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diff --git a/doc/threads.doc b/doc/threads.doc index 951656b7..2a81a9ef 100644 --- a/doc/threads.doc +++ b/doc/threads.doc @@ -60,18 +60,12 @@ threading see our \link #reading Recommended Reading\endlink list. When TQt is installed on Windows, thread support is an option on some compilers. -On Mac OS X and Unix, thread support is enabled by adding the -\c{-thread} option when running the \c{configure} script. On Unix -platforms where multithreaded programs must be linked in special ways, -such as with a special libc, installation will create a separate -library, \c{libtqt-mt} and hence threaded programs must be linked -against this library (with \c{-ltqt-mt}) rather than the standard Qt -library. - -On both platforms, you should compile with the macro \c -TQT_THREAD_SUPPORT defined (e.g. compile with -\c{-DTQT_THREAD_SUPPORT}). On Windows, this is usually done by an -entry in \c{ntqconfig.h}. +On Mac OS X and Unix, thread support is enabled by default on platforms which +support it. It might be disabled by adding the \c{-no-thread} option when +running the \c{configure} script. Due to historical reasons on Unix platforms, +installation will create a separate library, \c{libtqt-mt} and hence threaded +programs must be linked against this library (with \c{-ltqt-mt}) rather than +the standard \c{libtqt} library. \section1 The Thread Classes |