Add What's New in Qt 5.9

Based on the wiki page. Fixed links to point to 5.9.

Change-Id: I27b67aa487400a9b370911e43676f695d01391b5
Reviewed-by: Martin Smith <martin.smith@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: J-P Nurmi <jpnurmi@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Alex Blasche <alexander.blasche@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Sean Harmer <sean.harmer@kdab.com>
Reviewed-by: Topi Reiniö <topi.reinio@qt.io>

3 files changed, 329 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/classes.qdoc b/doc/src/classes.qdoc
index fedb5917..f8673115 100644
--- a/doc/src/classes.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/classes.qdoc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     \li \l{All Namespaces}
     \li \l{All Classes by Module}
     \li \l{Obsolete Classes}
-    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.8}
+    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.9}
     \endlist
 
     For more reference pages including QML types, visit \l{Qt Reference Pages}.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     \li \l{All QML Types}
     \li \l{All QML APIs by Module}
     \li \l{Obsolete QML Types}
-    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.8}
+    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.9}
     \endlist
 
     For more reference pages including C++ APIs, visit \l{Qt Reference Pages}.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     \li \l{All QML Basic Types}
     \li \l{All QML APIs by Module}
     \li \l{Obsolete QML Types}
-    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.8}
+    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.9}
     \endlist
 
     For more reference pages including C++ APIs, visit \l{Qt Reference Pages}.
diff --git a/doc/src/qt5-intro.qdoc b/doc/src/qt5-intro.qdoc
index 9aee699c..c28ea764 100644
--- a/doc/src/qt5-intro.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/qt5-intro.qdoc
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
 
