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	1	wxWindows 2.0
	2	-------------
	3
	4	Welcome to wxWindows 2.0, 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	Platforms supported
	19	-------------------
	20
	21	wxWindows 2.0 currently supports the following platforms:
	22
	23	- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
	24	- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
	25	- Unix with GTK+
	26
	27	Files
	28	-----
	29
	30	Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
	31	these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
	32	the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
	33	following:
	34
	35	wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
	36	wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code
	37	wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
	38	wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
	39	wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
	40	wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
	41	wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
	42	wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
	43	wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files
	44	wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
	45
	46	Installation
	47	------------
	48
	49	wxWindows 2.0 needs to be compiled before you can test out
	50	the samples or write your own applications.
	51	For installation information, please see the install.txt file
	52	in the individual directories:
	53
	54	docs/msw
	55	docs/gtk
	56	docs/motif
	57
	58	Licence information
	59	-------------------
	60
	61	For licensing information, please see the files:
	62
	63	docs/preamble.txt
	64	docs/licence.txt
	65	docs/licendoc.txt
	66	docs/gpl.txt
	67	docs/lgpl.txt
	68
	69	Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
	70	proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
	71	addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
	72	the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
	73	distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
	74	don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
	75	commercial applications using wxWindows.
	76
	77	Documentation
	78	-------------
	79
	80	See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.0.
	81	See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
	82
	83	The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
	84	The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
	85
	86	Further information
	87	-------------------
	88
	89	The wxWindows Web site is located at:
	90
	91	http://wxwin.home.ml.org
	92
	93	The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific fiels and
	94	information) is located at:
	95
	96	http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
	97
	98	The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
	99
	100	ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
	101
	102	A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
	103	front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
	104	material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
	105
	106	http://wxwin.home.ml.org/cdrom
	107
	108	or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
	109
	110	Good luck!
	111
	112	The wxWindows Team, January 1999
	113