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+<b>Welcome to wxWidgets, 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
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-<h3 align=center><a name="install"><hr>Installation and release notes<hr></a></h3>
+<P>
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+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
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+<td bgcolor="#004080" align=left height=24 background="images/bluetitlegradient.gif">
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+<b><a name="install">Installation and release notes</a></b>
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+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
+
+Unless you installed a binary version of wxWidgets using RPMs,
+you will probably have to compile the wxWidgets 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="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a>,
<a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>,
+<a href="../mac/readme.txt">wxMac</a>,
+<a href="../cocoa/readme.txt">wxCocoa</a>,
+<a href="../mgl/readme.txt">wxMGL</a>,
<a href="../motif/readme.txt">wxMotif</a>,
-<a href="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a>
-<li><a href="../release.txt"><b>Release notes</b></a>
-<li>Installation: <a href="../gtk/install.txt">wxGTK</a>,
+<a href="../x11/readme.txt">wxX11</a>,
+<a href="../univ/readme.txt">Univ</a>
+<li>Installation:
+<a href="../msw/install.txt">wxMSW</a>,
+<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="../mac/install.txt">wxMac</a>,
+<a href="../cocoa/install.txt">wxCocoa</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>
<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="faqmsw.htm">wxWindows 2 for Windows</a>
- <li><a href="faqmot.htm">wxWindows 2 for Motif</a>
- <li><a href="faqmac.htm">wxWindows 2 for Mac</a>
+ <li><a href="faqcmn.htm">Questions common to all platforms</a>
+ <li><a href="faqmsw.htm">wxWidgets for Windows</a>
+ <li><a href="faqgtk.htm">wxWidgets for GTK+</a>
+ <li><a href="faqmot.htm">wxWidgets for Motif</a>
+ <li><a href="faqx11.htm">wxWidgets for X11</a>
+ <li><a href="faqmac.htm">wxWidgets 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>
-<li>List of <a href="../symbols.txt">preprocessor symbols</a> used in wxWindows
+<a href="../mac/todo.txt">wxMac</a>
</ul>
-<h3 align=center><a name="manuals"><hr>wxWindows manuals<hr></a></h3>
+Further platform-specific notes:
-<table border=1 align=center>
+<ul>
+<li> wxMSW: <a href="../msw/winxp.txt">Windows XP</a>
+</ul>
+<P>
+
+<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
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+<font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF">
+<b><a name="manuals">wxWidgets manuals</a></b>
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+</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=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>wxHTML Help</B>
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-<a href="wx/wx.htm">Reference Manual</a>
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-<a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">Reference Manual</a>
+<a href="wx/wx_contents.html">wxWidgets Reference</a>
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-<a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">Reference Manual</a>
+<a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">wxWidgets Reference</a>
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-<a href="dialoged/dlged.htm">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+<a href="../htmlhelp/wx.chm">wxWidgets Reference</a>
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-<a href="../winhelp/dialoged.hlp">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+<a href="../htb/wx.htb">wxWidgets Reference</a>
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-<a href="../pdf/dialoged.pdf">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+<a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">wxWidgets Reference</a>
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-<a href="wxtree/tree.htm">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
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-<a href="../winhelp/wxtree.hlp">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+<a href="tex2rtf/t2rtf.htm">Tex2RTF</a>
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-<a href="../pdf/wxtree.pdf">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+<a href="../winhelp/tex2rtf.hlp">Tex2RTF</a>
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-<tr>
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-<a href="odbc/odbc.htm">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+<a href="../htmlhelp/tex2rtf.chm">Tex2RTF</a>
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-<BR><BR>
+<a href="../htb/tex2rtf.htb">Tex2RTF</a>
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<td align=center>
-<a href="../pdf/odbc.pdf">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+<a href="../pdf/tex2rtf.pdf">Tex2RTF</a>
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+<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 wxWidgets</a>
</ul>
-<h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3>
+<P>
-Each of the following demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<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 wxWidgets.<P>
<ul>
+<li><a href="../../samples/access">access</a>: Active Accessiblity sample (Windows only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/animate">animate</a>: shows the wxAnimationCtrl class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/artprov">artprov</a>: shows how you can customize the look of standard
+wxWidgets dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions.
+<li><a href="../../samples/aui">aui</a>: wxAui (docking subsystem) sample.
<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/collpane">collpane</a>: shows the wxCollapsiblePane class.
<li><a href="../../samples/config">config</a>: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which
-defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
+defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32 (optionally wxIniConfig), and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
<li><a href="../../samples/console">console</a>: demonstrates a console application using
-console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWindows.
+console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWidgets.
<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/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/db">db</a>: wxODBC sample.
+<li><a href="../../samples/debugrpt">debugrpt</a>: wxDebugReport sample.
<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/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
+<li><a href="../../samples/display">display</a>: wxDisplay 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/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo.
<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/editlbox">erase</a>: shows the wxEditableListBox class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/erase">erase</a>: Window erasing sample.
+<li><a href="../../samples/event">event</a>: demonstrates event handling.
+<li><a href="../../samples/except">exept</a>: demonstrates exception 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.
<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.
+ <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/htlbox">htlbox</a>: demonstrates wxHtmlListBox.
<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/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/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWidgets' 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/mediaplayer">mediaplayer</a>: demonstrates wxMediaCtrl, for playing movies and audio files in a window.
<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.
<li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
-<li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only).
-To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
+<li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWidgets code in the same application (Windows only).
+To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWidgets.
<li><a href="../../samples/minifram">minifram</a>: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On
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/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/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
-<li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward.
+small a wxWidgets application as you can get.
+<li><a href="../../samples/mobile">mobile</a>: mini applications for embedded platforms.
+<li><a href="../../samples/multimon">multimon</a>: demo showing how to use multiple monitors.
+<li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWidgets can load a standard Windows
+dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWidgets controls (Windows only).
<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
-facilities.
+<li><a href="../../samples/render">render</a>: shows how to use wxRenderer to implement controls consistent with the
+platform's native look.
+<li><a href="../../samples/richtext">richtext</a>: demonstrates wxRichTextCtrl.
<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
<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/shaped">shaped</a>: demonstrates non-rectangular windows using wxFrame::SetShape.
<li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
+<li><a href="../../samples/sound">sound</a>: demonstrates use of wxSound.
+<li><a href="../../samples/splash">splash</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSplashScreen class.
<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.
<li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including
wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
+<li><a href="../../samples/vscroll">vscroll</a>: shows use of wxVScrolledWindow.
+<li><a href="../../samples/widgets">widgets</a>: shows a lot of control classes.
<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/xrc">xrc</a>: demonstrates the XRC resource system.
</ul>
-<h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<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="demos">Demos</a></b>
+</font>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<P>
The following are fully-fledged applications.<P>
<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/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWidgets by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
<li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
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