     \section1 Related Topics
     \list
+    \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.9}
     \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.8}
     \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.7}
     \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.6}
diff --git a/doc/src/whatsnew/whatsnew59.qdoc b/doc/src/whatsnew/whatsnew59.qdoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a54cc705
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+++ b/doc/src/whatsnew/whatsnew59.qdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/*!
+    \page whatsnew59.html
+    \title What's New in Qt 5.9
+    \brief Lists the new features in Qt 5.9.
+
+    \section1 New Features in Qt 5.9
+
+    \section2 Qt Core Module
+    \list
+        \li Added the \c {qfloat16 f} and \c {qfloat16 &f} overload functions to
+            the QDataStream class for writing a floating point number to the
+            stream and reading it from the stream.
+        \li Made the QProcessEnvironment class available on iOS, tvOS, watchOS,
+            and VxWorks.
+        \li QRegularExpression now requires the PCRE2 library version 10.20, or
+            later. Support for the PCRE1 library was dropped. A copy of PCRE2
+            is shipped with Qt and will automatically be used on the platforms
+            that lack it.
+        \li Added the QOperatingSystemVersion class to provide convenient
+            access to the operating system and version.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt GUI Module
+    \list
+        \li Made the QPainter class' GL engine functional with core profile
+            OpenGL contexts.
+        \li Added the QImage::reinterpretAsFormat() function to change the image
+            format without changing the data.
+        \li Added support for \e {compute shaders} in QOpenGLShader::ShaderType
+            and QOpenGLShaderProgram also with OpenGL ES 3.1 and newer.
+        \li Enabled stem-darkening and gamma-correction on OpenType fonts on
+            platforms that use FreeType, if supported.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Multimedia Module
+    Added the following QML properties:
+    \list
+        \li \l{CameraCapture::supportedResolutions}
+            {CameraCapture.supportedResolutions}
+        \li \l{CameraFlash::supportedModes}{CameraFlash.supportedModes}
+        \li \l{MediaPlayer::notifyInterval}{MediaPlayer.notifyInterval} (also
+            for the \l Audio and \l Video types)
+        \li \l{MediaPlayer::loops}{Video.loops}
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Network Module
+    \list
+        \li Added the QNetworkAccessManager::addStrictTransportSecurityHosts()
+            function to support HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) policies.
+        \li Added the QNetworkAccessManager::redirectPolicy() function and the
+            QNetworkRequest::RedirectPolicy enumeration to determine whether the
+            Network Access API should automatically follow a HTTP redirect
+            response.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt QML Module
+    \list
+        \li Added support for ahead-of-time generation of QML type caches.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Quick Module
+    \list
+        \li Enabled caching OpenGL shader program binaries used by the Qt GUI
+            module (QPainter's GL paint engine) and the Qt Quick scenegraph on
+            disk to improve application-startup and view-initialization times.
+        \li Added an OpenVG backend for Qt Quick.
+        \li Enabled making window-screen associations directly from QML by using
+            \l {Window::screen}{Window.screen} and \l{Qt::application}
+            {Qt.application.screens}. This enables creating multi-screen aware
+            applications for desktop and embedded without involving C++ code.
+        \li Added a way to query information about the font actually used to
+            render a \l [QtQuick] Text type.
+        \li Added an image provider that can share decoded image data and memory
+            between processes.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Quick Controls 2 Module
+    \list
+        \li Introduced new QML types: \l DelayButton, \l ScrollView.
+        \li Added multi-touch support.
+        \li Made the \l ComboBox type editable.
+        \li Added the \l{Drawer::}{interactive} property for making a \l Drawer
+            type non-interactive and persistent.
+        \li Enabled live value updates (by default) for the \l Slider,
+            \l [QtQuickControls2] RangeSlider, and \l Dial types.
+        \li Added dedicated notification signals for user interaction:
+            AbstractButton::toggled(), Slider::moved(),
+            SpinBox::valueModified(), and so on.
+        \li Enabled incremental discrete scrolling with the \l ScrollBar type.
+        \li Added enabling and disabling the swipe for the \l SwipeDelegate
+            type. In addition, the swipe can now be opened programmatically.
+        \li Added support for the vertical orientation to the
+            \l {SwipeView::orientation}{SwipeView.orientation} property.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt 3D Module
+    \list
+        \li Added rendering Qt Quick 2 scenes to a texture and interacting with
+            them within a 3D world.
+        \li Added a Technical Preview of a new animation subsystem that enables
+            non-blocking, keyframe animations on the threadpool and exporting
+            from animations from Blender.
+        \li Added Physics Based Rendering (PBR) material
+            (\l{Qt3DExtras::}{QMetalRoughMaterial} and
+            \l{Qt3DExtras::}{QTexturedMetalRoughMaterial}) to Qt3DExtras for
+            improved appearance when used with environment maps.
+        \li Added 3D text support to Qt3DExtras.
+        \li Added the LevelOfDetail type to control the representation of an
+            entity based on distance from the observer or size on the screen. It
+            comes with a convenience loader class that loads different QML
+            files.
+        \li Made the \l Mesh type plugin based. It comes with plugins for the
+            Wavefront OBJ, PLY and FBX formats and makes it easy to add other
+            formats.
+        \li Added distance field based 2D textured text that can be freely
+            rotated but is based on planar geometry.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Bluetooth Module
+    \list
+        \li Added Classic Bluetooth support for WinRT.
+        \li Added Bluetooth LE Peripheral support for Android.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Charts Module
+    \list
+        \li Added support for minor grid lines for logarithmic axes.
+        \li Added options for legend marker shapes to QLegend::MarkerShape.
+        \li Added support for adding more than one bar series to a chart.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Location Module
+    \list
