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-rw-r--r--doc/src/index.qdoc4
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diff --git a/doc/src/declarative/declarativeui.qdoc b/doc/src/declarative/declarativeui.qdoc
index 56ab29f..d1d82d8 100644
--- a/doc/src/declarative/declarativeui.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/declarative/declarativeui.qdoc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Qt applications.
\section1 Getting Started
\list
-\o \l{Intro to Qt Quick}{Introduction to Qt Quick}
+\o \l{Introduction to Qt Quick}
\o \l{QML for Qt Programmers}{QML Programming for Qt Programmers}
\o \l{Getting Started Programming with QML}
diff --git a/doc/src/declarative/qtquick-intro.qdoc b/doc/src/declarative/qtquick-intro.qdoc
index bdad2c3..4cd5db3 100644
--- a/doc/src/declarative/qtquick-intro.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/declarative/qtquick-intro.qdoc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
/*!
\page qml-intro.html
-\title Intro to Qt Quick
+\title Introduction to Qt Quick
Qt Quick is a collection of technologies that are designed to help developers
create the kind of intuitive, modern, and fluid user interfaces that are
diff --git a/doc/src/index.qdoc b/doc/src/index.qdoc
index 979c654..2ce6781 100644
--- a/doc/src/index.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/index.qdoc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
What is Qt
\enddiv
\list
- \o \l{Qt Whitepaper}{Qt C++ Framework}
- \o \l{Intro to Qt Quick}{Qt Quick}
+ \o \l{Qt Features Overview}
+ \o \l{Introduction to Qt Quick}{Qt Quick}
\o \l{external: Qt Mobility Manual}{Qt Mobility}
\o \l{Qt WebKit}
\endlist
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdoc
index 9d47695..ba59c37 100644
--- a/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdoc
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@
\section2 Advanced Text Layout Engine
- Qt for Windows CE supports TrueType® and raster fonts. Qt also has
- extended Unicode support and right-to-left languages. Qt’s rich text
+ Qt for Windows CE supports TrueType and raster fonts. Qt also has
+ extended Unicode support and right-to-left languages. Qt's rich text
engine adds capabilities for complex text layouts including tables,
path tracing and text which flows around shapes.
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
by embedded Linux. You can use Qt to create highly memory efficient
devices and applications that have completely unique user experiences.
- Qt runs anywhere Linux runs. Qt’s intuitive API means fewer lines of
+ Qt runs anywhere Linux runs. Qt's intuitive API means fewer lines of
code and higher level functionality in less time. Use the code from
one single code-base and rebuild for all \l{Supported Platforms}
{supported platforms}.
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
frame buffer} that will match the physical device display, pixel for
pixel. This gives the developer a realistic testing infrastructure
testing on the desktop where the frame buffer simulates the physical
- device display’s width, height and color depth.
+ device display's width, height and color depth.
\section2 Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
\section2 Extended Font Format
Qt supports a wide range of font formats on embedded Linux including:
- TrueType®, Postscript® Type1 and Qt pre-rendered fonts. Qt has
+ TrueType, Postscript Type1 and Qt pre-rendered fonts. Qt has
extended Unicode support including automatic data extraction at build
time and automatic update at runtime.
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
\group platform-details
Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt,
- you can write web-enabled applications once and deploy them
+ you can write GUI applications once and deploy them
across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without
rewriting the source code.
diff --git a/doc/src/qt-features.qdoc b/doc/src/qt-features.qdoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ae00b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/qt-features.qdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$
+** GNU Free Documentation License
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free
+** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of
+** this file.
+**
+** Other Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms
+** and conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you
+** and Nokia.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+/*!
+ \page qt-overview.html
+ \title Qt Features Overview
+
+ This document provides a summary of the most important features of Qt,
+ providing links to other pages in the documentation that cover these
+ features in more detail. It is not intended to be a comprehensive
+ guide to Qt's features.
+
+ \section1 Fundamental Technologies in Qt
+
+ Qt is built upon a set of core technologies, provided by the \l QtCore
+ and \l QtGui modules. These include the following:
+
+ \list
+ \o \l{The Tulip Container Classes}, a set of template container classes.
