt version 2.x series is not binary compatible with the 1.x +series. This means programs compiled with Qt version 1.x must be +recompiled to work with Qt 2.0. + +Qt 2.0 is mostly, but not completely, source compatible with Qt 1.x. +See the document "Porting from Qt 1.x to Qt 2.0" in the Online +Reference Documentation for information on how to port an existing Qt +1.x-based program to Qt 2.0. Note in particular the automatic porting +script included - it does a lot of the work for you. + +As for 1.x, the API and functionality of Qt is completely portable +between Microsoft Windows and X11. And between Windows 95, 98 and NT: +Unlike most toolkits, Qt lets a single executable work on all three. + +**************************************************************************** +* New major features * +**************************************************************************** + + +* Support for international software development: + QTranslator and the QObject::tr() function + QTextCodec (and subclasses) + QString is now a 16-bit Unicode string with good support for + legacy 8-bit interoperation. (The old 8-bit string class + from Qt 1.x has been renamed to QCString.) + QChar - a Unicode character + +* Rich Text + QTextView - formatted text and images + QTextBrowser - navigate formatted text and images + QStyleSheet - define your own XML formatting tags + QSimpleRichText - display rich text anywhere + +* Convenient and powerful new collection classes: + QMap<Key,Type> - QDict with arbitrary keys + QValueList<Type> - QList of types other than pointers + QStringList - QValueList<QString> with helper functions + +* Dialogs + QColorDialog - user picks a color + QFontDialog - user picks a font + QWizard - framework for leading users through steps + +* Layout + QGrid/QHBox/QVBox - grid and boxes of widgets automatically assembled + QHGroupBox/QVGroupBox - easy framed groups of widgets + QSizePolicy - a widget's abilities to change size in different ways + +* Custom layouts + New, much simpler and more powerful API for creating custom layouts + +* PNG Support + PNG support is now included in the core library + +* Support for generalized configurable GUI styles: + QStyle and subclasses + +* Session management + QSessionManager - saving state when the system shuts down + +* Extended coordinate system + QPoint, QPointArray, QSize and QRect now have 32-bit coordinates + +* Cleaner namespace + Global functions, enums and macros now either start with a 'q' or + have been moved into the new namespace class "Qt" + +**************************************************************************** +* List of removed classes * +**************************************************************************** + +* QGManager + Use the new custom layout API. + +* QPointVal, QPointData + Use QPoint. + +* QUrlDrag + Changed to QUriDrag + +* QWindow + Use QWidget + +**************************************************************************** +* List of new classes * +**************************************************************************** + +* QCDEStyle +* QChar +* QColorDialog +* QCommonStyle +* QConstString +* QCString +* QDragEnterEvent +* QDragLeaveEvent +* QDropSite +* QFontDialog +* QGLayoutIterator +* QGrid +* QHBox +* QHButtonGroup +* QHGroupBox +* QHideEvent +* QLayoutItem +* QLayoutIterator +* QMimeSource +* QMimeSourceFactory +* QMotifStyle +* QPlatinumStyle +* QSessionManager +* QShowEvent +* QSimpleRichText +* QSizeGrip +* QSizePolicy +* QSortedList +* QSpacerItem +* QStringList +* QStyle +* QStyleSheet +* QStyleSheetItem +* Qt +* QTab +* QTabWidget +* QTextBrowser +* QTextCodec +* QTextDecoder +* QTextEncoder +* QTextIStream +* QTextOStream +* QTextView +* QTranslator +* QUriDrag +* QVBox +* QVButtonGroup +* QVGroupBox +* QWheelEvent +* QWidgetItem +* QWindowsStyle +* QWizard + +For details, see e.g http://doc.trolltech.com/qcdestyle.html (or any +other class name, lowercased). |