+        \li Added support for rotating and tilting maps.
+        \li Added touch gestures for rotating and tilting maps.
+        \li Improved support for stacking multiple \l Map types.
+        \li Added the MapCopyrightNotice type to flexibly position the
+            copyrights of multiple map elements on top.
+        \li Enabled styling the HTML copyright using CSS.
+        \li Added support for handing the rendering of map items to the plugin.
+        \li Added the \e MapboxGL plugin that is based on the
+            \c mapbox-gl-native mapping engine.
+        \li Added the \l Map::fitViewportToVisibleMapItems() method to only
+            consider visible items when fitting the viewport.
+        \li Added the MapItemGroup type to combine multiple map items in a
+            separate QML file.
+        \li Added the \l{Map::fieldOfView}{Map.fieldOfView} property to control
+            the camera's field of view when the map is tilted.
+        \li Added the MapParameter type to expose and control plugin-specific
+            runtime functionality.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt NFC Module
+    \list
+        \li Enabled using NFC when running as an Android service.
+        \li Added support for communicating with ISO-DEP, NFC-A, NFC-B, NFC-F,
+            and NFC-V tags or smartcards, such as the German eID card,
+            using QNearFieldTarget::sendCommand() on Android.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt SerialBus Module
+    \list
+        \li Added the CAN FD Bitrate Switch (BRS) and Error State Indicator
+            (ESI) flags to QCanBusFrame (QCanBusFrame::hasBitrateSwitch() and
+            QCanBusFrame::hasErrorStateIndicator()).
+        \li Added QCanBusDeviceInfo for information about available CAN
+            interfaces.
+        \li Added a plugin to support SYS-TEC electronic CAN adapters on
+            Windows.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt Virtual Keyboard Module
+    \list
+        \li Added support for selection handles for the dedicated (desktop)
+            keyboard.
+        \li Changed the behavior of the shift handler to only activate caps lock
+            if the shift key is double-clicked.
+        \li Added support for external keyboard layouts, which allows overriding
+            and exclusion of the built-in keyboard layouts.
+        \li Added a language selection popup for faster selection of the input
+            language.
+        \li Added support for the automatic selection of the only remaining word
+            in the suggestion list.
+        \li Made the word candidate list automatically hidden when inactive.
+        \li Added full screen input mode.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt WebEngine Module
+    \list
+        \li Based on Chromium 56.
+        \li Switched internally to the new Chromium build-system GN.
+        \li Added loading with HTTP POST.
+        \li Added support for user scripts with QQuickWebEngineProfiles and for
+            using QQuickWebEngineUserScripts from C++.
+        \li DownloadItems now get a reason when they are interrupted or fail.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Qt WebSockets Module
+    \list
+        \li Added support for handling external QTcpSocket objects.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section2 Embedded Platforms
+    \list
+        \li Added experimental DRM dumb buffer support to the \c linuxfb
+            platform plugin, to help devices that do not support the deprecated
+            \c fbdev  model (or have problems with \c fbdev emulation).
+        \li Added support for filtering and prediction of touch events to the
+            \c evdevtouch plugin.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section1 New Modules
+    \list
+        \li \l {Qt Gamepad} - Enables Qt gaming applications to respond to
+            gamepad input.
+     \endlist
+
+    This module was previously released as a technology preview and is
+    now a fully supported Qt add-on module.
+
+    \section1 Technology Preview Modules
+    \list
+        \li \l {Qt Network Authorization} -  Online authorization support with
+            OAuth protocol, versions 1 and 2.
+        \li \l {Qt Remote Objects} - Sharing QObject interfaces (signals, slots,
+            and properties) between processes or devices,
+        \li \l {Qt Speech} -  Text to speech and speech recognition
+            functionality. Currently only the text to speech features are
+            released. Includes backends for several speech synthesizers on
+            Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.
+     \endlist
+
+     \section1 Platform Changes
+     \list
+        \li Removed support for WinRT on Windows 8.1.
+        \li Debug builds on GCC platforms now use \c -Og optimizations by
+            default. This can be disabled with the configure flag
+            \c -no-optimize-debug.
+    \endlist
+
+    \section1 Deprecated Functionality
+    \list
+        \li Qt Script
+    \endlist
+
+    Deprecated modules are still included in Qt 5.9, but are considered for
+    removal in future releases.
+
+    \section1 List of API Changes
+
+    The pages below contain a list of API changes in Qt 5.9:
+    \list
+    \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.9}
+    \li \l{Obsolete Classes}
+    \endlist
+
+    \section1 Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases
+
+    \list
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.8}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.7}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.6}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.5}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.4}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.3}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.2}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.1}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.0}
+    \endlist
+
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \page newclasses59.html
+    \title New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.9
+    \brief A list of new APIs in Qt 5.9.
+
+    This page contains a comprehensive list of all new classes and functions
+    introduced in Qt 5.9. Links to new APIs in previous Qt 5 releases are found
+    at the bottom of this page.
+
+    \sincelist 5.9
+
+    \section1 Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases
+
+    \list
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.8}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.7}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.6}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.5}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.4}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.3}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.2}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.1}
+        \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.0}
+    \endlist
+*/
+