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+<b>Welcome to wxWindows 2, the première cross-platform GUI C++ framework.</b><P>
-Welcome to wxWindows 2, the première cross-platform GUI C++ framework. This is an index of
+This is an index of
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-<h3 align=center><a name="install"><hr>Installation and release notes<hr></a></h3>
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="install">Installation and release notes</a></b>
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+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
+
+Unless you installed a binary version of wxWindows using RPMs,
+you will probably have to compile the wxWindows library first.
+Please read the platform-specific readme.txt and install.txt
+for how to do this.
+
+<P>
<ul>
<li>ReadMe: <a href="../readme.txt"><b>General ReadMe</b></a>,
<a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>,
<a href="../motif/readme.txt">wxMotif</a>,
-<a href="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a>
+<a href="../x11/readme.txt">wxX11</a>,
+<a href="../x11/readme-nanox.txt">wxNanoX</a>,
+<a href="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a>,
+<a href="../mac/readme.txt">wxMac</a>,
+<a href="../mgl/readme.txt">wxMGL</a>,
+<a href="../univ/readme.txt">Univ</a>
<li>Installation: <a href="../gtk/install.txt">wxGTK</a>,
<a href="../motif/install.txt">wxMotif</a>,
-<a href="../msw/install.txt">wxMSW</a>
-<li><a href="../changes.txt"><b>Change log</b></a>
-<li><a href="../bugs.txt"><b>Buglist</b></a>
+<a href="../x11/install.txt">wxX11</a>,
+<a href="../msw/install.txt">wxMSW</a>,
+<a href="../mac/install.txt">wxMac</a>,
+<a href="../mgl/install.txt">wxMGL</a>,
+<a href="../os2/install.txt">wxOS2</a>
+<li><a href="../changes.txt"><b>General change log</b></a>, <a href="../gtk/changes.txt">wxGTK change log</a>
<li>Licence: <a href="../preamble.txt">Preamble</a>,
<a href="../licence.txt">Licence</a>,
<a href="../licendoc.txt">Documentation Licence</a>,
<li><a href="faq.htm"><B>FAQ</B></a>:
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<li><a href="faqgen.htm">General questions</a>
- <li><a href="faqgtk.htm">wxWindows 2 for GTK</a>
+ <li><a href="faqgtk.htm">wxWindows 2 for GTK+</a>
<li><a href="faqmsw.htm">wxWindows 2 for Windows</a>
<li><a href="faqmot.htm">wxWindows 2 for Motif</a>
+ <li><a href="faqx11.htm">wxWindows 2 for X11</a>
<li><a href="faqmac.htm">wxWindows 2 for Mac</a>
</ul>
<li>ToDo: <a href="../todo.txt"><b>General ToDo</b></a>,
<a href="../gtk/todo.txt">wxGTK</a>,
<a href="../motif/todo.txt">wxMotif</a>,
-<a href="../msw/todo.txt">wxMSW</a>
+<a href="../msw/todo.txt">wxMSW</a>,
+<a href="../mac/todo.txt">wxMac</a>
<li>List of <a href="../symbols.txt">preprocessor symbols</a> used in wxWindows
</ul>
-<h3 align=center><a name="manuals"><hr>wxWindows manuals<hr></a></h3>
+Further platform-specific notes:
+
+<ul>
+<li> wxMSW: <a href="../msw/winxp.txt">Windows XP</a>
+</ul>
+
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="manuals">wxWindows manuals</a></b>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
+
+To use manuals in wxHTML Help form (extension htb), you can use the <b>HelpView</b>
+application, either compiling it from utils/helpview in the distribution,
+or downloading a binary, for example from <a href="http://www.storylinescentral.com/helpview.htm">here</a>.<P>
-<table border=1 align=center>
+See also the <a href="../pdf/wxTutorial.pdf">wxWindows Tutorial</a>
+by Franky Braem, in PDF format.<P>
+
+<P>
+
+<table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0>
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+<td align=center bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
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+<td align=center bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
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+<td align=center bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
+<B>MS HTML Help</B>
+</td>
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+<B>wxHTML Help</B>
+</td>
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-<a href="wx/wx.htm">Reference Manual</a>
+<a href="wx/wx.htm">wxWindows Reference</a>
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-<a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">Reference Manual</a>
+<a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">wxWindows Reference</a>
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-<a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">Reference Manual</a>
+<a href="../htmlhelp/wx.chm">wxWindows Reference</a>
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-<a href="porting/port.htm">Porting Guide</a>
+<a href="../htb/wx.htb">wxWindows Reference</a>
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-<a href="../winhelp/porting.hlp">Porting Guide</a>
+<a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">wxWindows Reference</a>
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+</tr>
+<tr>
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-<a href="../pdf/porting.pdf">Porting Guide</a>
+<a href="dialoged/dlged.htm">Dialog Editor</a>
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+<a href="../winhelp/dialoged.hlp">Dialog Editor</a>
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+<a href="../htmlhelp/dialoged.chm">Dialog Editor</a>
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-<a href="../pdf/dialoged.pdf">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+<a href="../htb/dialoged.htb">Dialog Editor</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../pdf/dialoged.pdf">Dialog Editor</a>
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-<a href="proplist/prop.htm">Property List Classes</a>
+<a href="tex2rtf/t2rtf.htm">Tex2RTF</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../winhelp/tex2rtf.hlp">Tex2RTF</a>
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+<a href="../htmlhelp/tex2rtf.chm">Tex2RTF</a>
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-<a href="../winhelp/proplist.hlp">Property List Classes</a>
+<a href="../htb/tex2rtf.htb">Tex2RTF</a>
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-<a href="../pdf/proplist.pdf">Property List Classes</a>
+<a href="../pdf/tex2rtf.pdf">Tex2RTF</a>
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+<a href="fl/fl.htm">FL Library</a>
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+<a href="../winhelp/fl.hlp">FL Library</a>
+
+</td>
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+<td align=center>
+<a href="../htmlhelp/fl.chm">FL Library</a>
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<td align=center>
-<a href="../winhelp/wxtree.hlp">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+<a href="../htb/fl.htb">FL Library</a>
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<td align=center>
-<a href="../pdf/wxtree.pdf">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+<a href="../pdf/fl.pdf">FL Library</a>
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-<a href="odbc/odbc.htm">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+<a href="ogl/ogl.htm">OGL Library</a>
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-<BR><BR>
+<a href="../winhelp/ogl.hlp">OGL Library</a>
+
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../htmlhelp/ogl.chm">OGL Library</a>
</td>
<td align=center>
-<a href="../pdf/odbc.pdf">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+<a href="../htb/ogl.htb">OGL Library</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../pdf/ogl.pdf">OGL Library</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="technotes">Technical notes</a></b>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
-<h3 align=center><a name="thirdparty"><hr>Third-party tools<hr></a></h3>
+<P>
<ul>
-<li><a href="gettext/gettext.htm">gettext Manual</a>
-<li><a href="gettext/xgettext.htm">xgettext Manual</a>
-<li><a href="gettext/msgfmt.htm">msgfmt Manual</a>
