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42 /*! |
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43 \group platform-specific |
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44 \title Platform-Specific Documentation |
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45 \brief Documents describing platform-specific features of Qt. |
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46 |
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47 These documents describe platform-specific features provided by Qt, and |
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48 discuss issues related to particular platforms and environments. |
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49 |
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50 \generatelist{related} |
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51 */ |
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52 |
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53 /*! |
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54 \page platform-notes.html |
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55 \ingroup platform-specific |
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56 \title Platform Notes |
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57 \brief Information about the platforms on which Qt can be used. |
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58 |
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59 This page contains information about the platforms Qt is currently known |
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60 to run on, with links to platform-specific notes, including any known bugs |
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61 or incompatibilities. |
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62 |
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63 \list |
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64 \o \l{Platform Notes - X11} |
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65 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - X11} |
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66 \o \l{Platform Notes - Windows} |
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67 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - Windows} |
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68 \o \l{Platform Notes - Mac OS X} |
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69 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - Mac OS X} |
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70 \o \l{Platform Notes - Symbian} |
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71 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - Symbian} |
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72 \o \l{Platform Notes - Embedded Linux} |
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73 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - Embedded Linux} |
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74 \o \l{Platform Notes - Windows CE} |
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75 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - Windows CE} |
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76 \o \l{Platform Notes - QNX} |
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77 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - QNX} |
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78 \o \l{Platform Notes - VxWorks} |
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79 \tableofcontents{1 Platform Notes - VxWorks} |
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80 \endlist |
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81 |
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82 See also the \l{Compiler Notes} for information about compiler-specific |
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83 build issues. Information about the combinations of platforms and compilers |
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84 supported by Qt can be found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. |
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85 |
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86 If you have anything to add to this list or any of the platform or |
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87 compiler-specific pages, please submit it via the \l{Bug Report Form} |
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88 or through the \l{Public Qt Repository}. |
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89 */ |
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90 |
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91 /*! |
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92 \page platform-notes-x11.html |
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93 \title Platform Notes - X11 |
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94 \contentspage Platform Notes |
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95 |
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96 This page contains information about the X11 platforms Qt is currently |
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97 known to run on, with links to platform-specific notes. More information |
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98 about the combinations of platforms and compilers supported by Qt can be |
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99 found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. |
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100 |
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101 \tableofcontents |
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102 |
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103 \target AIX |
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104 \section1 AIX - 5.2 |
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105 |
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106 Qt has been tested on AIX 5.2, using the |
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107 \l{Compiler Notes#IBM xlC (AIX)}{xlC} compiler. |
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108 |
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109 \table |
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110 \header \o Compiler \o Notes |
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111 \row \o xlC |
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112 \o If Qt is built correctly but all symbols are reported to be missing |
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113 when you link an application, your makeC++SharedLib script might be out |
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114 of date. Make sure you have the latest version from the |
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115 \l{http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/vacpp/support/}{IBM website}. |
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116 \row \o GCC |
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117 \o We have tested earlier versions of Qt 4 successfully with GCC version |
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118 3.3 and above. Some versions of GCC may fail to link Qt with a "TOC overflow" |
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119 message. |
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120 Fix this by upgrading to the latest maintenance release of the dynamic |
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121 linker. On AIX this is bos.rte.bind_cmds.4.1.5.3 or later. |
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122 Some versions of GCC may fail to build Qt with STL and large-file support |
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123 enabled, due to |
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124 \l{http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9551}{a bug in GCC}. |
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125 Fix this by upgrading to the latest maintenance release of the compiler. |
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126 It is also possible to work around this problem by running configure with |
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127 either \c{-no-stl} or \c{-no-largefile}. |
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128 \endtable |
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129 |
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130 \target FreeBSD |
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131 \section1 FreeBSD - 6.0-RELEASE |
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132 |
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133 \note FreeBSD is a community supported platform. See the |
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134 \l{Supported Platforms} page for more information. |
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135 |
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136 The system compiler on FreeBSD 4.x is gcc 2.95.4, which is not |
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137 officially supported by Qt 4. We develop using and recommend |
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138 ports/lang/gcc34. You will need to run configure with the |
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139 \c{-platform freebsd-g++34} arguments. Optionally, you may use |
