221 lines
8.1 KiB
Plaintext
221 lines
8.1 KiB
Plaintext
|
Qt 4.8 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
|
||
|
|
over the 4.7.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
|
||
|
|
included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.8
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The Qt version 4.8 series is binary compatible with the 4.7.x series.
|
||
|
|
Applications compiled for 4.7 will continue to run with 4.8.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
|
||
|
|
corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
|
||
|
|
information about a particular change.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* General *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
General Improvements
|
||
|
|
--------------------
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
-
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Third party components
|
||
|
|
----------------------
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Updated libpng to version x.y.z
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Library *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
QtCore
|
||
|
|
------
|
||
|
|
- Removed support for QT_NO_THREAD define for QHostInfo.
|
||
|
|
- Optimized plugin loading on ELF platforms.
|
||
|
|
Print failure reason at runtime with QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 in environment.
|
||
|
|
- QMutexLocker: improved performence of the non contended case by inlining some function
|
||
|
|
- QThreadStorage: Added possibility to store object by value instead of by pointer [QTBUG-15033]
|
||
|
|
- QThread: fixed few race conditions [QTBUG-17257, QTBUG-15030]
|
||
|
|
- QtConcurrent: added support for c++0x lambda in few functions
|
||
|
|
- QObject: Improved performence of the signal activation
|
||
|
|
- QObject: added ways to connect signals using QMetaMethod
|
||
|
|
- QObject: deprecated qFindChild and qFindChildren
|
||
|
|
- QObject: optimize constructions and destruction of objects
|
||
|
|
- QObject: Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection can handle the return value [QTBUG-10440]
|
||
|
|
- QList/QVector/QStringList: added C++0x initilizer lists constructors.
|
||
|
|
- QVarLenghtArray: added method for consistency with QVector
|
||
|
|
- QStringBuilder: added support for QByteArray
|
||
|
|
- qSwap now uses std::swap, specialized std::swap for our container to work better with stl algoritms
|
||
|
|
- QVariant: deprecated global function qVariantSetValue, qVariantValue, qVariantCanConvert, qVariantFromValue
|
||
|
|
- QUrl: add method for retrieving effective top level domain [QTBUG-13601] (MR-1205)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
QtGui
|
||
|
|
-----
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- QTabBar: reduced minimumSizeHint if ElideMode is set.
|
||
|
|
- QComboBox: Fixed a color propagation issue with the lineedit. [QTBUG-5950]
|
||
|
|
- Deprecate qGenericMatrixFromMatrix4x4 and qGenericMatrixToMatrix4x4
|
||
|
|
- QListView diverses optimisations [QTBUG-11438]
|
||
|
|
- QTreeWidget/QListWidget: use localeAwareCompare for string comparisons [QTBUG-10839]
|
||
|
|
- PNG image I/O: Much improved support for text annotations, including iTXt fields.
|
||
|
|
- QRawFont and QGlyphRun are introduced for low-level text rendering. [QTBUG-18252]
|
||
|
|
- QFont: hintingPreference() is introduced to control hinting in font rendering and
|
||
|
|
subpixel positioning of glyphs for Windows, Mac OS X and X11/raster. [QTBUG-10615]
|
||
|
|
- Subpixel positioned text layout is supported in raster and OpenGL paint engines.
|
||
|
|
- QFont: styleName() is added to allow selecting fonts with irregular style names
|
||
|
|
like UltraLight. [QTBUG-19366]
|
||
|
|
- Visual text cursor movement behavior is added to QTextEdit and QLineEdit controls,
|
||
|
|
which can be used as an optional mode for bi-directional text editing. [QTBUG-13859]
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Fix potential crash in QDockWidget.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Fix crash when asking for relations of child accessibles.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: More consistency in reporting names (especially when widget is invisible).
