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	1	wxWindows 2 beta 3
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	3
	4	Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
	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.
	17
	18	For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a list of
	19	important documents and samples.
	20
	21	Platforms supported
	22	-------------------
	23
	24	wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
	25
	26	- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
	27	- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
	28	- Most Unix variants with GTK+
	29
	30	Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes
	31	(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
	32
	33	Files
	34	-----
	35
	36	Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
	37	these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
	38	the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
	39	following:
	40
	41	wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
	42	wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code
	43	wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
	44	wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
	45	wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
	46	wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
	47	wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
	48	wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
	49	wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files
	50	wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
	51
	52	Installation
	53	------------
	54
	55	wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out
	56	the samples or write your own applications.
	57	For installation information, please see the install.txt file
	58	in the individual directories:
	59
	60	docs/msw
	61	docs/gtk
	62	docs/motif
	63
	64	Licence information
	65	-------------------
	66
	67	For licensing information, please see the files:
	68
	69	docs/preamble.txt
	70	docs/licence.txt
	71	docs/licendoc.txt
	72	docs/gpl.txt
	73	docs/lgpl.txt
	74
	75	Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
	76	proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
	77	addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
	78	the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
	79	distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
	80	don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
	81	commercial applications using wxWindows.
	82
	83	Documentation
	84	-------------
	85
	86	See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.
	87	See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
	88
	89	The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
	90	The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
	91
	92	Further information
	93	-------------------
	94
	95	The wxWindows Web site is located at:
	96
	97	http://www.wxwindows.org
	98
	99	The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific fiels and
	100	information) is located at:
	101
	102	http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
	103
	104	The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
	105
	106	ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
	107
	108	A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
	109	front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
	110	material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
	111
	112	http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm
	113
	114	or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
	115
	116	Good luck!
	117
	118	The wxWindows Team, January 1999
	119