| | 1 | Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.5: a cross-platform GUI toolkit |
| | 2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | October 11th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce |
| | 5 | a development snapshot release of the mature cross-platform C++ |
| | 6 | application framework. |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | The following platforms are supported: |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
| | 11 | - Windows CE |
| | 12 | - Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0 |
| | 13 | - Linux/Unix with X11 (beta) |
| | 14 | - Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif |
| | 15 | - Mac OS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon |
| | 16 | - Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) |
| | 17 | - OS/2 (beta) |
| | 18 | - MGL (Linux and DOS) |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported |
| | 21 | on most of these platforms. |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at: |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | http://www.wxwidgets.org |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as |
| | 28 | an 'unstable' release. Improvements over 2.4.x include: |
| | 29 | numerous bug fixes, STL-like container classes, |
| | 30 | improved GTK+ 2 compatibility, new build system, |
| | 31 | improved Unicode compatibility, wxRenderer class, |
| | 32 | shaped frame and dialog windows on Windows and GTK+, |
| | 33 | more efficient UI update processing, print preview |
| | 34 | improvements, wxCrashReport class, OpenWatcom and |
| | 35 | Digital Mars compiler support, and more. Improvements |
| | 36 | over 2.5.2 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE |
| | 37 | support, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements. |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | *** About wxWidgets |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI |
| | 42 | framework, that can be used to build commercial and free |
| | 43 | software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's |
| | 44 | increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the |
| | 45 | world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide |
| | 46 | platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and |
| | 47 | vibrant user community. |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of |
| | 50 | each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also |
| | 51 | a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no |
| | 52 | other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded |
| | 53 | use. |
| | 54 | |
| | 55 | An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put |
| | 56 | off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn |
| | 57 | and use than MFC and other frameworks. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced |
| | 60 | features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing |
| | 61 | handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels |
| | 62 | and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support, |
| | 63 | HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop, |
| | 64 | a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes, |
| | 65 | a styled text control, and much more. An 1800-page reference manual |
| | 66 | is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF |
| | 67 | formats, and there are over 80 samples and demos. |
| | 68 | |
| | 69 | If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts |
| | 70 | reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent. |
| | 71 | If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start. |
| | 72 | |
| | 73 | wxWidgets bindings for several other languages are available, |
| | 74 | including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel. |
| | 75 | |
| | 76 | If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links: |
| | 77 | |
| | 78 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users |
| | 79 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots |
| | 80 | http://www.wxwidgets.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our |
| | 81 | ; users |
| | 82 | |
| | 83 | Have fun! |
| | 84 | |
| | 85 | The wxWidgets team |
| | 86 | |
projects / wxWidgets.git / blame_incremental