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140 ports/lang/icc. |
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141 |
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142 The system compiler on FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x is GCC 3.4.4, which should be |
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143 sufficient to build Qt. You do not need to add any special arguments when |
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144 running configure. Optionally, you may use ports/lang/icc. |
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145 |
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146 Note that we do not actively test FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x. Our developers |
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147 migrated to 6.x after the Qt 4 launch. FreeBSD-CURRENT is not supported. |
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148 |
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149 \target HP-UX |
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150 \section1 HP-UX |
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151 |
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152 Qt supports HP-UX on both PA-RISC and the Itanium (IA64) architectures. |
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153 |
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154 \section2 PA-RISC - B.11.11 or later |
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155 |
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156 You can configure Qt for aCC in 32 and 64 bit mode (hpux-acc-64 or |
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157 hpux-acc-32), or gcc in 32 bit mode (hpux-g++). The default platform is |
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158 hpux-acc-32. The minimum required version for aCC (HP ANSI C++) on PA-RISC |
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159 is A.03.57. The supported gcc compiler is gcc 3.4.3. |
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160 |
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161 \section2 Itanium - B.11.23 or later |
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162 |
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163 You can configure Qt for aCC in 32 and 64 bit mode (hpuxi-acc-64 or |
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164 hpuxi-acc-32). gcc is currently unsupported. The default platform is |
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165 hpuxi-acc-64. The minimum required version for aCC (HP ANSI C++) on |
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166 Itanium is A.06.12. |
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167 |
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168 \section2 OpenGL Support |
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169 |
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170 Qt's \l{QtOpenGL}{OpenGL} module requires GLX 1.3 or later to be installed. |
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171 This is available for HP-UX 11i - see the |
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172 \l{http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-2331/ch04s02.html}{Graphics and Technical Computing Software} |
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173 section of the release notes for more information. |
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174 |
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175 \target IRIX |
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176 \section1 IRIX - 6.5.x |
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177 |
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178 \bold{IRIX is an unsupported platform - please see Qt's online |
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179 \l{Platform Support Policy} for details.} |
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180 |
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181 Unpackaging and IRIX tar: |
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182 Because of long filenames some files will be cut off incorrectly with IRIX |
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183 tar. Please use GNU tar to unpack Qt packages. |
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184 |
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185 \section1 Linux |
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186 |
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187 There are no known problems with using Qt on production versions of |
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188 Linux/x86, Linux/ppc, Linux/amd64 and Linux/ia64 (including Altix(R)). |
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189 |
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190 For the gcc/g++ compiler, please also see the relevant |
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191 \l{Compiler Notes#GCC}{compiler page}. |
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192 |
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193 \section2 Installation problems |
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194 |
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195 See also the \l{Installation FAQ}. |
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196 |
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197 If you experience problems when installing new open source versions of Qt |
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198 versions, try to use the open source Qt archives (e.g., RPM) |
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199 provided by your Linux distribution. If you need to install the source (.tgz) |
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200 archive, be aware that you will probably end up with two different |
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201 versions of the Qt library installed on your system, which will probably |
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202 lead to link errors, like this: |
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203 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_platform-notes.qdoc 0 |
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204 Fix this by removing the old version of the library. |
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205 |
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206 If you have problems installing open source versions of Qt |
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207 provided by your Linux distribution (e.g., RPM), please consult the |
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208 maintainers of the distribution, not us. |
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209 |
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210 Some RPM versions have problems installing some of the Qt RPM archives |
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211 where installation stops with an error message warning about a |
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212 "Failed Dependency". Use the \c{--nodeps} option to \c rpm to workaround |
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213 this problem. |
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214 |
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215 \target Solaris |
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216 \section1 Solaris - 9 or later |
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217 |
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218 \section2 Unpackaging and Solaris tar |
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219 |
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220 On some Solaris systems, both Solaris tar and GNU tar have been reported |
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221 to truncate long filenames. We recommend using star instead |
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222 (http://star.berlios.de). |
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223 |
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224 \section2 CC on Solaris |
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225 |
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226 Be sure to check our \l{Compiler Notes#Sun Studio}{Forte Developer / Sun Studio} |
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227 notes. |
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228 |
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229 \section2 GCC on Solaris |
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230 |
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231 Be sure to check the installation notes for \l{GCC on Solaris}. |
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232 Do not use GCC with Sun's assembler/linker, this will result in link-time |
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233 errors in shared libraries. Use GNU binutils instead. |
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234 |
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235 GCC 3.2.* is known to miscompile Qt due to an optimizer bug that will |
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236 cause the resulting binaries to hang. Please use GCC 3.4.2 or later. |