+ \o \l{The Arthur Paint System}, the Qt 4 painting framework.
+ \o \l{The Interview Framework}, a model/view architecture for item views
+ and the \l{QtSQL Module}, which also uses this architecture.
+ \o \l{The Scribe Classes}, a framework for creating text documents,
+ performing low-level text layout and writing OpenDocument files.
+ \o A collection of \l{Qt Widget Gallery}{common desktop widgets}, styled
+ to fit in on each supported platform.
+ \o \l{The Qt 4 Main Window Classes}, a main window, toolbar, menu, and
+ docking architecture.
+ \o The \l{Graphics View} framework provides a canvas for producing
+ interactive graphics.
+ \o The \l{QtNetwork Module} provides support for TCP, UDP and local
+ sockets that are integrated with Qt's event model, including support
+ for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications,
+ \l{QNetworkProxy}{network proxy} servers and
+ \l{Bearer Management}{network bearer management}.
+ \o Enhanced \l{qt4-threads.html}{thread support} allows
+ \l{Signals & Slots}{signal-slot} connections across threads and
+ per-thread event loops.
+ Additionally, \l{Thread Support in Qt}{a framework for concurrent programming}
+ using Qt paradigms makes common threading tasks easier.
+ \o A \l{resource system} for embedding images and other resource files
+ into executable files makes it easier to deploy applications.
+ \o A \l{QTestLib Manual}{unit testing framework} for Qt applications and
+ libraries.
+ \endlist
+
+ The mature classes provided by these technologies have been used to build
+ robust, cross-platform desktop applications. They are augmented by a number
+ of additional technologies and improvements that have appeared over the
+ lifetime of Qt 4.
+
+ \section1 Graphical User Interfaces
+
+ \div{class="float-right"}
+ \inlineimage gtk-tabwidget.png
+ \enddiv
+ \div{class="float-right"}
+ \inlineimage gtk-progressbar.png
+ \br
+ \inlineimage gtk-checkbox.png
+ \br
+ \inlineimage plastique-combobox.png
+ \br
+ \inlineimage plastique-radiobutton.png
+ \enddiv
+
+ Alongside the support for traditional desktop user interfaces, Qt includes
+ support for declarative UI development with \l{Qt Quick}, a set of
+ technologies for creating fluid, dynamic user interfaces. A starting point
+ for exploring this approach can be found in the \l{Introduction to Qt Quick}
+ guide.
+
+ Qt provides a range of standard user interface elements, called widgets,
+ for each supported platform. Widgets can be used as containers for other
+ widgets, as windows, and as regular controls that the user interacts with.
+ Where the platform supports it, widgets can be made to appear partially
+ transparent, and may be styled with \l{Qt Style Sheets}.
+
+ Support for \l{QTouchEvent}{touch input} and \l{Gestures Programming}{gestures}
+ enable widgets to be used to create intuitive user interfaces for
+ touch-enabled devices.
+
+ User interfaces can also be created dynamically at run-time with the
+ features provided by the \l{QtUiTools} module.
+
+ A selection of available widgets are shown in the \l{Qt Widget Gallery}.
+ An introduction to the concepts behind widgets can be found in the
+ \l{Widgets Tutorial}.
+
+ \clearfloat
+ \section1 Painting, Printing and Rendering
+
+ \div{class="float-left"}
+ \inlineimage qpainter-affinetransformations.png
+ \enddiv
+
+ Widgets are just one of many kinds of paint device that Qt can render onto.
+ This support for unified painting makes it possible for applications to use
+ the same painting code for different tasks, as well as allowing Qt to be
+ extended to support additional file formats.
+
+ Qt provides support for common bitmap image formats,
+ \l{QtSvg Module}{Scalable Vector Graphics} (SVG) drawings and animations,
+ Postscript and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Postscript and PDF are
+ integrated with \l{Printing with Qt}{Qt's printing system}, which also
+ allows printed output to be previewed.
