-wxWindows 2 beta 5
-------------------
+wxWindows 2.1.10
+----------------
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 the major improvements:
+
+wxWindows 2.1.10
+================
+
+- Numerous bug fixes and consistency improvements.
+- Further samples.
+- Factoring out of some code into base classes, for easier
+ maintenance.
+- Integration of wxHTML widget and help controller into
+ wxWindows. wxHTML allows HTML viewing and printing.
+- New classes wxChrono, wxDialUpManager, wxFontEnumerator,
+ wxWizard, etc.
+- wxSocket and wxThread classes rewritten.
+- Documentation improvements.
+
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
wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
wx200stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
- wx200gen.zip/wxgen.tgz.
+ wx200gen.zip/tgz.
wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files
wx200bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files
wx200cw.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.x.tgz wxGTK source distribution. You will
+ need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
+ from the zip set (above).
-The tarred, gzip archive comprises the following (or similar
-names). Not all of these files are available in all distributions, due
-to space restrictions.
+wxWindows for Motif distribution
+--------------------------------
-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
+wxMotif-2.x.x.tgz wxMotif source distribution. You will
+ need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
+ -- OR -- from the zip set (above).
+
+wx200gen.zip
+wx200msw.zip
+wx200mot.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/changes.txt for a detailed history of changes to wxWindows 2.
See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
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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