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Qt 3.2 introduces new features as well as many improvements over the
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3.1.x series. This file gives an overview of the main changes since
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version 3.1.2. For more details, see the online documentation which
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is included in this distribution. The documentation is also available
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at http://qt.nokia.com/doc/
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The Qt version 3.2 series is binary compatible with the 3.1.x series.
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Applications compiled for 3.1 will continue to run with 3.2.
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*			    General					   *
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ActiveQt
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Controls developed with ActiveQt support aggregation, which makes it
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possible to use them in containers that require this form of containment to
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be supported. ActiveQt also supports masked controls in containers that
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support this for window'ed controls.
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Compilers
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Note: Qt 3.2 is the last version to officially support IRIX MIPSpro
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o32 and Sun CC 5.0. A script, $QTDIR/bin/qt32castcompat, is provided
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for 3.2 which needs to be run for these compilers.
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*			   Library					   *
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- QApplication
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	Win32 only: Stop compressing mouse move events when a change
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	in the key state is detected. Allow multiple QApplication
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	objects be created sequentially by resetting the pointers to
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	static objects on destruction.
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- QClipboard
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	X11 only: Various fixes.
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- QDockWindow
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	Various layout fixes.
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- QFont related classes
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	Many fixes and improvements.
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- QGLWidget
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	X11 only: Various fixes to make pixmap rendering work better
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	with accelerated nVidia drivers.
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- QImage
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	Fixed writing of QImages.
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- QLayout
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	Fixed layout to take the menu bar's minimum width into
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	consideration and correctly propagate spacing() from parent to
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	child layouts.
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- QLineEdit
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 	Replace all non-printable characters with spaces when
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 	drawing. Added new function selectionStart() which returns
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	the index of the first selected character in the line edit.
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- QListBox
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	Improved item search based on keystrokes.
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- QListView
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	Don't move the inline item editor out of the visible area for
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	wide items. Ignore +/- indicator for columns other than the
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	first one. Fixed keyboard handling in Multi selection
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	mode. Improve drawing of extremely long item texts.
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- QListViewItem
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	Respects icons vertical alignment properly.
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- QMYSQLDriver
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	Better support for MySQL/embedded. Bind TEXT blob fields as
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	strings instead of byte arrays.
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- QPainter
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	Qt/Embedded only: Fixed printing issues.
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- QPrinter
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	Mac only: Fixed printing issues.
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- QSocketDevice
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	Windows only: Fixed setBlocking(TRUE) to work properly.
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- QString
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	Fixed toShort() and toUShort() to behave correctly when passed
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	a null pointer as 'ok' value.
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- QStyleFactory
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	Return the correct style name from the factory for the
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	WindowsXP style.
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- QTable
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	Replace old contents when editing. Take hidden rows into
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	account when activating cells. Clear the cell widget when
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	clearing a cell.
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- QTextBrowser
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	Fixed table headers to be bold.
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- QTextEdit
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	Implemented insertAt() for LogText mode. Fixed undoAvailable
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	and redoAvailable to be emitted correctly from the context
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	menu. Fixed tripleclick selection in QTextEdit.
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- QToolButton
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	Prevent nested openings of the tool button popups.
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- QWindowsXPStyle
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	Various paint bug fixes.
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