-wxWindows 2 beta 5
-------------------
+wxWindows 2.1.14
+----------------
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
+-----------------------
+
+Please see changes.txt for details.
+
+Note that there is a new contrib hierarchy for contributions,
+which mirrors the regular wxWindows hierarchy. The Object
+Graphics Library and MMedia library have been moved under
+contrib, so you may need to change your makefiles or project
+files, together with your source files. E.g. change #include "ogl.h"
+to #include <wx/ogl/ogl>.
+
+Also VC++ project files and makefiles have been made more
+consistent, so some paths and library names have changed.
+
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.
+Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
+file for each platform (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
-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
+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
+tiff.zip Optional TIFF library
+ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library
+mmedia.zip Optional MMedia class library (Motif, GTK, MSW)
+stc.zip Optional wxStyledTextCtrl library (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
+tiff.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
------------
Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
-the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
+the licence is LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
-commercial applications using wxWindows.
+commercial applications using wxWindows.
+
+However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif) version
+of your application, don't forget that it is linked against
+GTK+ (or Lesstif) which is covered by LGPL *without* exception
+notice. Under Linux systems your app is probably linked
+against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefuly LGPL, section 6.
+which describes conditions for distribution of closed source applications
+linked against LGPL library. Basically you should link dynamicaly and
+include source code of LGPL libraries with your product (unless it is
+already present in user's system - like glibc usually is).
+If compiled with --enable-odbc (Unix only), wxWindows library will
+contain iODBC library which is covered by LGPL.
+
+If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT
+for libtiff license details.
+
+If you use JPEG image handler, documentation for your program should
+contain following sentence: "This software is based in part on the work of
+the Independent JPEG Group". See src/jpeg/README for details.
+
Documentation
-------------
-See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.
+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 summary of changes to wxWindows 2.
+
+See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
+
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, 19 March, 2000
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