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237 */ |
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238 |
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239 /*! |
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240 \page platform-notes-windows.html |
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241 \title Platform Notes - Windows |
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242 \contentspage Platform Notes |
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243 |
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244 This page contains information about the Windows platforms Qt is currently |
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245 known to run on, with links to platform-specific notes. More information |
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246 about the combinations of platforms and compilers supported by Qt can be |
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247 found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. |
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248 |
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249 \tableofcontents |
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250 |
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251 \section1 Windows Vista |
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252 |
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253 At the time Qt %VERSION% was released, there were no known Vista-specific issues. |
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254 |
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255 \target Windows NT |
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256 \section1 Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT |
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257 |
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258 \section2 Installation location |
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259 |
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260 Installing Qt into a directory with spaces, e.g. C:\\Program Files, may |
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261 cause linker errors like the following: |
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262 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_platform-notes.qdoc 2 |
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263 |
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264 Install Qt into a subdirectory without spaces to avoid this problem. |
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265 |
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266 \section2 AccelGALAXY graphic card |
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267 |
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268 When you use a NT 4.0 machine with the driver number |
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269 4,00,1381,1000,021,4.0.0 there is a problem with drag an drop and icons. |
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270 The computer freezes, and you have to reset. The problem disappears with |
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271 the newest version of the driver, available at |
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272 \l{http://www.es.com/}{www.es.com}. |
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273 |
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274 \section2 Possible GL conflict |
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275 |
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276 There is a known issue with running Microsoft NetMeeting, Lotus SameTime |
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277 and other applications that require screen grabbing while direct |
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278 rendering is enabled. Other GL-applications may not work as expected, |
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279 unless direct rendering is disabled. |
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280 */ |
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281 |
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282 /*! |
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283 \page platform-notes-mac.html |
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284 \title Platform Notes - Mac OS X |
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285 \contentspage Platform Notes |
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286 |
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287 This page contains information about the Mac OS X versions Qt is currently |
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288 known to run on, with links to platform-specific notes. More information |
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289 about the combinations of platforms and compilers supported by Qt can be |
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290 found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. |
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291 |
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292 \tableofcontents |
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293 |
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294 \section1 General Information |
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295 |
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296 Qt 4.6 applications can only be deployed on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) |
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297 and higher. |
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298 |
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299 Qt 4.4 and Qt 4.5 development is only supported on Mac OS X 10.4 and up. |
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300 Applications built against these version of Qt can be deployed on Mac OS X |
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301 10.3, but cannot be developed on that version of the operating system due |
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302 to compiler issues. |
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303 |
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304 Qt 4.3 has been tested to run on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and up. See notes on |
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305 the binary package for more information. |
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306 |
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307 Qt 4.1 has been tested to run on Mac OS X 10.2.8 and up. Qt 4.1.4 is the |
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308 last release to work with Mac OS X 10.2. |
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309 |
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310 \section2 Required GCC version |
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311 |
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312 Apple's gcc 4 that is shipped with the Xcode Tools for both Mac OS X 10.4 |
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313 and 10.5 will compile Qt. There is preliminary support for gcc 4.2 which |
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314 is included with Xcode Tools 3.1+ (configurable with |
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315 \c{-platform macx-g++42}). |
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316 |
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317 \section2 Binary Package |
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318 |
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319 The binary package requires that you have your .qt-license file in your |
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320 home directory. Installer.app cannot complete without a valid .qt-license |
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321 file. Evaluation users of Qt will have information about how to create |
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322 this file in the email they receive. |
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323 |
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324 The binary package was built on Mac OS X 10.4 with Xcode Tools 2.1 |
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325 (gcc 4.0.0) for Qt 4.1.0, Xcode Tools 2.2 (gcc 4.0.1) for Qt 4.1.1-4.1.4 |
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326 and Xcode Tools 2.3 for 4.2.0. It will only link executables built |
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327 against 10.4 (or a 10.4 SDK). You should be able to run applications |
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328 linked against these frameworks on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4+. |
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329 If you require a different configuration, you will have to use the |
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330 source package and build with GCC 3.3. |
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331 |
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332 \section2 Mac OS X on Intel hardware |
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333 |
