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/*!
    \page demos.html
    \title Qt Demonstrations
    \brief Information about the demonstration programs provided with Qt.

    \previouspage Qt Examples
    \contentspage How to Learn Qt
    \nextpage What's New in Qt 4.7

    This is the list of demonstrations in Qt's \c demos directory.
    These are larger and more complicated programs than the
    \l{Qt Examples} and are used to highlight certain features of
    Qt.

    \table 
    \header
    \o {2,1} Getting an Overview
    \row
    \o \inlineimage qtdemo-small.png
    \o If you run the \l{Examples and Demos Launcher}, you'll see many of Qt's
    widgets in action.

    The \l{Qt Widget Gallery} also provides overviews of selected Qt
    widgets in each of the styles used on various supported platforms.
    \endtable

    If you are new to Qt, and want to start developing applications,
    you should probably start by going through the \l{Tutorials}.

    \section1 Painting

    \list
    \o \l{demos/composition}{Composition Modes} demonstrates the range of
       composition modes available with Qt.
    \o \l{demos/deform}{Vector Deformation} demonstrates effects that are made
       possible with a vector-oriented paint engine.
    \o \l{demos/gradients}{Gradients} shows the different types of gradients
       that are available in Qt.
    \o \l{demos/pathstroke}{Path Stroking} shows Qt's built-in dash patterns
       and shows how custom patterns can be used to extend the range of
       available patterns.
    \o \l{demos/affine}{Affine Transformations} demonstrates the different
       affine transformations that can be used to influence painting operations.
    \o \l{demos/arthurplugin}{Arthur Plugin} shows the widgets from the
       other painting demos packaged as a custom widget plugin for \QD.
    \endlist

    \section1 Item Views

    \list
    \o \l{demos/interview}{Interview} shows the same model and selection being
       shared between three different views.
    \o \l{demos/spreadsheet}{Spreadsheet} demonstrates the use of a table view
       as a spreadsheet, using custom delegates to render each item according to
       the type of data it contains.
    \endlist

    \section1 SQL

    \list
    \o \l{demos/books}{Books} shows how Qt's SQL support and model/view integration
       enables the user to modify the contents of a database without requiring
       knowledge of SQL.
    \o \l{demos/sqlbrowser}{SQL Browser} demonstrates a console for executing SQL
       statements on a live database and provides a data browser for interactively
       visualizing the results.
    \endlist

    \section1 Rich Text

    \list
    \o \l{demos/textedit}{Text Edit} shows Qt's rich text editing features and provides
       an environment for experimenting with them.
    \endlist

    \section1 Main Window

    \list
    \o \l{demos/mainwindow}{Main Window} shows Qt's extensive support for main window
       features, such as tool bars, dock windows, and menus.
    \o \l{demos/macmainwindow}{Mac Main Window} shows how to create main window applications that has 
      the same appearance as other Mac OS X applications.
    \endlist

    \section1 Graphics View

    \list
    \o \l{demos/chip}{40000 Chips} uses the \l{Graphics View Framework} to 
       efficiently display a large number of individual graphical items on 
       a scrolling canvas and highlighting features including rotation, 
       zooming, level of detail control, and item selection.
    \o \l{demos/embeddeddialogs}{Embedded Dialogs} showcases Qt 4.4's 
       \e{Widgets on the Canvas} feature by embedding several 
       fully-functional dialogs in a scene.
    \o \l{demos/boxes}{Boxes} showcases Qt's OpenGL support and the
       integration with the \l{Graphics View Framework}.
    \endlist

    \section1 Tools

    \list
    \o \l{demos/undo}{Undo Framework} demonstrates how Qt's
        \l{Overview of Qt's Undo Framework}{undo framework} is used to
        provide advanced undo/redo functionality.
    \endlist

    \section1 QtWebKit

    \list
    \o \l{Web Browser} demonstrates how Qt's \l{QtWebKit} module can be used to
       implement a small Web browser.
    \endlist

    \section1 Multimedia

    \list
    \o \l{demos/spectrum}{Spectrum Analyser} shows how the \l{QtMultimedia}
       module can be used to manipulate audio as it is played.
    \endlist

    \section1 Phonon

    \list
    \o \l{demos/qmediaplayer}{Media Player} demonstrates how the
    \l{Phonon Module}{Phonon module} can be used to implement a basic media player
    application.
    \endlist

    \note The Phonon demos are currently not available for the MinGW platform.

    \section1 Multimedia

    \list
    \o \l{demos/spectrum}{Spectrum Analyzer} demonstrates how the \l{QtMultimedia Module}
    can be used to capture and play back an audio stream, at the same time allowing the
    application to access the raw audio data.  This application analyzes the audio stream
    in order to display a frequency spectrum.
    \endlist

    \section1 Animation

    \list
    \o \l{demos/sub-attaq}{Sub-Attaq} demonstrates the features of the
       \l{The Animation Framework}{animation framework} and
       \l{The State Machine Framework}{state machine framework} in the production of
       a simple game.
    \endlist

    \section1 Embedded Platforms

    \list
    \o \l{demos/embedded/anomaly}{Anomaly} is a small screen browser with kinetic scrolling.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/desktopservices}{Embedded Desktop Services} shows how to open
       documents using the applications associated with their file types.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/digiflip}{Digiflip} is a digital watch with transition effects.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/embeddedsvgviewer}{Embedded SVG Viewer} shows how to display SVG
       drawings on embedded devices.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/flickable}{Flickable List} shows how to display a list with kinetic scrolling.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/flightinfo}{Flight Info} fetches information about aircraft flights from the Web.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/fluidlauncher}{Fluid Launcher} demo application launcher for embedded screens
    \o \l{demos/embedded/lightmaps}{Light Maps} demonstrates OpenStreetMap integration with WebKit.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/raycasting}{Ray Casting} demonstrates the use of ray casting with the
       \l{Graphics View Framework}.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/styledemo}{Embedded Styles} demonstrates the use of styles.
    \o \l{demos/embedded/weatherinfo}{Weather Info} fetches weather information from the Web.
    \endlist
*/