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/* -*- mode: C++ ; c-file-style: "stroustrup" -*- *****************************
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* Copyright (C) 1997 Josef Wilgen
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* Copyright (C) 2002 Uwe Rathmann
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the Qwt License, Version 1.0
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*****************************************************************************/
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This file contains NO source code, just some documentation for doxygen to
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\mainpage Qwt - Qt Widgets for Technical Applications
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The Qwt library contains GUI Components and utility classes which are primarily
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useful for programs with a technical background. Beside a 2D plot widget
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it provides scales, sliders, dials, compasses, thermometers, wheels and knobs
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to control or display values, arrays, or ranges of type double.
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\section homepage Project page
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The official project page is hosted at
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<a href="http://qwt.sourceforge.net">sourceforge</a>
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\section license License
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Qwt is distributed under the terms of the \ref qwtlicense.
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\section platforms Platforms
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Qwt 5.x might be usable in all environments where you find
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<a href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt">Qt</a>.
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It is compatible with Qt 3.3.x and Qt 4.x, but the documentation
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is generated for Qt 4.x.\n
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\section screenshotsonmainpage Screenshots
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- \ref curvescreenshots\n
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- \ref scatterscreenshots\n
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- \ref spectrogramscreenshots\n
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- \ref histogramscreenshots\n
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- \ref controlscreenshots\n
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\latexonly Screenshots are only available in the HTML docs.\endlatexonly
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\section downloads Downloads
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Stable releases, prereleases and snapshots are available at the Qwt <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qwt">project page</a>.
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Qwt doesn't distribute binary packages, but below is a incomplete list
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<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/q/qwt.html">Debian</a>,
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<a href="http://packman.links2linux.de/package/libqwt5">S.u.S.E</a>,
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<a href="ftp://open-gnss.org/pub/fedora/qwt">Fedora</a>,
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<a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-libs;name=qwt">Gentoo</a>.
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<a href="http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/qwt">Fink</a>.
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<a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin//search_packages.pl?version=all&subword=0&exact=1&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=qwt&searchon=sourcenames">Ubuntu</a>.
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For getting a 5.2 development snapshot from the SVN repository:
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\code svn co https://qwt.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/qwt/trunk/qwt \endcode
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For getting a snapshot with all bugfixes for the latest 5.1 release:
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\code svn co https://qwt.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/qwt/branches/qwt-5.1 \endcode
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\section installonmainpage Installation
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Have a look at the qwt.pro project file. It is prepared for building
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dynamic libraries in Win32 and Unix/X11 environments.
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If you don't know what to do with it, read the file \ref qwtinstall and/or
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<a href="http://www.trolltech.com/developer/documentation/index.html">qmake</a> documentation. Once you have build the library you have to install
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all files from the lib, include and doc directories.
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\section support Support
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For all kind of Qwt related questions use the Qwt <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=13693">mailing list</a>.\n
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If you prefer newsgroups use the mail to news gateway of <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.qwt.general">Gmane</a>.
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<a href="http://www.qtcentre.org">Qt Centre</a> is a great resource for Qt
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related questions. It has a sub forum, that is dedicated to
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Qwt related questions.
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- Individual support\n
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If you are looking for individual support, or need someone who implements
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your Qwt component/application contact qwt-support@tigertal.de.
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\section relatedprojects Related Projects
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<a href="http://qwtpolar.sourceforge.net">QwtPolar</a>, a polar plot widget.\n
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<a href="http://qwtplot3d.sourceforge.net">QwtPlot3D</a>, an OpenGL 3D plot widget.\n
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<a href="http://soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html">QtiPlot</a>,
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data analysis and scientific plotting tool, using QwtPlot.
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\section languagebindings Language Bindings
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<a href="http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net">PyQwt</a>, a set of Qwt Python bindings.\n
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<a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum/">Korundum/QtRuby</a>, including a set of Qwt Ruby bindings.\n
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\section donations Donations
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Sourceforge offers a <a href="http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=20244&group_id=1"> Donation System</a> via PayPal. You can use it, if you like to <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=13693">support</a> the development of Qwt.
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\section credits Credits:
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Uwe Rathmann, Josef Wilgen ( <= Qwt 0.2 )
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Uwe Rathmann \<rathmann@users.sourceforge.net\>
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\page qwtlicense Qwt License, Version 1.0
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\page qwtinstall INSTALL
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\page curvescreenshots Curve Plots
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\image html sinus.png
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\image html cpuplot.png
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\image html graph.png
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\image html curves.png
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\page scatterscreenshots Scatter Plot
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\image html scatterplot.png
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\page spectrogramscreenshots Spectrogram, Contour Plot
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\image html spectrogram1.png
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\image html spectrogram2.png
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\image html spectrogram3.png
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\page histogramscreenshots Histogram
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\image html histogram.png
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\page controlscreenshots Dials, Compasses, Knobs, Wheels, Sliders, Thermos
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\image html radio.png
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\image html sliders.png
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\image html dials1.png
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\image html dials2.png
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\image html sysinfo.png