docs/latex/wx/cppconst.tex

   1 \section{Preprocesser symbols defined by wxWidgets}\label{cppconst}
   2
   3 These are preprocessor symbols used in the wxWidgets source, grouped
   4 by category (and sorted by alphabetical order inside each category). All of
   5 these macros except for the \texttt{wxUSE\_XXX} variety is defined if the
   6 corresponding condition is true and undefined if it isn't, so they should be
   7 always tested using \texttt{#ifdef} and not \texttt{#if}.
   8
   9 \subsection{GUI system}\label{guisystemconst}
  10
  11 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  12 \twocolitem{\_\_WINDOWS\_\_}{any Windows, yom may also use \_\_WXMSW\_\_}
  13 \twocolitem{\_\_WIN16\_\_}{Win16 API (not supported since wxWidgets 2.6)}
  14 \twocolitem{\_\_WIN32\_\_}{Win32 API}
  15 \twocolitem{\_\_WIN95\_\_}{Windows 95 or NT 4.0 and above system (not NT 3.5x)}
  16 \twocolitem{\_\_WXBASE\_\_}{Only wxBase, no GUI features (same as \texttt{wxUSE\_GUI} $== 0$)}
  17 \twocolitem{\_\_WXCOCOA\_\_}{OS X using Cocoa API}
  18 \twocolitem{\_\_WXWINCE\_\_}{Windows CE}
  19 \twocolitem{\_\_WXGTK\_\_}{GTK+}
  20 \twocolitem{\_\_WXGTK12\_\_}{GTK+ 1.2 or higher}
  21 \twocolitem{\_\_WXGTK20\_\_}{GTK+ 2.0 or higher}
  22 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMOTIF\_\_}{Motif}
  23 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMOTIF20\_\_}{Motif 2.0 or higher}
  24 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMAC\_\_}{Mac OS all targets}
  25 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMAC\_CLASSIC\_\_}{MacOS for Classic}
  26 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMAC\_CARBON\_\_}{MacOS for Carbon CFM (running under Classic or OSX) or true OS X Mach-O Builds}
  27 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMAC\_OSX\_\_}{MacOS X Carbon Mach-O Builds}
  28 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMGL\_\_}{SciTech Soft MGL (\_\_WXUNIVERSAL\_\_ will be also
  29 defined)}
  30 \twocolitem{\_\_WXMSW\_\_}{Any Windows}
  31 \twocolitem{\_\_WXOS2\_\_}{Identical to \_\_WXPM\_\_}
  32 \twocolitem{\_\_WXOSX\_\_}{Any Mac OS X port (either Carbon or Cocoa)}
  33 \twocolitem{\_\_WXPALMOS\_\_}{PalmOS}
  34 \twocolitem{\_\_WXPM\_\_}{OS/2 native Presentation Manager}
  35 \twocolitem{\_\_WXSTUBS\_\_}{Stubbed version ('template' wxWin implementation)}
  36 \twocolitem{\_\_WXXT\_\_}{Xt; mutually exclusive with WX\_MOTIF, not
  37 implemented in wxWidgets 2.x}
  38 \twocolitem{\_\_WXX11\_\_}{wxX11 (\_\_WXUNIVERSAL\_\_ will be also defined)}
  39 \twocolitem{\_\_WXWINE\_\_}{WINE (i.e. WIN32 on Unix)}
  40 \twocolitem{\_\_WXUNIVERSAL\_\_}{wxUniversal port, always defined in addition
  41 to one of the symbols above so this should be tested first.}
  42 \twocolitem{\_\_X\_\_}{any X11-based GUI toolkit except GTK+}
  43 \end{twocollist}
  44
  45 There are two wxWidgets ports to Mac OS. One of them, wxMac, exists in two versions: Classic and
  46 Carbon. The Classic version is the only one to work on Mac OS version 8. The
  47 Carbon version may be built either as CFM or Mach-O (binary format, like ELF)
  48 and the former may run under OS 9 while the latter only runs under OS X.
  49 Finally, there is a new Cocoa port which can only be used under OS X. To
  50 summarize:
  51
  52 \begin{itemize}
  53 \item If you want to test for all Mac platforms, classic and OS X, you
  54 should test both \texttt{\_\_WXMAC\_\_} and \texttt{\_\_WXCOCOA\_\_}.
