| | 1 | wxWindows 2 beta 5 |
| | 2 | ------------------ |
| | 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 | wx200stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs |
| | 46 | wx200gen.zip/wxgen.tgz. |
| | 47 | wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required) |
| | 48 | wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation |
| | 49 | wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation |
| | 50 | wx200htm.zip HTML documentation |
| | 51 | wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files |
| | 52 | wx200bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files |
| | 53 | wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files |
| | 54 | |
| | 55 | The tarred, gzip archive comprises the following (or similar |
| | 56 | names). Not all of these files are available in all distributions, due |
| | 57 | to space restrictions. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | wxgtk.tgz All wxGTK source and samples |
| | 60 | wxmotif.tgz All wxMotif source and samples |
| | 61 | wxstubs.tgz Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs |
| | 62 | wx200gen.zip/wxgen.tgz. |
| | 63 | wxgen.tgz Generic code and samples (common to all ports) |
| | 64 | wxpdf.tgz Acrobat PDF documentation |
| | 65 | wxhtml.tgz HTML documentation |
| | 66 | wxdocsrc.tgz Documentation source |
| | 67 | |
| | 68 | Installation |
| | 69 | ------------ |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out |
| | 72 | the samples or write your own applications. |
| | 73 | For installation information, please see the install.txt file |
| | 74 | in the individual directories: |
| | 75 | |
| | 76 | docs/msw |
| | 77 | docs/gtk |
| | 78 | docs/motif |
| | 79 | |
| | 80 | Licence information |
| | 81 | ------------------- |
| | 82 | |
| | 83 | For licensing information, please see the files: |
| | 84 | |
| | 85 | docs/preamble.txt |
| | 86 | docs/licence.txt |
| | 87 | docs/licendoc.txt |
| | 88 | docs/gpl.txt |
| | 89 | docs/lgpl.txt |
| | 90 | |
| | 91 | Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of |
| | 92 | proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in |
| | 93 | addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary, |
| | 94 | the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted |
| | 95 | distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you |
| | 96 | don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write |
| | 97 | commercial applications using wxWindows. |
| | 98 | |
| | 99 | Documentation |
| | 100 | ------------- |
| | 101 | |
| | 102 | See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2. |
| | 103 | See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents. |
| | 104 | |
| | 105 | The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp. |
| | 106 | The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf. |
| | 107 | |
| | 108 | Further information |
| | 109 | ------------------- |
| | 110 | |
| | 111 | The wxWindows Web site is located at: |
| | 112 | |
| | 113 | http://www.wxwindows.org |
| | 114 | |
| | 115 | The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and |
| | 116 | information) is located at: |
| | 117 | |
| | 118 | http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt |
| | 119 | |
| | 120 | The main wxWindows ftp site is at: |
| | 121 | |
| | 122 | ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin |
| | 123 | |
| | 124 | A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML |
| | 125 | front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other |
| | 126 | material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: |
| | 127 | |
| | 128 | http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm |
| | 129 | |
| | 130 | or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>. |
| | 131 | |
| | 132 | Good luck! |
| | 133 | |
| | 134 | The wxWindows Team, February 1999 |
| | 135 | |
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