+<li><a href="../tech/index.txt">Index of technical notes</a>
+<li><a href="../tech/">Technical notes</a>
+<li><a href="platform.htm">Platforms supported</a>
+<li><a href="i18n.htm">Languages supported by wxWindows</a>
</ul>
-<h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3>
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="thirdparty">Thirty-party tools</a></b>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="gettext/index.html">gettext Manual</a>
+</ul>
+
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="samples">Samples</a></b>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
+
+Each of the following samples demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<P>
<ul>
-<li><a href="../../samples/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
+<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">artprov</a>: shows how you can customize the look of standard
+wxWindows dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions.
+<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
<li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class.
<li><a href="../../samples/checklst">checklst</a>: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on
supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only).
<li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including
wxNotebook.
<li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample.
-<li><a href="../../samples/dde">dde</a>: shows the DDE protocol in action, both using real
-DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/dde/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
-to switch between compilation modes. Currently the TCP/IP mode needs a bit of work.
+<li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
+DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
+to switch between compilation modes.
<li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog,
wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog.
For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
+<li><a href="../../samples/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo.
+<li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
<li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
<li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
using wxFrame.
-<li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: : demonstrates use of the document view classes,
+<li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
<li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing.
<li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions
dynamically.
-<li><a href="../../samples/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze. A
-fully-fledged application!
-<li><a href="../../samples/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
+<li><a href="../../samples/event">event</a>: demonstrates event handling.
+<li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute.
+<li><a href="../../samples/font">font</a>: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings.
<li><a href="../../samples/grid">grid</a>: demonstrates the wxGrid class.
<li><a href="../../samples/help">help</a>: shows how to use wxHelpController.
<li><a href="../../samples/html">html</a>: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside
applications and also as a help facility.
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/about">about</a>: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/helpview">helpview</a>: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer for any .htb book.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/printing">printing</a>: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
+ </ul>
<li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
<li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
<li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/keyboard">keyboard</a>: tests keyboard support.
<li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action.
<li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on
WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
+<li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus.
<li><a href="../../samples/mdi">mdi</a>: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI
scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main
window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed.
<li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as
small a wxWindows application as you can get.
+<li><a href="../../samples/mobile">mobile</a>: mini applications for embedded platforms.
<li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows
dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
-<li><a href="../../samples/nettest">nettest</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
<li><a href="../../samples/notebook">notebook</a>: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control.
<li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires
Excel to be present).
<li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
<li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading.
<li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing.
-<li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
+<li><a href="../../samples/propsize">propsize</a>: demonstrates proportional sizer classes.
<li><a href="../../samples/regtest">regtest</a>: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only).
-<li><a href="../../samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
-<li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export
+<!-- <li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export
facilities.
+-->
+<li><a href="../../samples/rotate">rotate</a>: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated
+rotation of a wxImage.
<li><a href="../../samples/sashtest">sashtest</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow
the user to resize subwindows.
+<li><a href="../../samples/scroll">scroll</a>: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow.
+<li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll
+an embedded window.
+<li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
<li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
-<li><a href="../../samples/tab">tab</a>: demonstrates the generic tab window class. You should
-normally use wxNotebook instead, but the generic code is sometimes useful, for example for
-implementing wxNotebook on platforms with no native support.
+<li><a href="../../samples/statbar">statbar</a>: demonstrates the wxStatusBar class.
<li><a href="../../samples/taskbar">taskbar</a>: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for
adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop
environments that use this metaphor.
wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
-<li><a href="../../samples/wxpoem">wxpoem</a>: a little poetry display program.
-<li><a href="../../samples/wxsocket">wxsocket</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
</ul>
-<hr>
+The following are deprecated samples.
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="../../contrib/deprecated/samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use old-style wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
+<li><a href="../../contrib/deprecated/samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
+<li><a href="../../contrib/deprecated/samples/treelay">treelay</a>: an algorithm for displaying tree hierarchies.
+</ul>
+
+
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="demos">Demos</a></b>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
+
+The following are fully-fledged applications.<P>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
+<li><a href="../../demos/dbbrowse">dbbrowse</a>: ODBC database browser application.
+<li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze.
+<li><a href="../../demos/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
+<li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
+<li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
+</ul>
</font>