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/*!
\page qt-conf.html
\title Using qt.conf
The \c qt.conf file overrides the hard-coded paths that are
compiled into the Qt library. These paths are accessible using the
QLibraryInfo class. Without \c qt.conf, the functions in
QLibraryInfo return these hard-coded paths; otherwise they return
the paths as specified in \c qt.conf.
Without \c qt.conf, the Qt libraries will use the hard-coded paths
to look for plugins, translations, and so on. These paths may not
exist on the target system, or they may not be
accesssible. Because of this, you need \c qt.conf to make the Qt
libraries look elsewhere.
QLibraryInfo will load \c qt.conf from one of the following locations:
\list 1
\li \c :/qt/etc/qt.conf using the resource system
\li on Mac OS X, in the Resource directory inside the appliction
bundle, for example \c assistant.app/Contents/Resources/qt.conf
\li in the directory containing the application executable, i.e.
QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QDir::separator() + "qt.conf"
\endlist
The \c qt.conf file is an INI text file, as described in the \l
{QSettings::Format}{QSettings} documentation. The file should have
a \c Paths group which contains the entries that correspond to
each value of the QLibraryInfo::LibraryLocation enum. See the
QLibraryInfo documentation for details on the meaning of the
various locations.
\table
\header \li Entry \li Default Value
\row \li Prefix \li QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
\row \li Documentation \li \c doc
\row \li Headers \li \c include
\row \li Libraries \li \c lib
\row \li Binaries \li \c bin
\row \li Plugins \li \c plugins
\row \li Imports \li \c imports
\row \li Data \li \c .
\row \li Translations \li \c translations
\row \li Settings \li \c .
\row \li Examples \li \c .
\row \li Demos \li \c .
\endtable
Absolute paths are used as specified in the \c qt.conf file. All
paths are relative to the \c Prefix. On Windows and X11, the \c
Prefix is relative to the directory containing the application
executable (QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()). On Mac OS X,
the \c Prefix is relative to the \c Contents in the application
bundle. For example, \c application.app/Contents/plugins/ is the
default location for loading Qt plugins. Note that the plugins
need to be placed in specific sub-directories under the
\c{plugins} directory (see \l{How to Create Qt Plugins} for
details).
For example, a \c qt.conf file could contain the following:
\snippet snippets/code/doc_src_qt-conf.qdoc 0
*/
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