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    42 /*!
       
    43     \page demos.html
       
    44     \title Qt Demonstrations
       
    45     \brief Information about the demonstration programs provided with Qt.
       
    46 
       
    47     \previouspage Qt Examples
       
    48     \contentspage How to Learn Qt
       
    49     \nextpage What's New in Qt 4.6
       
    50 
       
    51     This is the list of demonstrations in Qt's \c demos directory.
       
    52     These are larger and more complicated programs than the
       
    53     \l{Qt Examples} and are used to highlight certain features of
       
    54     Qt.
       
    55 
       
    56     \table 50%
       
    57     \header
       
    58     \o {2,1} Getting an Overview
       
    59     \row
       
    60     \o \inlineimage qtdemo-small.png
       
    61     \o
       
    62     If you run the \l{Examples and Demos Launcher}, you'll see many of Qt's
       
    63     widgets in action.
       
    64 
       
    65     The \l{Qt Widget Gallery} also provides overviews of selected Qt
       
    66     widgets in each of the styles used on various supported platforms.
       
    67     \endtable
       
    68 
       
    69     If you are new to Qt, and want to start developing applications,
       
    70     you should probably start by going through the \l{Tutorials}.
       
    71 
       
    72     \section1 Painting
       
    73 
       
    74     \list
       
    75     \o \l{demos/composition}{Composition Modes} demonstrates the range of
       
    76        composition modes available with Qt.
       
    77     \o \l{demos/deform}{Vector Deformation} demonstrates effects that are made
       
    78        possible with a vector-oriented paint engine.
       
    79     \o \l{demos/gradients}{Gradients} shows the different types of gradients
       
    80        that are available in Qt.
       
    81     \o \l{demos/pathstroke}{Path Stroking} shows Qt's built-in dash patterns
       
    82        and shows how custom patterns can be used to extend the range of
       
    83        available patterns.
       
    84     \o \l{demos/affine}{Affine Transformations} demonstrates the different
       
    85        affine transformations that can be used to influence painting operations.
       
    86     \o \l{demos/arthurplugin}{Arthur Plugin} shows the widgets from the
       
    87        other painting demos packaged as a custom widget plugin for \QD.
       
    88     \endlist
       
    89 
       
    90     \section1 Item Views
       
    91 
       
    92     \list
       
    93     \o \l{demos/interview}{Interview} shows the same model and selection being
       
    94        shared between three different views.
       
    95     \o \l{demos/spreadsheet}{Spreadsheet} demonstrates the use of a table view
       
    96        as a spreadsheet, using custom delegates to render each item according to
       
    97        the type of data it contains.
       
    98     \endlist
       
    99 
       
   100     \section1 SQL
       
   101 
       
   102     \list
       
   103     \o \l{demos/books}{Books} shows how Qt's SQL support and model/view integration
       
   104        enables the user to modify the contents of a database without requiring
       
   105        knowledge of SQL.
       
   106     \o \l{demos/sqlbrowser}{SQL Browser} demonstrates a console for executing SQL
       
   107        statements on a live database and provides a data browser for interactively
       
   108        visualizing the results.
       
   109     \endlist
       
   110 
       
   111     \section1 Rich Text
       
   112 
       
   113     \list
       
   114     \o \l{demos/textedit}{Text Edit} shows Qt's rich text editing features and provides
       
   115        an environment for experimenting with them.
       
   116     \endlist
       
   117 
       
   118     \section1 Main Window
       
   119 
       
   120     \list
       
   121     \o \l{demos/mainwindow}{Main Window} shows Qt's extensive support for main window
       
   122        features, such as tool bars, dock windows, and menus.
       
   123     \o \l{demos/macmainwindow}{Mac Main Window} shows how to create main window applications that has 
       
   124       the same appearance as other Mac OS X applications.
       
   125     \endlist
       
   126 
       
   127     \section1 Graphics View
       
   128 
       
   129     \list
       
   130     \o \l{demos/chip}{40000 Chips} uses the
       
   131        \l{The Graphics View Framework}{Graphics View} framework to efficiently
       
   132        display a large number of individual graphical items on a scrolling canvas,
       
   133        highlighting features such as rotation, zooming, level of detail control,
       
   134        and item selection.
       
   135     \o \l{demos/embeddeddialogs}{Embedded Dialogs} showcases Qt 4.4's \e{Widgets on
       
   136        the Canvas} feature by embedding a multitude of fully-working dialogs into a
       
   137        scene.
       
   138     \o \l{demos/boxes}{Boxes} showcases Qt's OpenGL support and the
       
   139        integration with the Graphics View framework.
       
   140     \endlist
       
   141 
       
   142     \section1 Tools
       
   143 
       
   144     \list
       
   145     \o \l{demos/undo}{Undo Framework} demonstrates how Qt's
       
   146         \l{Overview of Qt's Undo Framework}{undo framework} is used to
       
   147         provide advanced undo/redo functionality.
       
   148     \endlist
       
   149 
       
   150     \section1 QtWebKit
       
   151 
       
   152     \list
       
   153     \o \l{Web Browser} demonstrates how Qt's \l{QtWebKit Module}{WebKit module}
       
   154         can be used to implement a small Web browser.
       
   155     \endlist
       
   156 
       
   157     \section1 Phonon
       
   158 
       
   159     \list
       
   160     \o \l{demos/qmediaplayer}{Media Player} demonstrates how the \l{Phonon Module} can be
       
   161     used to implement a basic media player application.
       
   162     \endlist
       
   163 
       
   164     \note The Phonon demos are currently not available for the MinGW platform.
       
   165 
       
   166 */