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/*!
\page windows-support.html
\title Support for Windows
\brief Platform support for Windows.
\ingroup platform-specific
\ingroup platform-details
\section1 Qt on Windows
Qt is a comprehensive application and UI framework for developing Windows
applications that can also be deployed across many other desktop and
embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. Use the
code from one single code-base and rebuild for all
\l{Supported Platforms}{supported Windows versions and other platforms}.
\section1 Getting Started on Windows
\list
\o \l{Supported Platforms}{Supported Windows platforms} - Qt
supports a wide range of Windows platforms.
\o \l{Qt for Windows Requirements}{Qt for Windows Requirements}
- Requirements for developing with Qt on Windows.
\o \l{Installing Qt for Windows}{Installing Qt for Windows}
- Build Qt for Windows development.
\o \l{Getting Started Guides}{Getting started} - Getting started developing for Windows
\endlist
\section1 Key Features for Windows Development
\section2 Rich Class Library
The Qt class library includes all the functionality needed to build
advanced GUI applications.
\list
\o Complete set of customizable \l{UI Design with Qt}{UI
controls/widgets}
\o 3D graphics support with \l{QtOpenGL Module}{OpenGL}
or Direct3D
\o Powerful \l{Thread Support in Qt}{multi-threading} features
\o \l{Graphics View Framework}{2D graphics canvas} capable of
handling millions of items
\o Integrated \l{Phonon multimedia framework}{Phonon multimedia
framework}
\o \l{WebKit in Qt}{WebKit} integration
\o \l{Network programming with Qt}{Networking}, \l{QtXml Module}
{XML} and \l{SQL in Qt}{database} functionality
\o \l{ECMAScript Reference}{ECMA standard} scripting engine
\endlist
\section2 Integrated Development Tools
Qt includes a set of integrated development tools to speed
development on the Windows platform.
\list
\o \l{Qt Designer Manual}{Qt Designer} provides a drag and drop
visual GUI builder.
\o \l{Qt Linguist Manual}{Qt Linguist} provides internationalization
and translation features.
\o \l{Qt Assistant Manual}{Qt Assistant} is a customizable HTML help
file reader providing the complete Qt documentation offline.
\endlist
\section2 Cross-Platform Development using Qt Creator
\l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-snapshot/index.html}{Qt Creator} is
a complete Cross-platform IDE included in the Qt SDK. The IDE allows
programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications accross all
supported platforms.
\section2 Visual Studio Add-in.
The Qt Visual Studio Add-in allows programmers to create, build, debug
and run Qt applications from within Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008
and 2010. The add-in contains project wizards, Qt project import/export
support, integrated Qt resource manager and automated build setup for
the Qt Meta-Object Compiler, User Interface Compiler, and Resource
Compiler.
Additional \l{Cross-Platform and Platform-Specific Development}
information.
*/
/*!
\page linuxX11-support.html
\title Support for Linux/X11
\brief Platform support for Linux/X11.
\ingroup platform-specific
\ingroup platform-details
\section1 Qt on Linux/X11
Qt is a comprehensive application and UI framework for developing
Linux/X11 applications that can also be deployed across many other
desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code.
Use the code from one single code-base and rebuild for all
\l{Supported Platforms}{supported X11 versions and other platforms}.
\section1 Getting Started on Linux/X11
\list
\o \l{Supported Platforms}{Supported Linux/X11 platforms} - Qt
supports a wide range of Linux/X11 platforms.
\o \l{Qt for X11 Requirements}{Qt for X11 Requirements}
- Software required to run Qt on Linux/X11.
\o \l{Installing Qt for X11 Platforms}{Installing Qt for X11 Platforms}
- Build Qt for Linux/X11 development.
\o \l{Getting Started Guides}{Getting started}
\endlist
\section1 Key Features for Linux/X11 Development
\section2 Integrated Development Tools
Qt includes a set of integrated development tools to speed development
on X11 platforms.
\list
\o \l{Qt Designer Manual}{Qt Designer} provides a drag and drop
visual GUI builder.
\o \l{Qt Linguist Manual}{Qt Linguist} provides internationalization
and translation features.
\o \l{Qt Assistant Manual}{Qt Assistant} is a customizable HTML help
file reader providing the complete Qt documentation offline.
\o Integration with
\l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qt-eclipse-1.6/index.html}{Eclipse}
and KDevelop IDEs are also available.
\endlist
\section2 Cross-Platform Development using Qt Creator
\l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-snapshot/index.html}{Qt Creator} is
a complete Cross-platform IDE included in the Qt SDK. The IDE allows
programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications accross all
supported platforms.
\section2 Rich Class Library
The Qt class library includes all the functionality needed to build
advanced GUI applications.
