|
|
|
|
/*!
|
|
|
|
|
\page aboutntqt.html
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
\title About Qt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qt is a multiplatform C++ GUI toolkit created and maintained by\link
|
|
|
|
|
troll.html Trolltech\endlink. It provides application developers with
|
|
|
|
|
all the functionality needed to build applications with
|
|
|
|
|
state-of-the-art graphical user interfaces. Qt is fully
|
|
|
|
|
object-oriented, easily extensible, and allows true component
|
|
|
|
|
programming. Read the \link
|
|
|
|
|
http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/whitepaper.html
|
|
|
|
|
Whitepaper\endlink for a comprehensive technical overview.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Since its commercial introduction in early 1996, Qt has formed the
|
|
|
|
|
basis of many thousands of successful applications worldwide. Qt is
|
|
|
|
|
also the basis of the popular \link http://www.kde.org/ KDE \endlink
|
|
|
|
|
Linux desktop environment, a standard component of all major Linux
|
|
|
|
|
distributions. See our \link http://www.trolltech.com/success/
|
|
|
|
|
Customer Success Stories\endlink for some examples of commercial Qt
|
|
|
|
|
development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qt is supported on the following platforms:
|
|
|
|
|
\list
|
|
|
|
|
\i <b>MS/Windows</b> -- 95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, 2000, and XP
|
|
|
|
|
\i <b>Unix/X11</b> -- Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Compaq Tru64 UNIX,
|
|
|
|
|
IBM AIX, SGI IRIX and a wide range of others
|
|
|
|
|
\i <b>Macintosh</b> -- Mac OS X
|
|
|
|
|
\i <b>Embedded</b> -- Linux platforms with framebuffer support.
|
|
|
|
|
\endlist
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qt is released in different editions:
|
|
|
|
|
\list
|
|
|
|
|
\i The \link commercialeditions.html <b>Qt Enterprise
|
|
|
|
|
Edition\endlink</b> and the \link commercialeditions.html <b>Qt
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Edition\endlink</b> provide for commercial software
|
|
|
|
|
development. They permit traditional commercial software distribution
|
|
|
|
|
and include free upgrades and Technical Support. For the latest
|
|
|
|
|
prices, see the Trolltech web site, \link
|
|
|
|
|
http://www.trolltech.com/pricing.html Pricing and Availability\endlink
|
|
|
|
|
page, or contact \link mailto:sales@trolltech.com
|
|
|
|
|
sales@trolltech.com\endlink. The Enterprise Edition offers additional
|
|
|
|
|
\link modules.html modules \endlink compared to the Professional
|
|
|
|
|
Edition.
|
|
|
|
|
\endlist
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
\list
|
|
|
|
|
\i The \link opensourceedition.html <b>Qt Open Source Edition\endlink</b> is
|
|
|
|
|
available for Unix/X11, Macintosh and Embedded Linux. The Open Source Edition
|
|
|
|
|
is for the development of \e {Free and Open
|
|
|
|
|
Source software} only. It is provided free of charge under the terms
|
|
|
|
|
of both the \link license.html Q Public License\endlink and the \link
|
|
|
|
|
gpl.html GNU General Public License\endlink.
|
|
|
|
|
\endlist
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*/
|