+
+ Interactive graphics can be created with the
+ \l{The Animation Framework}{animation framework}, allowing animations to be
+ used with both widgets and graphics items. Animations can be used with the
+ \l{The State Machine Framework}{state machine framework}, which provides a
+ way to express application logic and integrate it with the user interface.
+ Animations can be enhanced with a collection of
+ \l{QGraphicsEffect}{graphics effects} that operate on graphics items and
+ can be applied individually or combined to create more complex effects.
+
+ Qt supports integration with \l{QtOpenGL}{OpenGL} on a number of levels,
+ providing convenience functions for handling textures and colors, as well
+ as providing support for pixel and sample buffers. Future support for
+ higher level 3D integration is provided by Qt3D enablers which include
+ \l{QMatrix4x4}{matrix multiplication}, \l{QQuaternion}{quaternions}, and an
+ API for \l{QGLShader}{vertex and fragment shaders}.
+
+ Two APIs are provided for multimedia. The
+ \l{Phonon Overview}{Phonon Multimedia Framework} has traditionally been
+ used on desktop platforms. A set of
+ \l{QtMultimedia Module}{multimedia services} provides low-level access to
+ the system's audio system and is often used on mobile devices.
+
+ \clearfloat
+ \section1 Infrastructure
+
+ \div{class="float-right"}
+ \inlineimage qtscript-context2d.png
+ \enddiv
+
+ Facilities for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and Remote Procedure
+ Calling (RPC) mechanisms are available on platforms that support the
+ \l{intro-to-dbus.html}{D-Bus} message bus system.
+
+ An \l{Undo Framework}{Undo framework} based on the
+ \l{Books about GUI Design#Design Patterns}{Command pattern} is designed to
+ enable a consistent approach to handling data in editing applications.
+
+ The \l{QtScript} and \l{QtScriptTools} modules provide support for
+ application scripting and debugging using the ECMAScript language.
+
+ The \l{QtHelp Module} provides the foundations of an interactive help
+ system that can be used in conjunction with Qt Creator or integrated into
+ applications directly.
+
+ XML handling is supported in a number of places in Qt. The \l QtCore module
+ provides classes for reading and writing XML streams. The \l QtXmlPatterns
+ module includes XQuery, XPath and XSLT support, providing facilities for
+ XML processing beyond that supported by the QtXml module, which contains
+ SAX and DOM parsers. XML schema validation in the QtXmlPatterns module
+ covers large parts of version 1.0 of the specification.
+
+ \clearfloat
+ \section1 Web Client Integration
+
+ Integration between \l{Webkit in Qt}{Qt and WebKit} makes it possible for
+ developers to use a fully-featured Web browser engine to display documents
+ and access online services. Developers can access the browser's environment
+ to create documents and run scripts within one or more browser widgets.
+
+ A \l{QWebElement}{DOM access API} for QtWebKit provides a cleaner and safer
+ way to access elements and structures of Web pages without the use of
+ JavaScript.
+
+ \section1 Further Reading
+
+ Many of the technologies mentioned here, as well as other, more specific
+ features, are listed in the \l{What's New in Qt 4} document. A complete
+ list of Qt's modules can be found on the \l{All Modules} page, which
+ also includes more domain-specific technologies.
+
+ The tools that are supplied with Qt are covered by the listing in the
+ \l{Qt's Tools} document.
+*/
diff --git a/doc/src/qt4-intro.qdoc b/doc/src/qt4-intro.qdoc
index 41d8b2e..1547a7c 100644
--- a/doc/src/qt4-intro.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/qt4-intro.qdoc
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
In Qt 4.4:
\list
- \o \l{Webkit in QT}{Qt WebKit integration}, making it possible for developers
+ \o \l{WebKit in Qt}{Qt WebKit integration}, making it possible for developers
to use a fully-featured Web browser to display documents and access online
services.
\o A multimedia API provided by the \l{Phonon Overview}{Phonon Multimedia Framework}.
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@
introduced in Qt 4.7.
\sincelist 4.7
-
*/
/*!