The MUtilities library is a collection of routines and classes to extend the Qt cross-platform framework. 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 LameXP application: Over the years, a lot of code, not really specific to LameXP, had accumulated in the LameXP 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 MUtilities (aka "MuldeR's Utilities for Qt") library. This library now forms the foundation of LameXP and other OpenSource projects.
The MUtilities project directory is organized as follows:
bin/
– compiled library files (static or shared), link those files in projects that use the MUtilities librarydocs/
– programming interface documentation, generated with Doxygen tooletc/
– miscellaneous files, everything that doesn't fit in anywhere elseinclude/
– public header files, include this directory in projects that use the MUtilities libraryobj/
– object code files, intermediate files generated during the build processres/
– resource files, required for building the MUtilities librarysrc/
– source code files, required for building the MUtilities library (third-party code in src/3rd_party/
)test/
– unit tests, based on Google Test frameworktmp/
– temporary files, automatically generated during the build processHere is a minimal example on how to use the MUtilities library in your project:
//MUtils
#include <MUtils/Global.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
qDebug("Random number: %u\n", MUtils::next_rand_u32());
}
include/
directory is contained in your "Additional Include Directories" and that the MUtilities' bin/
directory is contained in your "Additional Library Directories".MUtils32-1.lib
library file. For each build configuration, pick the proper .lib file from the corresponding bin/<platform>/<config>/
directory!MUTILS_STATIC_LIB
must be added to your project's "Preprocessor Definitions".A fully-fledged documentation of the MUtilities programming interface (API) is available thanks to Doxygen. Please see docs/index.html
for details!
This library is free software. It is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1.
MUtilities - MuldeR's Utilities for Qt
Copyright (C) 2004-2017 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
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The following people have contributed in the development of the MUtilities library:
The following third-party code is used in the MUtilities library:
Keccak/SHA-3 Reference Implementation
Implementation by the Keccak, Keyak and Ketje Teams, namely, Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaël Peeters, Gilles Van Assche and Ronny Van Keer
No Copyright / Dedicated to the Public Domain
Natural Order String Comparison
Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <>
Released under the zlib License
Adler-32 Checksum Algorithm (from zlib)
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
Released under the zlib License
e.o.f.