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PR: Update Readme to mention that we now support PySide2. #114

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Update Readme to mention that we now support PySide2.
rlaverde May 9, 2017
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Change PyQt5 layout to Qt5 layout in the Readme.
rlaverde May 9, 2017
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# QtPy: Abtraction layer for PyQt5/PyQt4/PySide
# QtPy: Abtraction layer for PyQt5/PyQt4/PySide2/PySide

Copyright © 2009- The Spyder Development Team.

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**QtPy** is a small abstraction layer that lets you
write applications using a single API call to either PyQt or PySide.

It provides support for PyQt5, PyQt4 and PySide using the PyQt5 layout (where
the QtGui module has been split into QtGui and QtWidgets).
It provides support for PyQt5, PyQt4, PySide2 and PySide using the Qt5 layout
(where the QtGui module has been split into QtGui and QtWidgets).

Basically, you write your code as if you were using PyQt5 but import Qt modules
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@ccordoba12 @rlaverde we should change this to

Basically, you write your code as if you were using PySide2 but import Qt modules from qtpy instead of PySide2 (or PyQt5)

Which is what we actually do, because we use Signal instead of (PyQt5Signal) for instance....

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@rlaverde, please open a new PR for this.

from `qtpy` instead of `PyQt5`.
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### Requirements

You need PyQt5, PyQt4 or PySide installed in your system to make use
You need PyQt5, PyQt4, PySide2 or PySide installed in your system to make use
of QtPy. If several of these packages are found, PyQt5 is used by
default unless you set the `QT_API` environment variable.

`QT_API` can take the following values:

* `pyqt5` (to use PyQt5).
* `pyqt` or `pyqt4` (to use PyQt4).
* `pyside2` (to use PySide2)
* `pyside` (to use PySide).


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