\list
\o Complete set of customizable \l{UI Design with Qt}{UI
controls/widgets}
\o 3D graphics support with \l{QtOpenGL Module}{OpenGL
integration}
\o Powerful \l{Thread Support in Qt}{multi-threading} features
\o \l{Graphics View Framework}{2D graphics canvas} capable of
handling millions of items
\o Integrated \l{Phonon multimedia framework}{Phonon multimedia
framework}
\o \l{WebKit in Qt}{WebKit} integration
\o \l{Network programming with Qt}{Networking}, \l{QtXml Module}
{XML} and \l{SQL in Qt}{database} functionality
\o \l{ECMAScript Reference}{ECMA standard} scripting engine
\endlist
\section2 Qt is the Foundation of KDE
Qt is best known in the Linux community as the basis for the KDE
desktop environment. Almost everything in KDE is based on Qt, and
Qt forms the foundation for thousands of open source KDE applications
developed by community members worldwide.
Additional \l{Cross-Platform and Platform-Specific Development}
information.
*/
/*!
\page mac-support.html
\title Support for Mac OS X
\brief Platform support for Mac OS X.
\ingroup platform-specific
\ingroup platform-details
\section1 Qt on Mac OS X
Qt is a comprehensive application and UI framework for developing Mac
applications that can also be deployed across many other desktop and
embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. Use the
code from one single code-base and rebuild for all
\l{Supported Platforms}{supported Windows versions and other platforms}.
\section1 Getting Started on Mac
\list
\o \l{Supported Platforms}{Supported Mac OS X platforms} - Qt supports
a wide range of Mac platform variants.
\o \l{Qt for Mac OS X Requirements}{Qt for Mac OS X Requirements}
- Software required to run Qt on Mac OS X.
\o \l{Installing Qt for X11 Platforms}{Installing Qt for X11 Platforms}
- Build Qt for Mac OS X development.
\o \l{Getting Started Guides}{Getting started}
\endlist
\section1 Key Features for Mac OS X Development
\section2 Integrated Development Tools
Qt includes a set of integrated development tools to speed development
on the Mac platform.
\list
\o \l{Qt Designer Manual}{Qt Designer} provides a drag and drop
visual GUI builder.
\o \l{Qt Linguist Manual}{Qt Linguist} provides internationalization
and translation features.
\o \l{Qt Assistant Manual}{Qt Assistant} is a customizable HTML help
file reader providing the complete Qt documentation offline.
\endlist
\section2 Cross-Platform Development using Qt Creator
\l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-snapshot/index.html}{Qt Creator} is
a complete Cross-platform IDE included in the Qt SDK. The IDE allows
programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications accross all
supported platforms.
\section2 Rich Class Library
The Qt class library includes all the functionality needed to build
advanced GUI applications.
\list
\o Complete set of customizable \l{UI Design with Qt}{UI
controls/widgets}
\o 3D graphics support with \l{QtOpenGL Module}{OpenGL
integration}
\o Powerful \l{Thread Support in Qt}{multi-threading} features
\o \l{Graphics View Framework}{2D graphics canvas} capable of
handling millions of items
\o Integrated \l{Phonon multimedia framework}{Phonon multimedia
framework}
\o \l{WebKit in Qt}{WebKit} integration
\o \l{Network programming with Qt}{Networking}, \l{QtXml Module}
{XML} and \l{SQL in Qt}{database} functionality
\o \l{ECMAScript Reference}{ECMA standard} scripting engine
\endlist
\section3 Supports Intel Hardware and Universal Binaries
Qt is written without making assumptions about the number representation,
endianness or architecture of the underlying processor. To support Intel
hardware on the Apple platforms, Qt customers simply need to recompile
their apps.
Additional \l{Cross-Platform and Platform-Specific Development}
information.
\note Qt also provides support for 64-bit applications on top of Cocoa APIs.
*/
/*!
\page embeddedLinux-support.html
\title Support for Embedded Linux
\brief Platform support for Embedded Linux.
\ingroup platform-specific
\ingroup platform-details
\section1 Qt on Embedded Linux
Qt is the leading application and UI framework for devices powered
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
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}.
\note Qt on Embedded Linux will not exist as a separate platform for Qt 5.0.
\section1 Getting Started on Embedded Linux
\list
\o \l{Supported Platforms}{Supported Linux platforms}
- Qt supports a wide range of Linux platform variants.
\o \l{Qt for Embedded Linux Requirements}{Qt for Embedded Linux
Requirements} - Software required to run Qt on Embedded Linux.
\o \l{Installing Qt for Embedded Linux}{Installing Qt for Embedded
Linux} - Build Qt for development on Embedded Linux.
\o \l{Getting Started Guides}{Getting started}
\endlist
\section1 Key Features for Embedded Linux Development
On top of all the tools and API and class libraries that Qt offers,
such as WebKit, Qt for Embedded Linux provides you with key components
for an optimized embedded development environment.