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334 Qt 4 fully supports both the Intel and PowerPC architectures on the Mac. |
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335 As of Qt 4.1 it is possible to support the Intel architecture by |
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336 creating Universal Binaries with qmake. As of Qt 4.1 it is possible to |
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337 build Qt as a set of universal binaries and frameworks from configure by |
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338 adding these extra flags: |
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339 |
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340 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_platform-notes.qdoc 3 |
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341 |
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342 If you are building on Intel hardware you can omit the sdk parameter, but |
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343 PowerPC hardware requires it. |
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344 |
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345 You can also generate universal binaries using qmake. Simply add these |
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346 lines to your .pro file: |
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347 |
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348 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_platform-notes.qdoc 4 |
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349 |
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350 \section2 Build Issues |
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351 |
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352 If Qt does not build upon executing make, and fails with an error message |
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353 such as |
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354 |
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355 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_platform-notes.qdoc 5 |
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356 |
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357 this could be an indication you have upgraded your version of Mac OS X |
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358 (e.g. 10.3 to 10.4), without upgrading your Developer Tools (Xcode Tools). |
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359 These must match in order to successfully compile files. |
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360 |
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361 Please be sure to upgrade both simultaneously. If problems still occur, |
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362 contact support. |
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363 |
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364 \section2 Fink |
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365 |
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366 If you have installed the Qt for X11 package from \l{Fink}, |
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367 it will set the QMAKESPEC environment variable to darwin-g++. This will |
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368 cause problems when you build the Qt for Mac OS X package. To fix this, simply |
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369 unset your QMAKESPEC or set it to macx-g++ before you run configure. |
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370 You need to have a fresh Qt distribution (make confclean). |
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371 |
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372 \section2 MySQL and Mac OS X |
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373 |
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374 There seems to be a issue when both -prebind and -multi_module are |
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375 defined when linking static C libraries into dynamic library. If you |
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376 get the following error message when linking Qt: |
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377 |
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378 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_platform-notes.qdoc 6 |
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379 |
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380 re-link Qt using -single_module. This is only a problem when building the |
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381 MySQL driver into Qt. It does not affect plugins or static builds. |
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382 |
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383 \section2 Qt and Precompiled Headers (PCH) |
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384 |
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385 Starting with Qt 3.3.0 it is possible to use precompiled headers. They |
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386 are not enabled by default as it appears that some versions of Apple's |
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387 GCC and make have problems with this feature. If you want to use |
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388 precompiled headers when building the Qt source package, specify the |
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389 -pch option to configure. If, while using precompiled headers, you |
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390 encounter an internal compile error, try removing the -include header |
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391 statement from the compile line and trying again. If this solves the |
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392 problem, it probably is a good idea to turn off precompiled headers. |
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393 Also, consider filing a bug report with Apple so that they can |
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394 improve support for this feature. |
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395 */ |
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396 |
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397 /*! |
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398 \page platform-notes-windows-ce.html |
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399 \title Platform Notes - Windows CE |
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400 \contentspage Platform Notes |
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401 |
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402 This page contains information about the Windows CE and Windows Mobile |
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403 platforms Qt is currently known to run on, with links to platform-specific |
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404 notes. More information about the combinations of platforms and compilers |
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405 supported by Qt can be found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. |
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406 */ |
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407 |
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408 /*! |
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409 \page platform-notes-symbian.html |
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410 \title Platform Notes - Symbian |
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411 \contentspage Platform Notes |
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412 \ingroup platform-specific |
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413 \brief Information about the state of support for the Symbian platform. |
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414 |
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415 As with any port, the maturity for Qt for Symbian has not yet reached the |
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416 same level as other established Qt ports. This page documents the current |
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417 notes for the Symbian port. |
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418 |
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419 \section1 Source Compatibility |
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420 |
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421 Qt for Symbian provides the same level of source compatibility guarantee as |
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422 given for other platforms. That is, a program which compiles against a given |
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423 version of Qt for Symbian will also compile against all future versions of the |
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424 same major release. |
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425 |
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426 \section1 Binary Compatibility |
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427 |
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428 As with every supported platform, we will strive to maintain |
