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<h1 class="title">MUtilities – README</h1>
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<li><a href="#introduction"><span class="toc-section-number">1</span> Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="#project-structure"><span class="toc-section-number">2</span> Project Structure</a></li>
<li><a href="#example"><span class="toc-section-number">3</span> Example</a><ul>
<li><a href="#build-notes"><span class="toc-section-number">3.1</span> Build Notes</a></li>
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<li><a href="#api-documentation"><span class="toc-section-number">4</span> API Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="#license"><span class="toc-section-number">5</span> License</a></li>
<li><a href="#acknowledgement"><span class="toc-section-number">6</span> Acknowledgement</a></li>
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<h1 id="introduction"><span class="header-section-number">1</span> Introduction</h1>
<p>The <strong>MUtilities</strong> library is a collection of routines and classes to extend the <a href="http://qt-project.org/"><em>Qt cross-platform framework</em></a>. It contains various convenience and utility functions as well as wrappers for OS-specific functionalities. The library was originally created as a "side product" of the <a href="http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/"><strong>LameXP</strong></a> application: Over the years, a lot of code, <strong>not</strong> really specific to <em>LameXP</em>, had accumulated in the <em>LameXP</em> code base. Some of that code even had been used in other projects too, in a "copy & paste" fashion – which had lead to redundancy and much complicated maintenance. In order to clean-up the LameXP code base, to eliminate the ugly redundancy and to simplify maintenance, the code in question has finally been refactored into the <strong>MUtilities</strong> (aka "MuldeR's Utilities for Qt") library. This library now forms the foundation of <em>LameXP</em> and <a href="https://github.com/lordmulder"><em>other OpenSource projects</em></a>.</p>
<h1 id="project-structure"><span class="header-section-number">2</span> Project Structure</h1>
<p>The <em>MUtilities</em> project directory is organized as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>bin/</code> – compiled library files (static or shared), link those files in projects that use the MUtilities library</li>
<li><code>docs/</code> – programming interface documentation, generated with Doxygen tool</li>
<li><code>etc/</code> – miscellaneous files, everything that doesn't fit in anywhere else</li>
<li><code>include/</code> – public header files, include this directory in projects that use the MUtilities library</li>
<li><code>obj/</code> – object code files, intermediate files generated during the build process</li>
<li><code>res/</code> – resource files, required for building the MUtilities library</li>
<li><code>src/</code> – source code files, required for building the MUtilities library (third-party code in <code>src/3rd_party/</code>)</li>
<li><code>test/</code> – unit tests, based on Google Test framework</li>
<li><code>tmp/</code> – temporary files, automatically generated during the build process</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="example"><span class="header-section-number">3</span> Example</h1>
<p>Here is a minimal example on how to use the <em>MUtilities</em> library in your project:</p>
<pre><code>//MUtils
#include <MUtils/Global.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
qDebug("Random number: %u\n", MUtils::next_rand_u32());
}</code></pre>
<h2 id="build-notes"><span class="header-section-number">3.1</span> Build Notes</h2>
<ul>
<li>In order to use the <em>MUtilities</em> library in your project, your build environment must have already been set up for building Qt-based projects. Setting up Qt is <em>not</em> covered by this document.</li>
<li>Additionally, make sure that <em>MUtilities'</em> <code>include/</code> directory is contained in your "Additional Include Directories" and that the <em>MUtilities'</em> <code>bin/</code> directory is contained in your "Additional Library Directories".</li>
<li>Finally, make sure that your project links against the <code>MUtils32-1.lib</code> library file. For each build configuration, pick the proper <strong>.lib</strong> file from the corresponding <code>bin/<platform>/<config>/</code> directory!</li>
<li>If your projects intends to use the <em>MUtilities</em> library as a <strong>static</strong> library, then the macro <code>MUTILS_STATIC_LIB</code> <em>must</em> be added to your project's "Preprocessor Definitions".</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="api-documentation"><span class="header-section-number">4</span> API Documentation</h1>
<p>A fully-fledged documentation of the <em>MUtilities</em> programming interface (API) is available thanks to <a href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/"><em>Doxygen</em></a>. Please see <a href="docs/index.html"><strong><code>docs/index.html</code></strong></a> for details!</p>
<h1 id="license"><span class="header-section-number">5</span> License</h1>
<p>This library is free software. It is released under the terms of the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html"><em>GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1</em></a>.</p>
<pre><code>MUtilities - MuldeR's Utilities for Qt
Copyright (C) 2004-2018 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>. Some rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</code></pre>
<h1 id="acknowledgement"><span class="header-section-number">6</span> Acknowledgement</h1>
<p>The following people have contributed in the development of the MUtilities library:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>John Buonagurio <<script type="text/javascript">
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Support for Qt5</li>
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<p>The following third-party code is used in the MUtilities library:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Keccak/SHA-3 Reference Implementation</strong><br />
Implementation by the Keccak, Keyak and Ketje Teams, namely, Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaël Peeters, Gilles Van Assche and Ronny Van Keer<br />
No Copyright / Dedicated to the Public Domain</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Natural Order String Comparison</strong><br />
Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <<script type="text/javascript">
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Released under the zlib License</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Adler-32 Checksum Algorithm (from zlib)</strong><br />
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler<br />
Released under the zlib License</p></li>
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<p><strong>e.o.f.</strong></p>
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