  55 \item If you want to test for any GUI Mac port under OS X, use
  56 \texttt{\_\_WXOSX\_\_}.
  57 \item If you want to test for any port under Mac OS X, including, for
  58 example, wxGTK and also wxBase, use \texttt{\_\_DARWIN\_\_} (see below).
  59 \end{itemize}
  60
  61 The convention is to use the \texttt{\_\_WX} prefix for these
  62 symbols, although this has not always been followed.
  63
  64 \subsection{Operating systems}\label{osconst}
  65
  66 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  67 \twocolitem{\_\_APPLE\_\_}{any Mac OS version}
  68 \twocolitem{\_\_AIX\_\_}{AIX}
  69 \twocolitem{\_\_BSD\_\_}{Any *BSD system}
  70 \twocolitem{\_\_CYGWIN\_\_}{Cygwin: Unix on Win32}
  71 \twocolitem{\_\_DARWIN\_\_}{Mac OS X using the BSD Unix C library (as opposed to using the Metrowerks MSL C/C++ library)}
  72 \twocolitem{\_\_DATA\_GENERAL\_\_}{DG-UX}
  73 \twocolitem{\_\_DOS\_GENERAL\_\_}{DOS (used with wxMGL only)}
  74 \twocolitem{\_\_FREEBSD\_\_}{FreeBSD}
  75 \twocolitem{\_\_HPUX\_\_}{HP-UX (Unix)}
  76 \twocolitem{\_\_GNU\_\_}{GNU Hurd}
  77 \twocolitem{\_\_LINUX\_\_}{Linux}
  78 \twocolitem{\_\_MACH\_\_}{Mach-O Architecture (Mac OS X only builds)}
  79 \twocolitem{\_\_OSF\_\_}{OSF/1}
  80 \twocolitem{\_\_PALMOS\_\_}{PalmOS}
  81 \twocolitem{\_\_SGI\_\_}{IRIX}
  82 \twocolitem{\_\_SOLARIS\_\_}{Solaris}
  83 \twocolitem{\_\_SUN\_\_}{Any Sun}
  84 \twocolitem{\_\_SUNOS\_\_}{Sun OS}
  85 \twocolitem{\_\_SVR4\_\_}{SystemV R4}
  86 \twocolitem{\_\_SYSV\_\_}{SystemV generic}
  87 \twocolitem{\_\_ULTRIX\_\_}{Ultrix}
  88 \twocolitem{\_\_UNIX\_\_}{any Unix}
  89 \twocolitem{\_\_UNIX\_LIKE\_\_}{Unix, BeOS or VMS}
  90 \twocolitem{\_\_VMS\_\_}{VMS}
  91 \twocolitem{\_\_WINDOWS\_\_}{any Windows}
  92 \end{twocollist}
  93
  94
  95 \subsection{Hardware architectures (CPU)}\label{cpuconst}
  96
  97 Note that not all of these symbols are always defined, it depends on the
  98 compiler used.
  99
 100 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
 101 \twocolitem{\_\_ALPHA\_\_}{DEC Alpha architecture}
 102 \twocolitem{\_\_INTEL\_\_}{Intel i386 or compatible}
 103 \twocolitem{\_\_IA64\_\_}{Intel 64 bit architecture}
 104 \twocolitem{\_\_POWERPC\_\_}{Motorola Power PC}
 105 \end{twocollist}
 106
 107
 108 \subsection{Hardware type}\label{hardwareconst}
 109
 110 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
 111 \twocolitem{\_\_SMARTPHONE\_\_}{Generic mobile devices with phone buttons and a small display}
 112 \twocolitem{\_\_PDA\_\_}{Personal digital assistant, usually with touch screen}
 113 \twocolitem{\_\_HANDHELD\_\_}{Small but powerful computer, usually with a keyboard}
 114 \twocolitem{\_\_POCKETPC\_\_}{Microsoft-powered PocketPC devices with touch-screen}
 115 \twocolitem{\_\_WINCE\_STANDARDSDK\_\_}{Microsoft-powered Windows CE devices, for generic Windows CE applications}
 116 \twocolitem{\_\_WINCE\_NET\_\_}{Microsoft-powered Windows CE .NET devices (\_WIN32\_WCE is 400 or greater)}
 117 \twocolitem{WIN32\_PLATFORM\_WFSP}{Microsoft-powered smartphone}
 118 \end{twocollist}
 119
 120
 121 \subsection{Compilers}\label{compilerconst}
 122
 123 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
 124 \twocolitem{\_\_BORLANDC\_\_}{Borland C++. The value of the macro corresponds
 125 to the compiler version: $500$ is $5.0$.}
