docs/readme.txt

   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 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 2.0 currently supports the following platforms:
  25
  26 - Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
  27 - Unix with Motif/Lesstif
  28 - Unix with GTK+
  29
  30 Files
  31 -----
  32
  33 Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
  34 these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
  35 the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
  36 following:
  37
  38 wx200gen.zip            Generic source code and samples (required)
  39 wx200msw.zip            Windows-specific source code
  40 wx200mot.zip            Motif-specific source code
  41 wx200gtk.zip            GTK-specific source code
  42 wx200doc.zip            Documentation source code (not required)
  43 wx200hlp.zip            WinHelp documentation
  44 wx200pdf.zip            Acrobat PDF documentation
  45 wx200htm.zip            HTML documentation
  46 wx200vc.zip             MS VC++ 5.0 project files
  47 wx200cw.zip             Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
  48
  49 Installation
  50 ------------
  51
  52 wxWindows 2.0 needs to be compiled before you can test out
  53 the samples or write your own applications.
  54 For installation information, please see the install.txt file
  55 in the individual directories:
  56
  57   docs/msw
  58   docs/gtk
  59   docs/motif
  60
  61 Licence information
  62 -------------------
  63
  64 For licensing information, please see the files:
  65
  66   docs/preamble.txt
  67   docs/licence.txt
  68   docs/licendoc.txt
  69   docs/gpl.txt
  70   docs/lgpl.txt
  71
  72 Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
  73 proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
  74 addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
  75 the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
  76 distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
  77 don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
  78 commercial applications using wxWindows.
  79
  80 Documentation
  81 -------------
  82
  83 See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.0.
  84 See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
  85
  86 The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
  87 The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
  88
  89 Further information
  90 -------------------
  91
  92 The wxWindows Web site is located at:
  93
  94   http://wxwin.home.ml.org
  95
  96 The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific fiels and
  97 information) is located at:
  98
  99   http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
 100
 101 The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
 102
 103   ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
 104
 105 A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
 106 front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
 107 material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
 108
 109   http://wxwin.home.ml.org/cdrom
 110
 111 or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
 112
 113 Good luck!
 114
 115 The wxWindows Team, January 1999
 116