\section2 Compact and Efficient Windowing System \l{Qt for Embedded Linux Classes}{QWS}
Qt builds on the standard API for embedded Linux devices with its own
compact window system. Qt-based applications write directly to the
Linux framebuffer, eliminating the need for the X11 windowing system.
\section2 Virtual Frame Buffer (QVFb)
Qt for Embedded Linux provides a \l{The Virtual Framebuffer}{virtual
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.
\section2 Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
IPC allows for creation of rich multi-application user experiences.
Two main concepts define inter-process communication: channels and
messages.
\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
extended Unicode support including automatic data extraction at build
time and automatic update at runtime.
Plug-ins for custom font formats are also available allowing new font
engines to be easily added at runtime. Font sharing capabilities
between applications allow for increased memory efficiency.
Applications created with Qt for Embedded Linux can be ported to
Windows CE and any other OS that Qt supports.
Additional \l{Cross-Platform and Platform-Specific Development}
information.
*/
/*!
\page supported-platforms.html
\title Supported Platforms
\brief The platforms supported by Digia for Qt.
\ingroup platform-specific
\group platform-details
Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt,
you can write GUI applications once and deploy them
across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without
rewriting the source code.
\section1 Qt is Available for the Following Platforms
\table
\header
\o {2,1} Qt Cross Platform Support
\header
\o {1,1} Desktop
\o {1,1} Embedded/Mobile
\row
\o \l{Support for Windows}{Windows}
\o \l{Support for Embedded Linux}{Embedded Linux}
\row
\o \l{Support for Linux/X11}{Linux/X11}
\row
\o \l{Support for Mac OS X}{Mac OS X}
\endtable
\section1 Supported Platform Details
The Qt team strives to provide support for the platforms most
frequently used by Qt users. We have designed our internal testing procedure to
divide platforms into three test categories (Tier 1 and Tier 2) in order
to prioritize internal testing and development resources so that the most
frequently used platforms are subjected to our most rigorous testing processes.
Qt is supported on a variety of 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, and can
usually be built on each platform with GCC, a vendor-supplied compiler, or
a third party compiler. Although Qt may be built on a range of platform-compiler
combinations, only a subset of these are actively supported by Digia.
\tableofcontents
Information about the specific platforms Qt runs on, and the compilers used
on each platform, can be found on the \l{Platform and Compiler Notes} page.
\section1 Tier 1 Platforms
All Tier 1 platforms are subjected to our unit test suite and other internal
testing tools on a frequent basis (prior to new version releases, source tree
branching, and at other significant period points in the development process).
Errors or bugs discovered in these platforms are prioritized for correction
by the development team. Significant errors discovered in Tier 1 platforms can
impact release dates and Qt Development Frameworks strives to resolve all known
high priority errors in Tier 1 platforms prior to new version releases.
\table
\header \o Platform
\o Compilers
\row \o Ubuntu Linux 10.04 (32-bit)
\o As provided by Ubuntu
\row \o Ubuntu Linux 11.10 (64-bit)
\o As provided by Ubuntu
\row \o Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
\o MSVC 2008
\row \o Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)
\o MSVC 2008
\row \o Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)
\o MSVC 2010 SP1
\row \o Apple Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (64-bit)
\o As provided by Apple
\row \o Apple Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" (64-bit)
\o As provided by Apple
\endtable
\section1 Tier 2 Platforms
Tier 2 platforms are subject to ad hoc and internal testing. However, Qt users
should note that errors may be present in released product versions for Tier 2
platforms and, subject to resource availability, known errors in Tier 2 platforms
may or may not be corrected prior to new version releases.
\table
\header \o Platform
\o Compilers
\row \o Ubuntu Linux 10.04 QWS (x86 32-bit)
\o As provided by Ubuntu
\row \o Ubuntu Linux 10.04 (32-bit)
\o Intel Compiler [version 12]
\row \o Ubuntu Linux 10.04 (64-bit)
\o As provided by Ubuntu
\row \o Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
\o GCC 4.4 (MinGW)
\row \o Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
\o \l{http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.8.2/threads-posix/dwarf/i686-4.8.2-release-posix-dwarf-rt_v3-rev3.7z/download}{MinGW-builds gcc 4.8.2 (32 bit)}
\row \o Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
\o MSVC 2010 SP1
\row \o Apple Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Cocoa (32-bit)
\o As provided by Apple
\endtable
\section1 Tier 3 Platforms (Not Supported by Digia)
All platforms not specifically listed above are not supported by Digia. Digia does
not run its unit test suite or perform any other internal tests on platforms not
listed above.
Qt users should note, however, that there may be various open source
projects, community users and/or Qt partners who are able to provide assistance with
platforms not supported by Digia.
\section1 General Legal Disclaimer
Please note that Qt is offered on an "as is" basis without warranty
of any kind and that our products are not error or bug free. To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, Digia on behalf of itself and its suppliers, disclaims all
warranties and conditions, either express or implied, including, but not limited to,
implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
non-infringement with regard to the Licensed Software.
*/
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