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-wxWindows 2.0 alpha
+wxWindows 2.1.12
+----------------
+
+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, 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 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 some of the major improvements:
+
+wxWindows 2.1.12
+================
+
+- New wxDateTime class to replace millenium-uncompliant wxTime
+  and wxDate classes.
+- New wxCalendarCtrl class and sample.
+- New wxCmdLineParser class.
+- Further bug fixes.
+- TIFF support added to wxImage.
+
+wxWindows 2.1.11
+================
+
+- Numerous bug fixes and consistency improvements.
+- Further samples.
+- Factoring out of some code into base classes, for easier
+  maintenance.
+- Ability to compile library in console (non-GUI) mode.
+- Integration of wxHTML widget and help controller into
+  wxWindows. wxHTML allows HTML viewing and printing (wxGTK
+  and wxMSW, partial support in wxMotif).
+- New classes wxChrono, wxDialUpManager, wxFontEnumerator,
+  wxWizard, wxStaticLine, etc.
+- wxShowTip for showing 'startup tips' to the user.
+- wxSocket and wxThread classes rewritten.
+- New, consistent drag and drop API (not wxMotif).
+- Better-looking dialogs in wxGTK; native message box used
+  in wxMotif.
+- wxSizers reimplemented and used to specify window layout
+  for some generic dialogs.
+- New, more sophisticated wxGrid class (in beta). The old grid
+  class can still be used.
+- Text alignment options in wxStaticText.
+- wxImage class extended to read PCX and GIF files.
+- Documentation improvements.
+- Revised configure system for wxGTK and wxMotif; tmake-based
+  system for generating wxMSW makefiles.
+- Installer for Windows as alternative to zip archives.
+
+Platforms supported

 -------------------
 
 -------------------
 

-This is an alpha distribution of wxWindows 2.0. It may be made up
-of sources for different platforms from different authors.
+wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
+
+- 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
+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
+glcanvas.zip               Optional wxGLCanvas class (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
+
+wxWindows for Windows distribution
+----------------------------------
+
+As well as the core source, the Windows setup contains:

 
 

-For generic installation information, see the docs directory. For
-platform-specific installation information see:
+- 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
+------------
+
+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:

 
   docs/msw
   docs/gtk
   docs/motif
 
 
   docs/msw
   docs/gtk
   docs/motif
 

+Licence information
+-------------------
+
+For licensing information, please see the files:
+
+  docs/preamble.txt
+  docs/licence.txt
+  docs/licendoc.txt
+  docs/gpl.txt
+  docs/lgpl.txt
+
+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
+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.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+See docs/release.txt for some notes about the current release.
+
+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 detailed history of changes to wxWindows 2
+  (not up-to-date).
+
+The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
+The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
+
+Further information
+-------------------
+
+The wxWindows Web site is located at:
+
+  http://www.wxwindows.org
+
+The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and
+information) is located at:
+
+  http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
+
+The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
+
+  ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
+
+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 (see the wxWindows
+web site) or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
+
+Good luck!
+
+The wxWindows Team, Janurary 2000
+