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diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc index 7ee7a76..871dd5c 100644 --- a/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc +++ b/src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /**************************************************************************** ** -** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). +** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). ** All rights reserved. ** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com) ** @@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ \value AA_DontShowIconsInMenus Actions with the Icon property won't be shown in any menus unless specifically set by the QAction::iconVisibleInMenu property. - Menus that are currently open or menus already created in the native Mac OS X menubar \e{may not} pick up a change in this attribute. Changes in the QAction::iconVisibleInMenu property will always be picked up. @@ -164,6 +163,12 @@ Command+C on the keyboard regardless of the value set, though what is output for QKeySequence::toString(QKeySequence::PortableText) will be different). + \value AA_S60DontConstructApplicationPanes Stops Qt from initializing the S60 status + pane and softkey pane on Symbian. This is useful to save memory and reduce + startup time for applications that will run in fullscreen mode during their + whole lifetime. This attribute must be set before QApplication is + constructed. + \omitvalue AA_AttributeCount */ @@ -509,45 +514,58 @@ /*! \enum Qt::ConnectionType - This enum describes the types of connection that can be used between signals and - slots. In particular, it determines whether a particular signal is delivered to a - slot immediately or queued for delivery at a later time. + This enum describes the types of connection that can be used + between signals and slots. In particular, it determines whether a + particular signal is delivered to a slot immediately or queued for + delivery at a later time. + + \value AutoConnection + (default) Same as DirectConnection, if the emitter and + receiver are in the same thread. Same as QueuedConnection, + if the emitter and receiver are in different threads. + + \value DirectConnection + The slot is invoked immediately, when the signal is + emitted. + + \value QueuedConnection + The slot is invoked when control returns to the event loop + of the receiver's thread. The slot is executed in the + receiver's thread. - \value DirectConnection When emitted, the signal is immediately delivered to the slot. - \value QueuedConnection When emitted, the signal is queued until the event loop is - able to deliver it to the slot. \value BlockingQueuedConnection - Same as QueuedConnection, except that the current thread blocks - until the slot has been delivered. This connection type should - only be used for receivers in a different thread. Note that misuse - of this type can lead to deadlocks in your application. - \value AutoConnection If the signal is emitted from the thread - in which the receiving object lives, the - slot is invoked directly, as with - Qt::DirectConnection; otherwise the - signal is queued, as with - Qt::QueuedConnection. - \value UniqueConnection Same as AutoConnection, but there will be a check that the signal is - not already connected to the same slot before connecting, otherwise, - the connection will fail. - This value was introduced in Qt 4.6. + Same as QueuedConnection, except the current thread blocks + until the slot returns. This connection type should only be + used where the emitter and receiver are in different + threads. \note Violating this rule can cause your + application to deadlock. + + \value UniqueConnection + Same as AutoConnection, but the connection is made only if + it does not duplicate an existing connection. i.e., if the + same signal is already connected to the same slot for the + same pair of objects, then the connection will fail. This + connection type was introduced in Qt 4.6. + \value AutoCompatConnection - The default connection type for signals and slots when Qt 3 support - is enabled. Equivalent to AutoConnection for connections but will cause warnings - to be output under certain circumstances. See - \l{Porting to Qt 4#Compatibility Signals and Slots}{Compatibility Signals and Slots} - for further information. + The default type when Qt 3 support is enabled. Same as + AutoConnection but will also cause warnings to be output in + certain situations. See \l{Porting to Qt 4#Compatibility + Signals and Slots}{Compatibility Signals and Slots} for + further information. - With queued connections, the parameters must be of types that are known to - Qt's meta-object system, because Qt needs to copy the arguments to store them - in an event behind the scenes. If you try to use a queued connection and - get the error message + With queued connections, the parameters must be of types that are + known to Qt's meta-object system, because Qt needs to copy the + arguments to store them in an event behind the scenes. If you try + to use a queued connection and get the error message: \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qnamespace.qdoc 0 - call qRegisterMetaType() to register the data type before you + Call qRegisterMetaType() to register the data type before you establish the connection. + When using signals and slots with multiple threads, see \l{Signals and Slots Across Threads}. + \sa {Thread Support in Qt}, QObject::connect(), qRegisterMetaType() */ |