-wxWindows 2.0
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+wxWindows 2.0.1
+---------------
-Welcome to wxWindows 2.0, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
+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.
+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.
Platforms supported
-------------------
-wxWindows 2.0 currently supports the following platforms:
+wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
-- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
-- Unix with GTK+
+- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
+- Most Unix variants with GTK+
+
+Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes
+(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
Files
-----
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/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++ 5.0 project files
-wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
+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.
+
+wx200gtk.tgz All wxGTK source and samples
+wx200mot.tgz All wxMotif source and samples
+wx200stubs.tgz Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
+ wx200gen.zip/tgz.
+wx200gen.tgz Generic code and samples (common to all ports)
+wx200pdf.tgz Acrobat PDF documentation
+wx200htm.tgz HTML documentation
+wx200src.tgz Documentation source
Installation
------------
-wxWindows 2.0 needs to be compiled before you can test out
+wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out
the samples or write your own applications.
For installation information, please see the install.txt file
in the individual directories:
Documentation
-------------
-See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.0.
+See docs/changes.txt for a 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.
The wxWindows Web site is located at:
- http://wxwin.home.ml.org
+ http://www.wxwindows.org
-The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific fiels and
+The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and
information) is located at:
http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
- http://wxwin.home.ml.org/cdrom
+ http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm
or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
Good luck!
-The wxWindows Team, January 1999
+The wxWindows Team, March 1st, 1999
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