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/*!
    \contentspage{index.html}{Qt Creator}
    \page index.html
    \nextpage creator-overview.html

    \title Qt Creator Manual

    \section1 Version 2.0

    Qt Creator provides integrated tools for both application designers
    and developers to create applications for multiple desktop and mobile device
    platforms.

    For application designers, Qt Creator provides integrated
    visual editors, \QD
    \if defined(qtquick)
    and \QMLD,
    \endif
    that you can use to design and develop
    application user interfaces.

    For application developers,
    Qt Creator provides a cross-platform, complete integrated development
    environment (IDE) that is available for Linux,
    Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. For more information, see
    \l{Operating Systems and Supported Platforms}.

    \note Please report bugs and suggestions to the
    \l{http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com}{Qt Bug Tracker}.
    You can also join the Qt Creator mailing list. To subscribe,
    send a message with the word \e subscribe to
    \l{mailto:qt-creator-request@trolltech.com}
    {qt-creator-request@trolltech.com}. For more information about Qt mailing
    lists, visit \l{http://lists.trolltech.com}{http://lists.trolltech.com}.

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    \list
       \o \l{Introducing Qt Creator}
       \o \l{Operating Systems and Supported Platforms}
       \o \l{Quick Tour}
       \o \l{Getting Started}
           \list
               \o \l{Building and Running an Example Application}
               \o \l{Creating a Qt C++ Application}
               \o \l{Creating a Mobile Application with Nokia Qt SDK}
               \if defined(qtquick)
               \o \l{Creating a Qt Quick Application}
               \endif
           \endlist
       \o \l{Using the Editor}
            \list
                \o \l{Finding and Replacing}
                \o \l{Refactoring}
                \o \l{Searching With the Locator}
                \o \l{Pasting and Fetching Code Snippets}
                \o \l{Configuring the Editor}
                \o \l{Using FakeVim Mode}
                \o \l{Using an External Editor}
            \endlist
       \o \l{Managing Projects}
            \list
                \o \l{Creating a Project}
                \o \l{Setting Up a qmake Project}
                \o \l{Setting Up a CMake Project}
                \o \l{Setting Up a Generic Project}
                \o \l{Setting Up Development Environment for Maemo}
                \o \l{Setting Up Development Environment for Symbian}
                \o \l{Managing Sessions}
            \endlist
       \o \l{Building and Running Applications}
            \list
                \o \l{Building for Multiple Targets}
                \o \l{Specifying Build Settings}
                \o \l{Specifying Run Settings}
                \o \l{Specifying Editor Settings}
                \o \l{Specifying Dependencies}
            \endlist
       \if defined(qtquick)
       \o \l{Developing Qt Quick Applications}
       \endif
       \o \l{Optimizing Applications for Mobile Devices}
       \o \l{Using the Maemo Emulator}
       \o \l{Debugging}
            \list
            \o \l {Debugging Qt Applications}
            \list
                \o \l{Debugging the Example Application}
                \o \l{Interacting with the Debugger}
                \o \l{Setting Up Debugger}
                \o \l{Using Debugging Helpers}
            \endlist
            \if defined(qtquick)
            \o \l{Debugging Qt Quick Applications}
            \endif
            \if defined(qtquick)
                \list
                    \o \l{Using the QML Inspector}
                \endlist
            \endif
            \endlist
       \o \l{Using Version Control Systems}
       \o \l{Adding Qt Designer Plugins}
       \o \l{Tips and Tricks}
       \o \l{Keyboard Shortcuts}
       \o \l{Known Issues}
       \o \l{Glossary}
       \o \l{Acknowledgements}
    \endlist
*/


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    \contentspage index.html
    \previouspage index.html
    \page creator-overview.html
    \nextpage creator-os-supported-platforms.html

  \title Introducing Qt Creator

  Qt Creator provides you with tools to design and develop user interfaces and
  complex applications for multiple desktop and mobile
  platforms.

  \section1 Designing User Interfaces

  \if defined(qtquick)

  Qt Creator provides two integrated visual editors, \QD and \QMLD.

  \endif

  \QD is a tool for designing and building graphical user interfaces (GUIs) from
  Qt widgets. You can compose and customize your widgets or dialogs and test
  them using different styles and resolutions.

  Widgets and forms created with \QD are integrated seamlessly with programmed code,
  using the Qt signals and slots mechanism, that lets you easily assign behavior to
  graphical elements. All properties set in \QD can be changed dynamically within the code.
  Furthermore, features like widget promotion and custom plugins allow you to use your
  own widgets with \QD.

    \if defined(qtquick)

  UIs that use widgets are clearly structured and enforce a platform look and feel,
  which makes them useful for traditional applications. However, they are static, and
  do not fully make use of the large high-resolution screens, touch input, and significant
  graphics power that are becoming common in portable consumer devices, such as mobile
  phones, media players, set-top boxes, and netbooks.

  \QMLD allows you to easily develop animations by using a declarative programming
  language called \l {http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/declarativeui.html}{QML}.
  In QML, a user interface is specified as a tree of objects with properties.

  You use a visual editor to create items, screens, and applications, as well as define changes
  in their state. \QMLD generates the necessary code for you.

  \note The visual \QMLD editor is provided as an experimental plugin that you must
  enable to be able to edit QML files in the \gui Design mode. Enabling the
  visual editor can negatively affect the overall stability of Qt Creator.

  You can edit the code in the code editor to add transitions from one state to another,
  and interaction to specify user actions that change the states. You
  can use Qt or JavaScript to implement the application logic.

  \endif

  \section1 Coding Applications

  As an IDE, Qt Creator differs from a text editor in that it knows how to build and run
  applications. It understands the code as code, not just as plain text. This allows
  it to:
  \list
      \o Enable you to write well formatted code
      \o Anticipate what you are going to write and complete the code
      \o Display inline error and warning messages
      \o Enable you to semantically navigate to classes, functions, and symbols
      \o Provide you with context-sensitive help on classes, functions, and symbols
      \o Rename symbols in an intelligent way, so that other symbols with the same name
         that belong to other scopes are not renamed
      \o Show you the locations in code where a function is declared or called
   \endlist

      \section1 Why Do You Need Projects?

      To be able to build and run applications, Qt Creator needs the same
      information as a compiler would need. This information is specified in the
      project build and run settings.

      Creating a project allows you to:
      \list