-wxWindows 2 beta 5
-------------------
+wxWindows 2.1.11
+----------------
Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
possible) the native controls.
In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling
-windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts,
-printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common
-file operations and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications.
+windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, printing,
+splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common file operations,
+and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more.
Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and
tree controls on Unix, they are emulated.
-A detailed 700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
-Windows Help form.
+A detailed 1100-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
+Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.
For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a list of
important documents and samples.
+Changes in this release
+-----------------------
+
+These are some of the major improvements:
+
+wxWindows 2.1.11
+================
+
+- Numerous bug fixes and consistency improvements.
+- Further samples.
+- Factoring out of some code into base classes, for easier
+ maintenance.
+- Ability to compile library in console (non-GUI) mode.
+- Integration of wxHTML widget and help controller into
+ wxWindows. wxHTML allows HTML viewing and printing (wxGTK
+ and wxMSW, partial support in wxMotif).
+- New classes wxChrono, wxDialUpManager, wxFontEnumerator,
+ wxWizard, wxStaticLine, etc.
+- wxShowTip for showing 'startup tips' to the user.
+- wxSocket and wxThread classes rewritten.
+- New, consistent drag and drop API (not wxMotif).
+- Better-looking dialogs in wxGTK; native message box used
+ in wxMotif.
+- wxSizers reimplemented and used to specify window layout
+ for some generic dialogs.
+- New, more sophisticated wxGrid class (in beta). The old grid
+ class can still be used.
+- Text alignment options in wxStaticText.
+- wxImage class extended to read PCX and GIF files.
+- Documentation improvements.
+- Revised configure system for wxGTK and wxMotif; tmake-based
+ system for generating wxMSW makefiles.
+- Installer for Windows as alternative to zip archives.
+
Platforms supported
-------------------
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
- Most Unix variants with GTK+
+- Mac (not covered here: please see the wxWindows web site
+ for details)
Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes
(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
Files
-----
+The distribution is available in a number of formats.
+The most convenient is the platform-specific distribution,
+but the zip set forms a more complete distribution, for example if
+you wish to take part in wxWindows development. Also, add-ons
+such as OGL may only be available in zip form.
+
+Zip set
+-------
+
Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
-following:
-
-wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
-wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code
-wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
-wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
-wx200stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
- wx200gen.zip/wxgen.tgz.
-wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
-wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
-wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
-wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
-wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files
-wx200bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files
-wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
-
-The tarred, gzip archive comprises the following (or similar
-names). Not all of these files are available in all distributions, due
-to space restrictions.
-
-wxgtk.tgz All wxGTK source and samples
-wxmotif.tgz All wxMotif source and samples
-wxstubs.tgz Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
- wx200gen.zip/wxgen.tgz.
-wxgen.tgz Generic code and samples (common to all ports)
-wxpdf.tgz Acrobat PDF documentation
-wxhtml.tgz HTML documentation
-wxdocsrc.tgz Documentation source
+following, where x is the minor version and y the release number:
+
+wx2_x_y_gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
+wx2_x_y_msw.zip Windows-specific source code
+wx2_x_y_mot.zip Motif-specific source code
+wx2_x_y_gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
+wx2_x_y_stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
+ wx2_x_y_gen.zip/tgz.
+wx2_x_y_doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
+wx2_x_y_hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
+wx2_x_y_pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
+wx2_x_y_htm.zip HTML documentation
+wx2_x_y_vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files
+wx2_x_y_bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files
+wx2_x_y_cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
+jpeg.zip Optional JPEG library
+ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library
+glcanvas.zip Optional wxGLCanvas class (Motif, GTK, MSW)
+tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool
+
+wxWindows for GTK distribution
+------------------------------
+
+wxGTK-2.x.y.tgz wxGTK source distribution. You will
+ need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
+ from the zip set (above).
+
+wxWindows for Motif distribution
+--------------------------------
+
+wxMotif-2.x.y.tgz wxMotif source distribution. You will
+ need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
+ -- OR -- from the zip set (above).
+
+wx2_x_y_gen.zip
+wx2_x_y_mot.zip
+jpeg.zip
+
+wxWindows for Windows distribution
+----------------------------------
+
+As well as the core source, the Windows setup contains:
+
+- Windows Help versions of the documentation (docs/winhelp);
+- wxGLCanvas (OpenGL integration, in utils/glcanvas);
+- OGL 3 (Object Graphics Library, in utils/ogl);
+- wxTreeLayout (for tree drawing, in utils/wxtree);
+- a Dialog Editor binary;
+- the JPEG library.
+
+setup.exe Setup file (Windows 95/98, NT)
+setup.* Other setup files
Installation
------------
Documentation
-------------
-See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.
+See docs/release.txt for some notes about the current release.
+
+See docs/bugs.txt for a bug list: this file is new and will initially
+ be edited by hand, later generated from a web-based bug database.
+
See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
+See docs/changes.txt for a detailed history of changes to wxWindows 2
+ (not up-to-date).
+
The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
-material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
-
- http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm
-
-or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
+material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page (see the wxWindows
+web site) or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
Good luck!
-The wxWindows Team, February 1999
+The wxWindows Team, November 1999
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