documented how to handle C++ exceptions in wxWindows

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / readme.txt

diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt
index e35c0a13148c6695c9abe93fb4ed3cf0ca2f7ab4..f089aed64ce8adcc1279300b12213becb415772c 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/readme.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-wxWindows 2.3.3
+wxWindows 2.5.1

 ---------------
 
 *** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT.
 *** Unless you need the new features and bug fixes, you may wish to
 ---------------
 
 *** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT.
 *** Unless you need the new features and bug fixes, you may wish to

-*** use the official 2.2.x stable series.
+*** use the official 2.4.x stable series. You are still encouraged
+*** to try the releases from 2.5.x branch, of course, and unstable
+*** doesn't mean that they crash all the time -- just that the API
+*** may change in backwards incompatible way. If this doesn't frighten
+*** you, do try this release and please let us know what you think!

 
 

-Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
+Welcome to wxWindows, a sophisticated cross-platform C++

 framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
 possible) the native controls.
 
 framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
 possible) the native controls.
 


@@ -35,10 +39,9 @@ wxWindows currently supports the following platforms:
 
 - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+
 
 - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+

-- Most Unix variants with X11 (restricted feature set)
-- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif (restricted feature set)
+- Most Unix variants with X11
+- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif

 - MacOS 9.x and 10.x
 - MacOS 9.x and 10.x

-- DOS with MGL (beta)

 - OS/2 (alpha)
 
 Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
 - OS/2 (alpha)
 
 Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt


@@ -161,7 +164,7 @@ 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
 contain iODBC library which is covered by LGPL.
 
 If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT

-for libtiff license details.
+for libtiff licence 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
 
 If you use JPEG image handler, documentation for your program should
 contain following sentence: "This software is based in part on the work of


@@ -171,6 +174,9 @@ If you use wxRegEx class on a system without native regular expressions
 support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT file for Henry Spencer's
 regular expression library copyright.
 
 support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT file for Henry Spencer's
 regular expression library copyright.
 

+If you use wxXML classes or XRC, see src/expat/COPYING for licence details.
+
+

 Documentation
 -------------
 
 Documentation
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@@ -205,5 +211,5 @@ web site.
 
 Have fun!
 
 
 Have fun!
 

-The wxWindows Team, September 2002
+The wxWindows Team, August 2003