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% MUtilities – README
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% Created by LoRd_MuldeR <<mulder2@gmx>> – check <http://muldersoft.com/> for news and updates!
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# Introduction #
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The **MUtilities** library is a collection of routines and classes to extend the [*Qt cross-platform framework*](http://qt-project.org/). 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**](http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/) 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*](https://github.com/lordmulder).
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# Project Structure
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The *MUtilities* project directory is organized as follows:
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* `bin/` – compiled library files (static or shared), link those files in projects that use the MUtilities library
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* `docs/` – programming interface documentation, generated with Doxygen tool
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* `etc/` – miscellaneous files, everything that doesn't fit in anywhere else
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* `include/` – public header files, include this directory in projects that use the MUtilities library
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* `obj/` – object code files, intermediate files generated during the build process
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* `res/` – resource files, required for building the MUtilities library
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* `src/` – source code files, required for building the MUtilities library (third-party code in `src/3rd_party/`)
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* `test/` – unit tests, based on Google Test framework
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* `tmp/` – temporary files, automatically generated during the build process
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# Example
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Here is a minimal example on how to use the *MUtilities* library in your project:
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//MUtils
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#include <MUtils/Global.h>
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
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{
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qDebug("Random number: %u\n", MUtils::next_rand_u32());
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}
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## Build Notes
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* In order to use the *MUtilities* library in your project, your build environment must have already been set up for building Qt-based projects. Setting up Qt is *not* covered by this document.
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* Additionally, make sure that *MUtilities'* `include/` directory is contained in your "Additional Include Directories" and that the *MUtilities'* `bin/` directory is contained in your "Additional Library Directories".
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* Finally, make sure that your project links against the `MUtils32-1.lib` library file. For each build configuration, pick the proper **.lib** file from the corresponding `bin/<platform>/<config>/` directory!
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* If your projects intends to use the *MUtilities* library as a **static** library, then the macro `MUTILS_STATIC_LIB` *must* be added to your project's "Preprocessor Definitions".
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# API Documentation
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A fully-fledged documentation of the *MUtilities* programming interface (API) is available thanks to [*Doxygen*](http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/). Please see [**`docs/index.html`**](docs/index.html) for details!
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# License
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This library is free software. It is released under the terms of the [*GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1*](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html).
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MUtilities - MuldeR's Utilities for Qt
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Copyright (C) 2004-2022 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>. Some rights reserved.
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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 GNU Lesser General Public
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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# Acknowledgement
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The following people have contributed in the development of the MUtilities library:
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* **John Buonagurio <<jbuonagurio@exponent.com>>**
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Support for Qt5
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The following third-party code is used in the MUtilities library:
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* **Keccak/SHA-3 Reference Implementation**
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Implementation by the Keccak, Keyak and Ketje Teams, namely, Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaël Peeters, Gilles Van Assche and Ronny Van Keer
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No Copyright / Dedicated to the Public Domain
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* **Natural Order String Comparison**
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Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <<mbp@sourcefrog.net>>
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Released under the zlib License
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* **Adler-32 Checksum Algorithm (from zlib)**
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Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
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Released under the zlib License
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**e.o.f.**
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