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+\chapter The 10 minute guide to using qmake
+
+\section1 Creating a project file
+
+\e qmake uses information stored in project (.pro) files to determine
+what should go in the makefiles it generates.
+
+A basic project file contains information about the application, for
+example, which files are needed to compile the application, and which
+configuration settings to use.
+
+Here's a simple example project file:
+\code
+    SOURCES = hello.cpp
+    HEADERS = hello.h
+    CONFIG += qt warn_on release
+\endcode
+
+We'll provide a brief line-by-line explanation, deferring the detail
+until later on in the manual.
+
+\code
+    SOURCES = hello.cpp
+\endcode
+
+This line specifies the source files that implement the application. In this
+case there is just one file, \e hello.cpp. Most applications retquire
+multiple files; this situation is dealt with by listing all the files
+on the same line space separated, like this:
+\code
+    SOURCES = hello.cpp main.cpp
+\endcode
+
+Alternatively, each file can be listed on a separate line, by escaping
+the newlines, like this:
+\code
+    SOURCES = hello.cpp \
+		main.cpp
+\endcode
+
+A more verbose approach is to list each file separately, like this:
+\code
+    SOURCES += hello.cpp
+    SOURCES += main.cpp
+\endcode
+This approach uses "+=" rather than "=" which is safer, because it
+always adds a new file to the existing list rather than replacing the
+list.
+
+The HEADERS line is used to specify the header files created for use
+by the application, e.g. 
+\code 
+    HEADERS += hello.h
+\endcode
+
+Any of the approaches used to list source files may be used for header
+files.
+
+The CONFIG line is used to give \e qmake information about the
+application's configuration.
+\code 
+    CONFIG += qt warn_on release
+\endcode
+
+The "+=" is used here, because we add our configuration options to any
+that are already present. This is safer than using "=" which replaces
+all options with just those specified.
+
+The \e qt part of the CONFIG line tells \e qmake that the application
+is built using Qt.  This means that \e qmake will link against the Qt
+libraries when linking and add in the neccesary include paths for
+compiling.
+
+The \e warn_on part of the CONFIG line tells \e qmake that it should
+set the compiler flags so that warnings are output.
+
+The \e release part of the CONFIG line tells \e qmake that the
+application must be built as a release application. During
+development, programmers may prefer to replace \e release with \e
+debug, which is discussed later.
+
+\omit
+The last line in the project file is the TARGET line:
+\code
+    TARGET = hello
+\endcode
+The target line simply specifies what the name of the target should be
+for the application.  You shouldn't put an extension here because \e
+qmake will do this for you.
+\endomit
+
+Project files are plain text (i.e. use an editor like notepad, vim
+or xemacs) and must be saved with a '.pro' extension. The name of the
+application's executable will be the same as the project file's name,
+but with an extension appropriate to the platform. For example, a
+project file called 'hello.pro' will produce 'hello.exe' on Windows
+and 'hello' on Unix.
+
+\section1 Generating a makefile 
+
+When you have created your project file it is very easy to generate a
+makefile, all you need to do is go to where you have created your
+project file and type:
+
+Makefiles are generated from the '.pro' files like this:
+\code
+    qmake -o Makefile hello.pro 
+\endcode
+
+For Visual Studio users, \e qmake can also generate '.dsp' files, for
+example:
+\code
+    qmake -t vcapp -o hello.dsp hello.pro
+\endcode