no real changes, just refactor/simplify the code to remove duplication and unnecessar...

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / cppconst.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/cppconst.tex b/docs/latex/wx/cppconst.tex
index 44ff09dc7db5da93e1fbd81da8feebdfabfff8e2..2c8d81af2ac851017c93d2d24c98832fd54ad888 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/cppconst.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/cppconst.tex
@@ -144,12 +144,16 @@ to the compiler version: $500$ is $5.0$.}
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{wxcheckw32apiversion}}
 \twocolitem{\_\_MINGW32\_\_}{MinGW}
 \twocolitem{\_\_MWERKS\_\_}{CodeWarrior MetroWerks compiler}
 \helpref{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{wxcheckw32apiversion}}
 \twocolitem{\_\_MINGW32\_\_}{MinGW}
 \twocolitem{\_\_MWERKS\_\_}{CodeWarrior MetroWerks compiler}

-\twocolitem{\_\_SUNCC\_\_}{Sun CC}
+\twocolitem{\_\_SUNCC\_\_}{Sun CC, see also \helpref{wxCHECK\_SUNCC\_VERSION}{wxchecksunccversion}}

 \twocolitem{\_\_SYMANTECC\_\_}{Symantec C++}
 \twocolitem{\_\_VISAGECPP\_\_}{IBM Visual Age (OS/2)}
 \twocolitem{\_\_SYMANTECC\_\_}{Symantec C++}
 \twocolitem{\_\_VISAGECPP\_\_}{IBM Visual Age (OS/2)}

-\twocolitem{\_\_VISUALC\_\_}{Microsoft Visual C++. The value of this macro
-corresponds to the compiler version: $1020$ for $4.2$ (the first supported
-version), $1100$ for $5.0$, $1200$ for $6.0$ and so on}
+\twocolitem{\_\_VISUALC\_\_}{Microsoft Visual C++, see also
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_VISUALC\_VERSION}{wxcheckvisualcversion}. The value of this
+macro corresponds to the compiler version: $1020$ for $4.2$ (the first supported
+version), $1100$ for $5.0$, $1200$ for $6.0$ and so on. For convenience, the
+symbols \_\_VISUALCn\_\_ are also defined for each major compiler version from
+5 to 9, i.e. you can use tests such \texttt{#ifdef \_\_VISUALC7\_\_} to test
+for compiler version being precisely 7.}

 \twocolitem{\_\_XLC\_\_}{AIX compiler}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WATCOMC\_\_}{Watcom C++. The value of this macro corresponds to
 the compiler version, $1100$ is $11.0$ and $1200$ is OpenWatcom.}
 \twocolitem{\_\_XLC\_\_}{AIX compiler}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WATCOMC\_\_}{Watcom C++. The value of this macro corresponds to
 the compiler version, $1100$ is $11.0$ and $1200$ is OpenWatcom.}


@@ -192,9 +196,9 @@ supports files more than 4GB in size.}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WXWINDOWS\_\_}{always defined in wxWidgets applications, see
 also \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion}}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WXDEBUG\_\_}{defined in debug mode, undefined in release mode}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WXWINDOWS\_\_}{always defined in wxWidgets applications, see
 also \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion}}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WXDEBUG\_\_}{defined in debug mode, undefined in release mode}

-\twocolitem{wxUSE\_XXX}{if defined as $1$, feature XXX is active
-(the symbols of this form are always defined, use \#if and not \#ifdef to test
- for them)}
+\twocolitem{wxUSE\_XXX}{if defined as $1$, feature XXX is active, see the 
+\helpref{complete list}{wxusedef} (the symbols of this form are always defined,
+use \#if and not \#ifdef to test for them)}

 \twocolitem{WX\_PRECOMP}{is defined if precompiled headers (PCH) are in use. In
 this case, \texttt{wx/wxprec.h} includes \texttt{wx/wx.h} which, in turn,
 includes a number of wxWidgets headers thus making it unnecessary to include
 \twocolitem{WX\_PRECOMP}{is defined if precompiled headers (PCH) are in use. In
 this case, \texttt{wx/wxprec.h} includes \texttt{wx/wx.h} which, in turn,
 includes a number of wxWidgets headers thus making it unnecessary to include


@@ -216,4 +220,11 @@ exceptions has been switched off}
 don't include compiler flags needed for multithreaded code generation. This
 implies that wxUSE\_THREADS is $0$ and also that other (non-wx-based) threading
 packages cannot be used neither.}
 don't include compiler flags needed for multithreaded code generation. This
 implies that wxUSE\_THREADS is $0$ and also that other (non-wx-based) threading
 packages cannot be used neither.}

+\twocolitem{WXMAKINGDLL\_XXX}{used internally and defined when building the
+library \texttt{XXX} as a DLL; when a monolithic wxWidgets build is used only a
+single \texttt{WXMAKINGDLL} symbol is defined}
+\twocolitem{WXUSINGDLL}{defined when compiling code which uses wxWidgets as a
+DLL/shared library}
+\twocolitem{WXBUILDING}{defined when building wxWidgets itself, whether as a
+static or shared library}

 \end{twocollist}
 \end{twocollist}