[dot] Qt 4.0 Beta 2 Released

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From: binner <>
Dept: now-waiting-for-svn-switch
Date: Tuesday 12/Apr/2005, @16:50

Qt 4.0 Beta 2 Released
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   Trolltech [http://www.trolltech.com/] has released the second and
final beta version of Qt 4
[http://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/00000200.html]. You can
download it from ftp.trolltech.com [ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/]
or from one of its mirrors
[http://www.trolltech.com/download/betas.html]. The online Qt Reference
Documentation [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.0/] has been updated. Qt 4 is
currently scheduled for final release in late Q2, 2005, with an
intermediate Release Candidate planned for May.

     In addition to improvements to the five key technologies presented
in beta 1 - Arthur, Scribe, Interview, Tulip and Mainwindow - the second
beta version incorporates nearly all new features, tools and resources
that will appear in the Qt 4 final release. Features now available in Qt
4 beta 2 include:

    * Improvements to the Qt 3 to 4 porting tool and supporting
      documentation
    * Feature additions to Qt Designer, including support for MDI and
      SDI modes, and support for custom widgets
    * A new painting subsystem which allows device-independent rendering
      of pixel-exact images
    * An improved input method framework
    * Addition of XP (under Windows only) and Motif styles

     Additional improvements have also been made to the Qt3Support
Library. Trolltech aims to maintain the Qt3Support Library for the
lifetime of the Qt 4 series, and will also support the Qt 3 series for a
minimum of two years beyond the release of Qt 4.