 126 \twocolitem{\_\_DJGPP\_\_}{DJGPP}
 127 \twocolitem{\_\_DIGITALMARS\_\_}{Digital Mars}
 128 \twocolitem{\_\_GNUG\_\_}{Gnu C++ on any platform, see also
 129 \helpref{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{wxcheckgccversion}}
 130 \twocolitem{\_\_GNUWIN32\_\_}{Gnu-Win32 compiler, see also
 131 \helpref{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{wxcheckw32apiversion}}
 132 \twocolitem{\_\_MINGW32\_\_}{MinGW}
 133 \twocolitem{\_\_MWERKS\_\_}{CodeWarrior MetroWerks compiler}
 134 \twocolitem{\_\_SUNCC\_\_}{Sun CC}
 135 \twocolitem{\_\_SYMANTECC\_\_}{Symantec C++}
 136 \twocolitem{\_\_VISAGECPP\_\_}{IBM Visual Age (OS/2)}
 137 \twocolitem{\_\_VISUALC\_\_}{Microsoft Visual C++. The value of this macro
 138 corresponds to the compiler version: $1020$ for $4.2$ (the first supported
 139 version), $1100$ for $5.0$, $1200$ for $6.0$ and so on}
 140 \twocolitem{\_\_XLC\_\_}{AIX compiler}
 141 \twocolitem{\_\_WATCOMC\_\_}{Watcom C++. The value of this macro corresponds to
 142 the compiler version, $1100$ is $11.0$ and $1200$ is OpenWatcom.}
 143 \twocolitem{\_WIN32\_WCE}{Windows CE version}
 144 \end{twocollist}
 145
 146
 147 \subsection{Miscellaneous}\label{miscellaneousconst}
 148
 149 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
 150 \twocolitem{\_\_WXWINDOWS\_\_}{always defined in wxWidgets applications, see
 151 also \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion}}
 152 \twocolitem{\_\_WXDEBUG\_\_}{defined in debug mode, undefined in release mode}
 153 \twocolitem{wxUSE\_XXX}{if defined as $1$, feature XXX is active
 154 (the symbols of this form are always defined, use \#if and not \#ifdef to test
 155  for them)}
 156 \twocolitem{WX\_PRECOMP}{is defined if precompiled headers (PCH) are in use. In
 157 this case, \texttt{wx/wxprec.h} includes \texttt{wx/wx.h} which, in turn,
 158 includes a number of wxWidgets headers thus making it unnecessary to include
 159 them explicitly. However if this is not defined, you do need to include them
 160 and so the usual idiom which allows to support both cases is to first include
 161 \texttt{wx/wxprec.h} and then, inside \texttt{#ifndef WX\_PRECOMP}, individual
 162 headers you need.}
 163 \twocolitem{\_UNICODE and UNICODE}{both are defined if wxUSE\_UNICODE is set to $1$}
 164 \twocolitem{wxUSE\_GUI}{this particular feature test macro is defined to $1$
 165 when compiling or using the library with the GUI features activated, if it is
 166 defined as $0$, only wxBase is available.}
 167 \twocolitem{wxUSE\_BASE}{only used by wxWidgets internally (defined as $1$ when
 168 building wxBase code, either as a standalone library or as part of the
 169 monolithic wxWidgets library, defined as $0$ when building GUI library only)}
 170 \twocolitem{wxNO\_RTTI}{is defined if the compiler RTTI support has been switched off}
 171 \twocolitem{wxNO\_EXCEPTIONS}{is defined if the compiler support for C++
 172 exceptions has been switched off}
 173 \twocolitem{wxNO\_THREADS}{if this macro is defined, the compilation options
 174 don't include compiler flags needed for multithreaded code generation. This
 175 implies that wxUSE\_THREADS is $0$ and also that other (non wx-based) threading
 176 packages cannot be used neither.}
 177 \end{twocollist}
 178