Doc: Generalize timer docs

The snippets do not talk about Qt Widgets specifically.

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The main API for the timer functionality is QTimer. That class
provides regular timers that emit a signal when the timer fires, and
inherits QObject so that it fits well into the ownership structure
of most GUI programs. The normal way of using it is like this:
of most Qt programs. The normal way of using it is like this:
\snippet timers/timers.cpp 0
\snippet timers/timers.cpp 1
\snippet timers/timers.cpp 2
The QTimer object is made into a child of this widget so that,
when this widget is deleted, the timer is deleted too.
The QTimer object is made into a child of \c this object so that,
when \c this object is deleted, the timer is deleted too.
Next, its \l{QTimer::}{timeout()} signal is connected to the slot
that will do the work, it is started with a value of 1000
milliseconds, indicating that it will time out every second.