| 1 | wxPython README |
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| 4 | Welcome to the wonderful world of wxPython! |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Once you have installed the wxPython extension module, you can try it |
| 7 | out by going to the [install dir]\wxPython\demo directory and typing: |
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| 9 | python demo.py |
| 10 | |
| 11 | There are also some other sample files there for you to play with and |
| 12 | learn from. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | If you selected to install the documentation then point your browser |
| 15 | to [install dir]\wxPython\docs\index.htm and you will then be looking |
| 16 | at the docs for wxWindows. For the most part you can use the C++ docs |
| 17 | as most classes and methods are used identically. Where there are |
| 18 | differences they are documented with a "wxPython Note." |
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| 20 | On Win32 systems the binary self-installer creates a program group on |
| 21 | the Start Menu that contains a link to running the demo and a link to |
| 22 | the help file. To help you save disk space I'm now using Microsoft's |
| 23 | HTML Help format. If your system doesn't know what to do with the help |
| 24 | file, you can install the HTML Help Viewer as part of IE 4+, NT |
| 25 | Service Pack 4+, or the HTML Workshop at |
| 26 | |
| 27 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp |
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| 29 | For some features, the latest common controls library from microsoft |
| 30 | is required. You can get this by installing IE 5.0 or Office 2000. |
| 31 | You can also get it independently from here: |
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| 33 | http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe |
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| 35 | Windows 95 users may also need the WinSock 2.0 and OpenGL libraries. |
| 36 | These can be found at these sites: |
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| 39 | http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp |
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| 41 | http://www.opengl.org/Downloads/Downloads.html |
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| 45 | Getting Help |
| 46 | ------------ |
| 47 | |
| 48 | Since wxPython is a blending of multiple technologies, help comes from |
| 49 | multiple sources. See the http://wxPython.org/ for details on various |
| 50 | sources of help, but probably the best source is the wxPython-users |
| 51 | mail list. You can view the archive or subscribe by going to |
| 52 | |
| 53 | http://lists.wxwindows.org/mailman/listinfo/wxpython-users |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Or you can send mail directly to the list using this address: |
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| 57 | wxpython-users@lists.wxwindows.org |
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| 60 | Other Info |
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| 63 | Please also see the following files in this directory: |
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| 65 | CHANGES.txt Information about new features, fixes, etc. in |
| 66 | each release. |
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| 68 | BUILD.unix.txt Instructions for building wxPython on various |
| 69 | Unix-like platforms. |
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| 71 | BUILD.win32.txt Instructions for building wxPython on Windows. |
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| 73 | licence/* Text of the wxWindows license. |
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| 77 | ----------------- |
| 78 | Robin Dunn |
| 79 | robin@alldunn.com |
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