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Here is a list of changes in Qt from 0.91 to 0.92.  Also look out
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for a few new classes; QPrinter, QFileDialog, QDir and QFileInfo.
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QApplication:
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  Use setMainWidget( x ), not exec( x ).
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QString:
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  upper(), lower(), stripWhiteSpace() and simplifyWhiteSpace() etc.
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  do NOT modify the string, instead they return a new string.
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QList and QVector:
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  Changed argument in QList::toVector() from reference to pointer
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  Changed argument in QVector::toList() from reference to pointer
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  Removed QVector::apply()
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  Removed QList::apply()
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QPainter:
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  pen(), brush() and font() no longer returns references.
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  You cannot do this any longer:
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	QPainter p;
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	...
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        p.pen().setColor( red );
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	p.brush().setStyle( NoBrush );
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  Instead, set a new pen or brush:
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	p.setPen( red );
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	p.setBrush( NoBrush );
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  This enables us to do better optimization, particularly for complex
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  programs.
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QFile, QFileInfo (new):
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  Removed QFile::setFileName, 
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  QFile::isRegular   => QFileInfo::isFile
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  QFile::isDirectory => QFileInfo::isDir
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  QFile::isSymLink   => QFileInfo::isSymLink
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Q2DMatrix/QWMatrix:
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  Q2DMatrix has been replaced with QWMatrix (qwmatrix.h)
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  enableImageCache() renamed to setOptimization().
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  Optimization is now default ON.  See doc for other optimization functions.
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  scanline() => scanLine()
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  signal textChanged( char * ) => textChanged( const char * );
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  slot   display( char * )     => display( const char * )
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    hourGlassCursor => waitCursor
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QButton and friends:
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    QIconButton removed, setPixmap() added to QButton to replace QIconButton
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    Renamed to QTableView (qtablevw.h)
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    Using int to identify rows and columns, not long.
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    Using int values, not long.
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    Using int values, not long.
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    setRGB => setRgb
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    getRGB => rgb
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    setHSV => setHsv
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    getHSV => hsv
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    Get font metrics from QWidget::fontMetrics() and QPainter::fontMetrics().
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    Get font info    from QWidget::fontInfo()    and QPainter::fontInfo().
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    The QFontMetrics(QFont) constructor no longer works.
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    We had to do these changes to support printing and Windows.
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There are more changes, left out because we consider them minor and
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uninteresting or because we forgot to mention them. :)