Qt 1.0 released (c++ gui library)

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Qt is a complete and well-developed object-oriented framework for developing
graphical user interface applications using C++. It has been used
professionally for over a year.

Troll Tech is proud to release a free version of Qt for the X Window System.

This release, Qt 1.0, is free for free software development on UNIX/X11 and
includes the complete Qt source code for X and makefiles for ten unixes,
including both SunOS and Solaris.

Qt has excellent documentation: 450 pages of postscript and fully cross-
referenced online documentation. See it at http://www.troll.no/qt/

Qt is easy to learn, with consistent naming across all the classes and a 14-
chapter on-line tutorial with links into the rest of the documentation.

Qt dramatically cuts down on development time and complexity in writing user
interface software. It allows the programmer to focus directly on the
programming task, and not mess around with low-level X11 code.

Qt is fully object-oriented. All widgets and dialogs are C++ objects, and,
using inheritance, creation of new widgets is easy and natural.

Qt's revolutionary signal/slot mechanism provides true component programming.
Reusable components can work together without any knowledge of each other,
and in a type-safe way.

Qt has a very fast paint engine, in some cases ten times faster than most
other toolkits. You have full access to low-level painting functionality.
Painting is device independent, so the same code that draws on the screen can
generate printer output. You can also do arbitrary clipping, rotation, and
scaling - simply and fast.

Qt is very fast and compact because it is based directly on Xlib and uses
neither Motif nor X Intrinsics. Qt's widgets (user interface objects)
emulate the Motif look and feel, with slight improvements.

Qt is available under several licenses: for commercial use, for use with free
software (X only) and for shareware developers (X only). Note that the
toolkit is the same, only the licenses differ.

Qt can be downloaded from http://www.troll.no/dl/ or via anonymous FTP from
ftp.troll.no.