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 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