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1 .TH wx\-config 1 "29 Sep 2004" "Debian GNU/Linux" "wxWidgets"
2
3 .SH NAME
4 wx-config \- wxWidgets configuration search and query tool
5
6 .SH SYNOPSIS
7 .nh
8 .HP
9 .B wx\-config [ OPTIONS ... ] [ LIB ... ]
10
11 .SH DESCRIPTION
12 .I wx\-config
13 returns information about the wxWidgets libraries available on your system.
14 It may be used to retrieve the information you require to build applications
15 using these libraries.
16 .PP
17 Changing the library options you wish to use for an application previously
18 involved managing alternative configurations by a system dependent means.
19 It is now possible to select from any of the configurations installed
20 on your system via this single tool. You can view all available
21 configurations installed in the system default prefix with the command
22 .I wx\-config \-\-list
23 and select from them by using the feature options described below.
24 .PP
25 Optional LIB arguments (comma or space separated) may be used to specify
26 individually the wxWidgets component libraries that you wish to use,
27 or to specify additional components not ususally included by default.
28 The magic token
29 .B std
30 may be used to import all libraries that would be used by default if none
31 were specified explicitly.
32 .br
33 eg.
34 .I wx-config --libs std,gizmos
35 .hy
36
37 .SH OPTIONS
38 .l
39 \fIwx\-config\fP accepts the following options with no restrictions on
40 their order as was required in previous releases:
41
42 .SS Installed root
43 These options change or query the filesystem root for the operations
44 listed below.
45
46 .TP 15
47 .B \-\-prefix[=PREFIX]
48 Without the optional argument, the current default prefix will be
49 output. If the argument is supplied, PREFIX will be searched for
50 matching configs in place of the default. You may use both forms
51 in the same command.
52 .TP 15
53 .B \-\-exec\-prefix[=EXEC-PREFIX]
54 Similar to \-\-prefix, but acts on the exec-prefix. If not specified
55 will default to the value of prefix.
56
57 .SS Query options
58 These options return information about the wxWidgets default version
59 and and installed alternatives.
60 .TP 15
61 .B \-\-list
62 List all configs in prefix and show those that match any additional
63 feature options given.
64 .TP 15
65 .B \-\-release
66 Output the wxWidgets release number.
67 .TP 15
68 .B \-\-version\-full
69 Output the wxWidgets version number in all its glory.
70 .TP 15
71 .B \-\-basename
72 Output the base name of the wxWidgets libraries.
73 .TP 15
74 .B \-\-selected-config
75 Output the signature of the selected wxWidgets library.
76 This is a string of the form "port-unicode-release-version".
77
78
79 .SS Feature options
80 These options select features which determine which wxWidgets
81 configuration to use.
82
83 .TP 15
84 .B \-\-host=HOST
85 Specify a (posix extended) regex of host aliases to match for cross
86 compiled configurations. eg. \-\-host=i586-mingw32msvc, \-\-host=.*
87 If unspecified, the default is to match only configurations native to
88 the build machine.
89 .TP 15
90 .B \-\-toolkit=TOOLKIT
91 Specify a (posix extended) regex of the toolkits to match.
92 The toolkit is responsible for look and feel of the compiled
93 application. eg. gtk, gtk2, motif, msw.
94 If unspecified the default is to prefer the system default toolkit,
95 but to match any toolkit in the absence of a stricter specification.
96 .TP 15
97 .B \-\-version[=VERSION]
98 Without the optional argument, return the wxWidgets version. If the
99 argument is supplied it specifies a (posix extended) regex of the
100 versions to match. If unspecified the default is to prefer the system
101 default version, but to match any version in the absence of a stricter
102 specification.
103 .TP 15
104 .B \-\-unicode[=yes|no]]
105 Specify the default character type for the application.
106 If unspecified, the system default will be preferred, but any type may
107 match in the absence of a stricter specification.
108 .TP 15
109 .B \-\-debug[=yes|no]]
110 Specify whether to create a debug or release build for the application.
111 If unspecified, the system default (release) will be preferred, but any
112 type may match in the absence of a stricter specification.
113 Debug builds should never be uploaded to Debian, but are very useful
114 for finding certain common failure idioms. You are encouraged to use
115 them during active development of applications. They are not binary
116 compatible with the release libraries.
117 .TP 15
118 .B \-\-static[=yes|no]]
119 Specify whether to statically or dynamically link wxWidgets libraries
120 into your application. If unspecified, the system default (dynamic)
121 will be preferred, but any type may match in the absence of a stricter
122 specification. Static linking is mainly useful still for cross ports
123 not natively supported by Debian, and can be hazardous in conjunction
124 with the gtk toolkits. Note that static libraries are no longer supplied
125 in the wxGTK packages any more.
126
127 .SS Compiler options
128 These options generate output required to build an application using
129 a particular wxWidgets configuration.
130
131 .TP 15
132 .B \-\-libs
133 Output link flags required for a \fIwxWidgets\fP application.
134 .TP 15
135 .B \-\-cppflags
136 Output parameters required by the C preprocessor.
137 .TP 15
138 .B \-\-cflags
139 Output parameters required by the C compiler.
140 .TP 15
141 .B \-\-cxxflags
142 Output parameters required by the C++ compiler.
143 .TP 15
144 .B \-\-cc
145 Output the name of the C compiler \fB$(CC)\fP.
146 .TP 15
147 .B \-\-cxx
148 Output the name of the C++ compiler \fB$(CXX)\fP.
149 .TP 15
150 .B \-\-ld
151 Output the linker command.
152
153 .SH COPYRIGHT
154 This manpage was written by Ron Lee <ron@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux
155 distribution of wxWindows. It may be freely distributed by anyone who finds
156 it useful.
157