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diff --git a/examples/threads/doc/src/mandelbrot.qdoc b/examples/threads/doc/src/mandelbrot.qdoc index 842f4222ae..6ca0909f12 100644 --- a/examples/threads/doc/src/mandelbrot.qdoc +++ b/examples/threads/doc/src/mandelbrot.qdoc @@ -26,21 +26,23 @@ ****************************************************************************/ /*! - \example threads/mandelbrot + \example mandelbrot \title Mandelbrot Example + \ingroup qtconcurrent-mtexamples - The Mandelbrot example shows how to use a worker thread to + \brief The Mandelbrot example demonstrates multi-thread programming + using Qt. It shows how to use a worker thread to perform heavy computations without blocking the main thread's event loop. + \image mandelbrot-example.png Screenshot of the Mandelbrot example + The heavy computation here is the Mandelbrot set, probably the world's most famous fractal. These days, while sophisticated - programs such as \l{XaoS} that provide real-time zooming in the + programs such as \l{http://xaos.sourceforge.net/}{XaoS} that provide real-time zooming in the Mandelbrot set, the standard Mandelbrot algorithm is just slow enough for our purposes. - \image mandelbrot-example.png Screenshot of the Mandelbrot example - In real life, the approach described here is applicable to a large set of problems, including synchronous network I/O and database access, where the user interface must remain responsive |