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1 | wxWindows 2.0 |
| 2 | ------------- | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | Welcome to wxWindows 2.0, a sophisticated cross-platform C++ | |
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5 | framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where |
| 6 | possible) the native controls. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling | |
| 9 | windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, | |
| 10 | printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common | |
| 11 | file operations and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications. | |
| 12 | Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and | |
| 13 | tree controls on Unix, they are emulated. | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | A detailed 700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and | |
| 16 | Windows Help form. | |
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17 | |
| 18 | Platforms supported | |
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19 | ------------------- |
| 20 | ||
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21 | wxWindows 2.0 currently supports the following platforms: |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | - Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT | |
| 24 | - Unix with Motif/Lesstif | |
| 25 | - Unix with GTK+ | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | Files | |
| 28 | ----- | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of | |
| 31 | these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into | |
| 32 | the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the | |
| 33 | following: | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required) | |
| 36 | wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code | |
| 37 | wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code | |
| 38 | wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code | |
| 39 | wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required) | |
| 40 | wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation | |
| 41 | wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation | |
| 42 | wx200htm.zip HTML documentation | |
| 43 | wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files | |
| 44 | wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files | |
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46 | Installation |
| 47 | ------------ | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | wxWindows 2.0 needs to be compiled before you can test out | |
| 50 | the samples or write your own applications. | |
| 51 | For installation information, please see the install.txt file | |
| 52 | in the individual directories: | |
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53 | |
| 54 | docs/msw | |
| 55 | docs/gtk | |
| 56 | docs/motif | |
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| 2dc5505e | 58 | Licence information |
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59 | ------------------- |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | For licensing information, please see the files: | |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | docs/preamble.txt | |
| 64 | docs/licence.txt | |
| 65 | docs/licendoc.txt | |
| 66 | docs/gpl.txt | |
| 67 | docs/lgpl.txt | |
| 68 | ||
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69 | Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of |
| 70 | proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in | |
| 71 | addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, | |
| 72 | the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted | |
| 73 | distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you | |
| 74 | don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write | |
| 75 | commercial applications using wxWindows. | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | Documentation | |
| 78 | ------------- | |
| 79 | ||
| 80 | See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.0. | |
| 81 | See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp. | |
| 84 | The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf. | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | Further information | |
| 87 | ------------------- | |
| 88 | ||
| 89 | The wxWindows Web site is located at: | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | http://wxwin.home.ml.org | |
| 92 | ||
| 93 | The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific fiels and | |
| 94 | information) is located at: | |
| 95 | ||
| 96 | http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt | |
| 97 | ||
| 98 | The main wxWindows ftp site is at: | |
| 99 | ||
| 100 | ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin | |
| 101 | ||
| 102 | A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML | |
| 103 | front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other | |
| 104 | material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: | |
| 105 | ||
| 106 | http://wxwin.home.ml.org/cdrom | |
| 107 | ||
| 108 | or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>. | |
| 109 | ||
| 110 | Good luck! | |
| 111 | ||
| 112 | The wxWindows Team, January 1999 | |
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