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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/doc/src/dnd.qdoc b/src/gui/doc/src/dnd.qdoc index 9f7fdc7fbf..844848c76c 100644 --- a/src/gui/doc/src/dnd.qdoc +++ b/src/gui/doc/src/dnd.qdoc @@ -399,13 +399,15 @@ On X11, the public \l{http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xdnd/}{XDND protocol} is used, while on Windows Qt uses the OLE standard, and - Qt for Mac OS X uses the Cocoa Drag Manager. On X11, XDND uses MIME, + Qt for OS X uses the Cocoa Drag Manager. On X11, XDND uses MIME, so no translation is necessary. The Qt API is the same regardless of the platform. On Windows, MIME-aware applications can communicate by using clipboard format names that are MIME types. Already some Windows applications use MIME naming conventions for their - clipboard formats. Internally, Qt uses QWindowsMime and - QMacPasteboardMime for translating proprietary clipboard formats - to and from MIME types. + clipboard formats. + + Custom classes for translating proprietary clipboard formats can be + registered by reimplementing QWinMime on Windows or + QMacPasteboardMime on OS X. */ |