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Make focus handling more consistent.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Send updates when text changes.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Add IAccessible2 events.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Fix crash when accessing ItemViews during initialization.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Make QTabWidget child hierarchy consistent.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Report correct window title and application name.
|
||
|
|
- Accessibility: Return text attributes for QTextEdit.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
QtNetwork
|
||
|
|
---------
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- SSL: Switch default version to TLS 1.0
|
||
|
|
- SSL: enable Server Name Indication (SNI) by default
|
||
|
|
- QSslCertificate: report fraudulent certificates as invalid ("Comodogate") [QTBUG-18338]
|
||
|
|
- QSslCertificate: display non-ASCII names from subject and issuerInfo (MR-922)
|
||
|
|
- QSslCertificate: loat root certificates on demand on Unix (excluding Mac) [QTBUG-14016]
|
||
|
|
- QNetworkCookie: retain quotes in value attribute [QTBUG-17746]
|
||
|
|
- QNetworkCookie: allow spaces in unquoted values [QTBUG-18876]
|
||
|
|
- HTTP API: add support for HTTP multipart messages [QTBUG-6222]
|
||
|
|
- HTTP cache: do not load resources from cache that must be revalidated [QTBUG-18983]
|
||
|
|
- HTTP cache: change file organization (MR-2505)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
QtOpenGL
|
||
|
|
--------
|
||
|
|
- Removed dependency of OpenGL Utility Library (GLU)
|
||
|
|
- Added QGLFunctions, which provides cross-platform access to the
|
||
|
|
OpenGL/ES 2.0 API.
|
||
|
|
- Including <QtOpenGL> will not work in combination with GLEW, as
|
||
|
|
QGLFunctions will undefine GLEW's defines.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
QtScript
|
||
|
|
--------
|
||
|
|
- Deprecated qScriptValueFromQMetaObject, qScriptValueToValue, qScriptValueFromValue
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
QtSql
|
||
|
|
-----
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Update sqlite to 3.7.7.1
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Database Drivers *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Platform Specific Changes *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Qt for Linux/X11
|
||
|
|
----------------
|
||
|
|
- Now takes font hinting settings from GConf by default if running in
|
||
|
|
GNOME desktop.
|
||
|
|
- Various fixes to FontConfig font matching code to make it consistent
|
||
|
|
with other X11 programs. [QTBUG-2148, QTBUG-19947, QTBUG-14269]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Qt for Windows
|
||
|
|
--------------
|
||
|
|
- DirectWrite experimental text shaping engine is added with subpixel
|
||
|
|
positioning support. [QTBUG-12678]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Qt for Mac OS X
|
||
|
|
---------------
|
||
|
|
- raster graphics system is now made as the default paint engine for
|
||
|
|
Mac OS X. [QTBUG-12615]
|
||
|
|
- HarfBuzz can now be used as an optional text layout engine on Mac OS X.
|
||
|
|
[QTBUG-17728]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Qt for Embedded Linux
|
||
|
|
---------------------
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Qt for Windows CE
|
||
|
|
-----------------
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Compiler Specific Changes *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Tools *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Build System
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Assistant
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Designer
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-18631] Enabled the use of promoted QWidgets in the buddy editor.
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-18120] Fixed saving of the Z-order.
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-13683] Fixed saving of QGridLayout and QFormLayout
|
||
|
|
by QFormBuilder.
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-10890] Added a filter to the rich text editor dialog.
|
||
|
|
that simplifies the HTML markup generated.
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-7777] Added support for QIcon::fromTheme.
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-7169] Fixed QtUiTools to be built with the correct
|
||
|
|
lib-infix.
|
||
|
|
* [QTBUG-3120] Added support for alignment of box layout items.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Linguist
|
||
|
|
- Linguist GUI
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- lupdate
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- lrelease
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- rcc
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- moc
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- uic
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- uic3
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- qmake
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- configure
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- qtconfig
|
||
|
|
* removed Qt3support dependency
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- qt3to4
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Plugins *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
* Important Behavior Changes *
|
||
|
|
****************************************************************************
|
||
|
|
|