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diff --git a/dist/changes-4.5.0-garden b/dist/changes-4.5.0-garden new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ce258e7630 --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changes-4.5.0-garden @@ -0,0 +1,241 @@ +Qt 4.5.0-garden +--------------- + +The Qt for S60 "Garden" release is the fourth pre-release from the +Qt for S60 porting project. "Garden" is based on the Qt 4.5 codebase +and release focus has been on proper GUI integration. + +Up to and including change: b7621555cb1d1c97967dd40d63dd7e85a418407c + +Lists just S60 fixes, for general 4.5.0 changes go to: + + http://qt.nokia.com/developer/changes/changes-4.5.0 + +Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers +corresponding to tasks in the Task Tracker: + + http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker + +Each of these identifiers can be entered in the task tracker to obtain +more information about a particular change. Sometimes the task is internal +and cannot be viewed by the public, a lot of them are non-public for Qt for +S60 at the moment. + +**************************************************************************** +* New features * +**************************************************************************** + +New modules +----------- + +- qtmain + * Added a small static library called qtmain which is linked in + automatically for Qt applications on S60. qtmain includes an + implementation of E32Main() that sets up Qt correctly for S60. This + means that Qt no longer links to libcrt0.lib but uses qtmain instead. + However, if you are not linking against QtGui, you'll still have to + link to libcrt0. + +New classes +------------ + +- QS60Style + * Native look for Qt applications on S60 3.1 and later versions. The + style picks up the current theme parts, palettes and font settings + through the skinserver and uses these when painting in Qt. + The layout data for different resolutions is considered. + +Ported classes +-------------- + +- QDesktopServices + * Provides methods for accessing common desktop services: Opening the + browser with an url, launching documents with the standard application + and getting default system directories. + +- QClipboard + * Provides access to the window system clipboard. + +- QSysInfo + * QSysInfo class provides information about the system. + +Features +-------- + +- Input methods + * QInputMethodEvent will now be generated by Qt. + To use it, widgets must set the attribute WA_InputMethodEnabled and + implement QWidget::inputMethodQuery(...). + * Qt will use the underlaying FEP framework from S60. + * Multitap and T9 supported. + * Virtual keyboard for touch phones is supported. + * Most of the Qt widgets already have support for input methods. + +- Drag-n-Drop + * At the moment works only within same Qt process. + +- STL support for QtS60 + * use -stl switch when configuring Qt. + +Optimizations +------------- + + +**************************************************************************** +* Build issues * +**************************************************************************** + +- Fixed compilation on private S60 platforms by adding neccessary include paths. +- Fix compiler error if --gnu flag is given to RVCT. + + +**************************************************************************** +* Changes to existing classes * +**************************************************************************** + +- qapplication_s60.cpp (non-public) + * Simplified by introduction of qtmain. + * added CCoeControl to be the native representation of QWidget. + * Use window group from CEikonEnv instead of creating our own. + * No need to create/destroy RWsSession, this is now done by the Avkon + application. + * Handle pointer events from QSymbianControl. + * Stopped using QETWidget for translation, now handled by + QSymbianControl. + * MouseButtonDblClick mapped to EModifierDoubleClick (after dblclick + Symbian will send mouseButtonRelease. + +- QApplication + * Implemented setDoubleClickInterval(...). + * Improved widgetAt(). + * Added support for resizing widget's when the screen orientation + changes from portrait to landscape. For fullscreen and maximized + widgets this will ensure that they look correct in the new screen + layout. + +- qwindowsurface_s60.cpp (non-public) + * Stopped creating our own CWindowGc based on the RWindow and get + SystemGc from the CCoeControl we are currently painting on instead. + +- qeventdispatcher_s60.cpp + * Stopped using Active Objects to recieve events, we get them from + C*AppUi and CCoeControl instead. + +- QWidget + * Proper implementation for QDesktopWidget::availableGeometry. + * Improved raising and lowering widgets. + * Implemented setWindowTitle(...). + * Implemented QWidget::setWindowIcon(...) and made it to react to + different statuspane layouts. + * Improved focus handling (improved setFocus_sys). + * Fixed native window scrolling. Only use accelerated scroll if we are + scrolling a window owning widget. + * Improved setWindowState(...). + * Added implementation for createDefaultWindowSurface_sys(). + * Added implementation for setMask_sys(). + * Not creating a backing store for the top level widget (saves memory). + * winId() now returns a CCoeControl instead of RWindow. + +- QMenuBar + * Added support for using native S60 menues. + * Supported infinite level of menues inside menues. + * Supported checkboxes next to menu items). + +- QtCore and QtGui + * link to CONE and Uikon libraries and stop linking to glib and gthread. + * Renamed qt_deployment.pro to qt_libs.pro as it is more consistent. + +- Event loop / Event dispatcher + * We now integrate with the native loop, allowing CActiveScheduler and + QEventLoop to be used interchangably. + * Enabled posted events to work from the Symbian active scheduler too. + * Enable use of QEventLoop::ExcludeSocketEvents on Symbian. + * Improved handling of zero timers. + +- QColumnView + * Fixed a typo in one instance of QT_NO_QCOLUMNVIEW. + +- font rendering + * Speed increase + * Correctly render RTL text + * Proper shaping of complex writing systems + * Automatic font linking (aka merging) of different writing systems + * Rudimentary fallback glyph outline support + * Defaults to Symbians native (usually iType based) font rendering. + Alternatively, supports FreeType. Configure with -qt-freetype. + +- qcore_symbian_p.h (non-public) + * Added helper functions to convert QRect <-> TRect. + * Renamed qstringToTPtrC to qt_QString2TPtrC. + * Added helper function qt_TDisplayMode2Format. + * Added helper function to convert QSize <-> TSize. + * Added helper function to convert QString ->HBufC. + * Added helper function to convert TDesC -> QString. + +- QGraphicsSystem + * QRasterPixmapData(...) is specified as default pixmap data for S60. + +- QPixmap + * Improved grabWindow(...) when it comes to selecting client rect. + +- QDirModel + * Returns root dir name similary as done in Windows + +- QFSFileEngine + * copy(...) now uses Symbian native copy implementation which is more efficient + and doesn't leave temp files behind + +- QLocale + * Now has Symbian system locale support. + +**************************************************************************** +* Examples and demos * +**************************************************************************** + +**************************************************************************** +* Tools * +**************************************************************************** + +- qmake + * Support for QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS and QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS variables. + * Support BLD_INF_RULES variable. Adds entries to generated bld.inf file + * Added 'make' targets '<build>-<platform>' 'distclean' and 'run' + * New platform_paths.prf and data_caging_paths.prf contain several + variables and replacement functions for including known paths. + * The .pro file qt_libs.pro was moved to src/s60installs. + * Support for ICON variable for setting application icon. + * Support for RSS_RULES variable, which enables entries to be added to + generated application registration files. + * When bulding qmake and other bootstrapped tools we now use + "-warnings on" instead of "-warnings all". + * Improved error message if calls to $$system() fails. + * Fixed several issues when qmake is built for platform win32-mwc. + * Moved mocing step to the build step so it is not longer required to + do "abld build" or "abld makefile" to remoc. + * Improved "make clean". + * Increased max heap to 8Mb. + * Enabled __CC_ARM flag used by some versions of RVCT. + * Removed hard coded INCLUDEPATH from qmake - developer can control + the whole include path hierachy. + * Symbian export mechanism is no longer used for emulator deployment, + instead copy commands are generated to wrapper makefile and + executed during final phase of building, after post link. + * Removed -O1 flag from WINSCW builds. + * Added qmake function (size) to ask number of items in QStringList. + * Qt demos are now installed to QtDemos folder in S60 emulator. + * Qt examples are now installed to QtExamples folder in S60 emulator/HW. + * Plugin stubs suffix changed to ".qtplugin". + * Paths containing $${EPOCROOT}/epoc32 will now properly generate + absolute paths in mmps. + + +-configure + * Defaults for FREETYPE and SCRIPTTOOLS set to "no". + +**************************************************************************** +* Plugins * +**************************************************************************** + +**************************************************************************** +* Important Behavior Changes * +**************************************************************************** |