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diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp index 6d88d92..183809e 100644 --- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp @@ -393,43 +393,61 @@ QString qAppName() application's initialization and finalization, as well as system-wide and application-wide settings. - The command line arguments which QCoreApplication's constructor - should be called with are accessible using arguments(). The - event loop is started with a call to exec(). Long running + \section1 The Event Loop and Event Handling + + The event loop is started with a call to exec(). Long running operations can call processEvents() to keep the application responsive. Some Qt classes, such as QString, can be used without a QCoreApplication object. However, in general, we recommend that you create a QCoreApplication or a QApplication object in your \c - main() function as early as possible. The application will enter - the event loop when exec() is called. exit() will not return - until the event loop exits, e.g., when quit() is called. + main() function as early as possible. exit() will not return + until the event loop exits; e.g., when quit() is called. + + Several static convenience functions are also provided. The + QCoreApplication object is available from instance(). Events can + be sent or posted using sendEvent(), postEvent(), and + sendPostedEvents(). Pending events can be removed with + removePostedEvents() or flushed with flush(). + + The class provides a quit() slot and an aboutToQuit() signal. + + \section1 Application and Library Paths An application has an applicationDirPath() and an - applicationFilePath(). Translation files can be added or removed + applicationFilePath(). Library paths (see QLibrary) can be retrieved + with libraryPaths() and manipulated by setLibraryPaths(), addLibraryPath(), + and removeLibraryPath(). + + \section1 Internationalization and Translations + + Translation files can be added or removed using installTranslator() and removeTranslator(). Application strings can be translated using translate(). The QObject::tr() and QObject::trUtf8() functions are implemented in terms of translate(). - The class provides a quit() slot and an aboutToQuit() signal. + \section1 Accessing Command Line Arguments - Several static convenience functions are also provided. The - QCoreApplication object is available from instance(). Events can - be sent or posted using sendEvent(), postEvent(), and - sendPostedEvents(). Pending events can be removed with - removePostedEvents() or flushed with flush(). Library paths (see - QLibrary) can be retrieved with libraryPaths() and manipulated by - setLibraryPaths(), addLibraryPath(), and removeLibraryPath(). - - On Unix/Linux Qt is configured to use the system local settings by - default. This can cause a conflict when using POSIX functions, for - instance, when converting between data types such as floats and - strings, since the notation may differ between locales. To get - around this problem call the POSIX function setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,"C") - right after initializing QApplication or QCoreApplication to reset - the locale that is used for number formatting to "C"-locale. + The command line arguments which are passed to QCoreApplication's + constructor should be accessed using the arguments() function. + Note that some arguments supplied by the user may have been + processed and removed by QCoreApplication. + + In cases where command line arguments need to be obtained using the + argv() function, you must convert them from the local string encoding + using QString::fromLocal8Bit(). + + \section1 Locale Settings + + On Unix/Linux Qt is configured to use the system locale settings by + default. This can cause a conflict when using POSIX functions, for + instance, when converting between data types such as floats and + strings, since the notation may differ between locales. To get + around this problem, call the POSIX function \c{setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,"C")} + right after initializing QApplication or QCoreApplication to reset + the locale that is used for number formatting to "C"-locale. \sa QApplication, QAbstractEventDispatcher, QEventLoop, {Semaphores Example}, {Wait Conditions Example} @@ -1975,9 +1993,9 @@ char **QCoreApplication::argv() \warning On Unix, this list is built from the argc and argv parameters passed to the constructor in the main() function. The string-data in argv is interpreted using QString::fromLocal8Bit(); hence it is not possible to - pass i.e. Japanese command line arguments on a system that runs in a latin1 - locale. Most modern Unix systems do not have this limitation, as they are - Unicode based. + pass, for example, Japanese command line arguments on a system that runs in a + Latin1 locale. Most modern Unix systems do not have this limitation, as they are + Unicode-based. On NT-based Windows, this limitation does not apply either. On Windows, the arguments() are not built from the contents of argv/argc, as |