| | 1 | Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit |
| | 2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce |
| | 5 | a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | The following platforms are supported: |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
| | 10 | - Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures |
| | 11 | - Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003 |
| | 12 | - Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+ |
| | 13 | - Unix with X11 (beta) |
| | 14 | - Unix with Motif/Lesstif |
| | 15 | - Mac OS X using Carbon |
| | 16 | - Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta) |
| | 17 | - OS/2 (beta) |
| | 18 | - MGL for Linux and DOS |
| | 19 | - Palm OS (alpha) |
| | 20 | |
| | 21 | To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at: |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/ |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | This is the first version in the new 2.7 development series. Please |
| | 26 | notice that this series is called "development" and not "stable" |
| | 27 | solely because ABI or API compatibility is not assured between |
| | 28 | different 2.7.x series versions. Rest assured however that these |
| | 29 | potentially incompatible changes are made in order to evolve the |
| | 30 | toolkit to the next ABI stable release series (2.8.x) and that |
| | 31 | normally efforts are made to preserve compilation compatibility, so |
| | 32 | often moving to a new development release just requires a full |
| | 33 | recompile of the application using wxWidgets. There are currently no |
| | 34 | known issues with the stability of the programs using this version. |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the |
| | 37 | change log file included in the distribution for more details. The |
| | 38 | most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were: |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | - AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable |
| | 41 | windows and much more |
| | 42 | - richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl |
| | 43 | - New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls |
| | 44 | - New wxTreebook book-like control |
| | 45 | - New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls |
| | 46 | - wxHyperlinkCtrl control |
| | 47 | |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | *** About wxWidgets |
| | 50 | |
| | 51 | wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI |
| | 52 | framework, that can be used to build commercial and free |
| | 53 | software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's |
| | 54 | increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the |
| | 55 | world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide |
| | 56 | platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and |
| | 57 | vibrant user community. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of |
| | 60 | each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also |
| | 61 | a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no |
| | 62 | other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded |
| | 63 | use. |
| | 64 | |
| | 65 | An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put |
| | 66 | off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn |
| | 67 | and use than MFC and other frameworks. |
| | 68 | |
| | 69 | As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced |
| | 70 | features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing |
| | 71 | handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels |
| | 72 | and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support, |
| | 73 | HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop, |
| | 74 | a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes, |
| | 75 | a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual |
| | 76 | is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF |
| | 77 | formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos. |
| | 78 | |
| | 79 | If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts |
| | 80 | reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent. |
| | 81 | If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start. |
| | 82 | |
| | 83 | wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available, |
| | 84 | including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel. |
| | 85 | |
| | 86 | If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links: |
| | 87 | |
| | 88 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users |
| | 89 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots |
| | 90 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm ; Some of our users |
| | 91 | |
| | 92 | Have fun! |
| | 93 | |
| | 94 | The wxWidgets team |
| | 95 | |
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