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429 application behavior and binary compatibility throughout the lifetime of |
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430 the Qt 4.x series. However, due to the fact that Symbian support is newly |
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431 added in 4.6.0, there is a slight possibility that minor corrections to the |
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432 application binary interface (ABI) might be required in 4.6.1, in order to |
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433 ensure compatibility going forward. Any such change will be clearly |
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434 documented in the release notes for 4.6.1. |
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435 |
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436 \section1 Supported Devices |
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437 |
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438 Qt is designed to work on any device which runs one of the following |
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439 versions of Symbian: |
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440 |
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441 \table |
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442 \header \o Symbian Version |
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443 \row \o S60 3.1 |
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444 \row \o S60 3.2 |
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445 \row \o S60 5.0 (Symbian ^1) |
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446 \endtable |
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447 |
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448 Qt has received \l{Tier 1 Platforms}{Tier 1} testing on the following phone models: |
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449 |
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450 \table |
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451 \header \o Phone |
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452 \row \o Nokia 5800 |
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453 \row \o Nokia E71 |
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454 \row \o Nokia E72 |
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455 \row \o Nokia N78 |
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456 \row \o Nokia N95 |
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457 \row \o Nokia N97 |
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458 \row \o Samsung i8910 |
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459 \endtable |
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460 |
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461 \section1 Supported Functionality |
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462 |
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463 The following technologies and classes are not currently supported: |
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464 |
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465 \table |
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466 \header \o Technology |
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467 \o Note |
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468 \row \o QtConcurrent |
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469 \o Planned for future release. |
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470 \row \o QtDBus |
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471 \o No current plans to support this feature. |
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472 \row \o QtOpenGL ES |
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473 \o Planned for future release. |
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474 \row \o Printing support |
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475 \o No current plans to support this feature. |
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476 \row \o Qt3Support |
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477 \o No current plans to support this feature. |
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478 \endtable |
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479 |
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480 The following technologies have limited support: |
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481 |
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482 \table |
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483 \header \o Technology |
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484 \o Note |
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485 \row \o QtSql |
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486 \o The only driver supported is SQLite. |
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487 \row \o QtMultimedia |
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488 \o Although the module itself is supported, no backend for Symbian |
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489 is currently available. However, there is a backend available |
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490 for Phonon. |
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491 \endtable |
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492 |
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493 \section1 Known Issues |
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494 |
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495 Known issues can be found by visiting the |
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496 \l{http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/pages/QtKnownIssues}{wiki page} with an |
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497 up-to-date list of known issues, and the list of bugs can be found by |
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498 \l{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG/component/19171}{browsing} the |
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499 S60 component in Qt's public task tracker, located at |
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500 \l{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/}{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/}. |
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501 |
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502 For information about mixing exceptions with Symbian leaves, see |
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503 \l{Exception Safety with Symbian}. |
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504 |
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505 \section1 Multimedia and Phonon Support |
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506 |
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507 Qt provides a backend for Qt's Phonon module, which supports |
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508 video and sound playback through Symbian's Multimedia Framework, MMF. |
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509 |
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510 In this release the support is experimental. Video playback may have |
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511 flickering issues, and support for effects and playback queueing is |
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512 incomplete. |
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513 |
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514 The audio and video formats that Phonon supports depends on what support |
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515 the platform provides for MMF. The emulator is known to have limited |
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516 codec support. |
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517 |
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518 In addition, there exists a backend for the Helix framework. However, due |
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519 to it not shipping with Qt, its availability depends on the Symbian |
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520 platform in use. If available, it is loaded in preference over the MMF |
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521 plugin. If the Helix plugin fails to load, the MMF plugin, if present on |
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522 the device, will be loaded instead. |
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526 \page platform-notes-embedded-linux.html |
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527 \title Platform Notes - Embedded Linux |
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528 \contentspage Platform Notes |
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530 This page contains information about the Embedded Linux platforms Qt is |
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531 currently known to run on, with links to platform-specific notes. More |
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532 information about the combinations of platforms and compilers supported |
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533 by Qt can be found on the \l{Supported Platforms} page. |
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