add note for wxWidgets user with a skeleton for a very minimal console app

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / gtk / readme.txt

diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt
index fa96efd071c094d80e6b2e92b03f28e4dea99198..89fcbec894dd4c83efc6981bb0a5135328602610 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
-   Welcome to wxWidgets 2.7.2 for GTK+
-   -----------------------------------
+   Welcome to wxWidgets for GTK+
+   -----------------------------
 
-You have downloaded version 2.7 of the GTK+ port of the 
-wxWidgets GUI library.
+You have downloaded the GTK+ port of the wxWidgets GUI library.
 
-wxWidgets no longer supports GTK 1.0.x (as did some early
-snapshots) and support for GTK 1.2.x will be phased out
-over time. Nearly all work is now done on GTK 2.0.x and
-quite a few of the enhancements of GTK+ 2.4.x and even
-GTK 2.8.x are used.
+It is required to use at least GTK+ 2.4 and some features are 
+only available when using GTK+ 2.8 or higher. Note that if you
+compile wxWidgets against GTK+ 2.8 your app will still work
+with older GTK+ version down to version 2.4 as wxWidgets
+tests for the presence of newer features at run-time and it
+will fall back to a generic implementation if these features
+are not present in the GTK+ version used.
+
+wxWidgets 2.8 still supports GTK+ 1.2, but no developement
+is done on that port anymore and support for GTK+ 1.2 will
+probably be dropped entirely. Indeed, one of the major steps
+in the developement cycle leading up to wxWidgets 2.8 was
+that the codebase for GTK+ 1.2 and GTK+ 2.0 were separated
+so that improvements and clean-ups to the GTK+ 2.0 port 
+could be done without caring for GTK+ 1.2.
 
 More info about the wxWidgets project (including all the
 other ports and version of wxWidgets) can be found at the
@@ -39,7 +48,6 @@ different builds of it (for example with and without debug) in
 parallel. If you build in the source directory, don't forget to
 do "make clean" before changing the configuration!
 
-
 When you run into problems, please read the INSTALL.txt and 
 follow those instructions. If you still don't have any success,
 please send a bug report to one of our mailing list, INCLUDING 
@@ -52,8 +60,6 @@ bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. These can
 be found at http://www.wxwidgets.org and more specifically at 
 http://lists.wxwidgets.org.
 
-Do NOT send any comments directly to me.
-
 wxWidgets doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It 
 might crash your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't 
 claim to be suitable for any special or general purpose.