6 * 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).
11 * The public API of the *MUtilities* library is defined in the following header files (select file for details):
12 * - **Global.h** – miscellaneous useful functions
17 * Here is a minimal example on how to use the *MUtilities* library in your project:
20 * #include <MUtils/Global.h>
22 * int main(int argc, char **argv)
24 * qDebug("Random number: %u\n", MUtils::next_rand_u32());
30 * 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).
32 * MUtilities - MuldeR's Utilities for Qt
33 * Copyright (C) 2004-2016 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>. Some rights reserved.
35 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
36 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
37 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
38 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
40 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
41 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
42 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
43 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
45 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
46 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
47 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
52 * The following third-party code is used in the MUtilities library:
54 * - **Keccak/SHA-3 Reference Implementation**
55 * Implementation by the Keccak, Keyak and Ketje Teams, namely, Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaƫl Peeters, Gilles Van Assche and Ronny Van Keer
56 * No Copyright / Dedicated to the Public Domain
58 * - **Natural Order String Comparison**
59 * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>
60 * Released under the zlib License
62 * - **Adler-32 Checksum Algorithm (from zlib)**
63 * Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
64 * Released under the zlib License