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author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-07-23 17:13:36 -0500 |
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committer | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-07-23 17:13:36 -0500 |
commit | d3f7a9d6f1b8f6e24fb49aaa8caeaa7623ae48b5 (patch) | |
tree | baeeba639393f46abab749f4700a250091c3cc16 /tqtinterface/qt4/changes.immodule | |
parent | d7be1694839bacae31e500ea9e36b3c13257ce28 (diff) | |
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Apply all Qt3.3.8d patches
NOTE: This will *likely* break compilation of TQt4
Please wait a few days for fixes to be committed as needed!
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diff --git a/tqtinterface/qt4/changes.immodule b/tqtinterface/qt4/changes.immodule new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4eaac8d --- /dev/null +++ b/tqtinterface/qt4/changes.immodule @@ -0,0 +1,248 @@ +This file describes significant change from +qt-x11-immodule-bc-qt3.3.2-20040623. + +Differences from previous release +(qt-x11-immodule-unified-qt3.3.3-20040819) are itemized with '+' +sign. Search it to track incremental change. + +**************************************************************************** +* For users * +**************************************************************************** + +General +------- + ++ A strange character inversion problem on some input methods has been + fixed + + +Input methods +------------- + +- Added "simple" input method which provides dead/multi key composing + for latin languages + + +User Interface +-------------- + +- Added input method selection menu in the context menu of text + widgets + + +Configuration +------------- + ++ default IM configuration feature of qtconfig has been disabled in BC + mode. This is a political change to avoid the confusion about input + method configuration in accordance with GTK+ environment. + + See following discussion for further information. + + http://freedesktop.org/pipermail/immodule-qt/2004-August/000416.html + +- Added new environment variables TQT_IM_SWITCHER and TQT_IM_MODULE to + set user's favorite input method as default. See README.immodule for + examples. + + +Build & Install +--------------- + ++ configure options have been changed for internal reasons. See 'How + to install' section of README.immodule + +- This version of immodule requires corresponding version of each + input method plugins (i.e. update your additional input method + plugins) + +- Plugin directory has been changed from $TQTDIR/plugins/input/ to + $TQTDIR/plugins/inputmethods/. Delete old directory. + +- Some codes have been changed to allow compiling against TQt 3.2.x or + earlier. + + +**************************************************************************** +* For develpers * +**************************************************************************** + +Documents +--------- + +- Almost description of TQInputContext and TQInputContextPlugin has been + filled. Feel free to ask obscure things at our mailinglist. + + +New features +------------ + +- Pluggable input method switcher + + Now we can write input method switcher as an ordinary input method + plugin. The two plugins 'imsw-multi' and 'imsw-none' are provided as + default. But the architecture needs more discussion about whether + the design is right or not. Join the discussion. + +- Pluggable popup menu + + Any input method can provide its own popup menu. See + http://freedesktop.org/pipermail/immodule-qt/2004-August/000266.html + for further information. + +- TQInputContext proxying + + Some methods of TQInputContext have been changed to enable + TQInputContext proxying. This feature is required to implement + pluggable input method switcher. + + +General +------- + ++ TQInputContext has been source compatible with TQt4 version. Basic + input method plugin can be source compatible without #ifdef. Only + pluggable popup menu requires #ifdef'ed different code. In addition, + be careful about use of classes that is deprecated in TQt4. + +- Our two development tree for TQt3 'Binary Compatible' and 'ALL' have + been merged into this unified source tree. The source tree is called + 'Unified' patch. + +- 'dead keys' for latin languages have been added into TQt::Key + +- Added plugins/src/inputmethods directory to build input method + plugins within the TQt source tree. The directory name 'inputmethods' + is intended to be compatible with TQt/Embedded. Install directory + name is still kept as 'input' for backward compatibility + +- Changed XIM input method to a plugin instead of directly link into + libqt + +- Plugin directory has been changed from $TQTDIR/plugins/input/ to + $TQTDIR/plugins/inputmethods/. Replace install directory with new + one. + +- Fixed some bugs in previous qt-x11-immodule-bc-qt3.3.2-20040623. See + following log for more detail. + + * src/kernel/tqwidget_x11.cpp + - (destroyInputContext): Replace the code with original Simplified + API patch. See the comment to recognize the original intention + - (focusInputContext): Fix a condition to call qic->setFocus() as + originally written. See added comment to recognize the original + intention + +- TQLocale dependency has been removed to be compiled on TQt 3.2.x or + earlier + +- Many internal improvements and cleanups + + +API Changes in qt-x11-immodule-unified-qt3.3.3-20040910 +------------------------------------------------------- ++ TQInputContext + + * TQInputContext() + + Added 'tqparent' arg to be compatible with TQt4. Since the arg + defaults to 0, no modification of plugins are required. + + * language() + * identifierName() + + Return type of these two methods have been changed from TQCString + which is deprecated in TQt4 to TQString to make plugins source + compatible with TQt4. + + * addActionsTo() + + New method for TQt4 text widget developer + + +API Changes in qt-x11-immodule-unified-qt3.3.3-20040812 +------------------------------------------------------- + +- TQInputContext proxying + + TQInputContext have been changed as follows to enable TQInputContext + proxying. + + 1. Use signal to deliver TQIMEvent instead of explicit + postEvent(). This enables TQIMEvent proxying and better platform + abstraction. Corresponding slot is created as + TQApplication::imEventReceived(). + + 2. Move some methods of TQInputContext to public from protected or + private. This enables that proxy-IM can access slave methods. + + 3. Make some methods of TQInputContext virtual. This enables + overriding the methods as proxy + + 4. Rename TQInputContext::name() to identifierName() to avoid + conflicting with TQObject::name() + + +- TQInputContext + + * language() + + New method to indicate current language + + * menus() + + New method for the pluggable popup menu feature + + * addMenusTo() + + New method for text widget developer + + * deletionRequested() + + New signal to request deletion of this instance. This is added for + fatal error handling + + * identifierName() + + This replaces name() of previous API to avoid conflicting with + TQObject::name(), and to distinguish the role from displayName() + + * filterEvent() + + Turn the argument into const. See + http://freedesktop.org/pipermail/immodule-qt/2004-August/000335.html + for further information + + * isComposing + * isPreeditRelocationEnabled + + Move to public from protected to allow proxying + + * setFocusWidget + * setHolderWidget + * releaseComposingWidget + + Move to public from private to allow proxying + + * tqfocusWidget + * holderWidget + + - Make public from protected to allow proxying + - Make virtual to allow overriding the method as proxy + +- TQInputContextPlugin + + * languages() + + New method which returns what languages are supported by the + TQInputContext instance + + * displayName() + + New method which returns a user friendly i18n-ized name of the + TQInputContext instance + + * description() + + New method which returns a i18n-ized brief description of the + TQInputContext instance |