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Qt 3.2 beta Released

Posted by Hemos on from the get-out-the-new dept.

e8johan writes "The toolkit that KDE is based upon, Trolltech's Qt , has been released in a new version. Version 3.2 has better database support, better support for porting Motif applications, and more. The original announcement can be found in the Trolltech newsroom , and the download is in Trolltech's download area ."

11 comments

  1. Speed of Open source by cbcbcb · · Score: 4, Informative

    KDE has already benefitted from this release!

  2. KDE 3.2 by Tyreth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anyone have a rough idea how close the KDE team is to starting the release schedule for 3.2?

    1. Re:KDE 3.2 by oliverthered · · Score: 2, Interesting

      kde 3.2 progress
      Given the todo's are about twice the sice of the finished's I'd guess about 3-4 months. (3.1 was released 2 months ago i think...)

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  3. Features by makapuf · · Score: 2, Informative

    the new features include : (from QT site)

    The SQL support in Qt 3.2 includes drivers for IBM's DB2, complete support for stored procedures, and improved connection parameters.

    The addition of Indic script input and rendering means that Qt 3.2 now supports all major script-based languages, including advanced languages such as Hindi and Bengali. Qt 3.2 is also more efficient at font rendering.

    Qt Designer has two new, major features added in 3.2: A menu editor that provides the ability to add, edit and remove menus and menu items directly in the menubar and the popup menu; and enhanced support for adding complex, custom container widgets (such as custom tab widgets). Qt Designer also features improved ActiveQt integration.

    Qt Motif integration has been enhanced by additional documentation and code samples.

    Qt Assistant has been has been made more customizable. Developers can integrate Qt Assistant into their applications to provide a powerful a help system.

    The Qt library now also includes several new classes, including:
    - QSplashScreen (add splash screens to applications)
    - QToolBox (a toolbox that provides a column of tabbed widgets)
    - QThreadStorage (thread data storage support)

  4. 'KDE 3.2 release cycle' by oliverthered · · Score: 1

    Here's the thread on the KDE 3.2 release cycle.

    Couldn't find any solid information about the expected release date!

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  5. found solid information by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    we could. we could also hold off until N7Y and make a decision then. This
    would mean a release no sooner than the end of November (allowing ~3 months
    freeze time), which is only 2 more months than your proposed 5 months from
    now.

  6. Qt is by floydman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    very well designed. I have been using it for a couple years now. The signal/slot mechanism(which i belive is abstracted from borland's VCL structure) is quite impressing. Provides easy access to the methods of ur components... well, propably most of you know this already :-)

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    1. Re:Qt is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      If you like the signal/slot mechanism, I suggest you look at objective C.

    2. Re:Qt is by Arandir · · Score: 0

      That's irrelevent when 99% of your target developers do not know Objective C.

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    3. Re:Qt is by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      It seems the integrated Slashdot spell checker is offline:

      believe, not 'belive'

      impressive, not 'impressing'

      It provides, not 'Provides'

      your, not 'ur'

      probably, not 'propably'

      Quick, someone email Taco! Oh, wait. Nevermind.

    4. Re:Qt is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Since you insist, "It seems..." should have been "It appears..." -- a more appropriate intransitive verb.