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

diff --git a/docs/microwin/readme.txt b/docs/microwin/readme.txt
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--- a/docs/microwin/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/microwin/readme.txt
@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@ wxMicroWindows port
 
 Julian Smart 2001-12-08
 
 
 Julian Smart 2001-12-08
 

-This is a port of wxWindows to MicroWindows, under Linux.
+This is a port of wxWidgets to MicroWindows, under Linux.

 Widgets are supplied by the wxUniversal project, while the
 underlying port uses the Windows ports with small modifications
 for the MicroWindows API.
 
 Widgets are supplied by the wxUniversal project, while the
 underlying port uses the Windows ports with small modifications
 for the MicroWindows API.
 

+=== NOTE: ===
+
+  Current efforts are being concentrated on a port to Nano-X,
+  which potentially offers greater flexibility than the WIN32
+  API of MicroWindows, such as the ability to run multiple
+  Nano-X processes simultaneously. Please see
+  ../docs/x11/readme-nanox.txt for information.
+

 There are many things missing from MicroWindows that will
 There are many things missing from MicroWindows that will

-make the port quite limited for the time being. I haven't
-worked out how to create bitmaps, though there is a BMP to C
-converter. There are no common dialogs (we will use generic ones),
-and only one WIN32 app may be run at a time.
+make the port quite limited for the time being.
+In particular, only one WIN32 app may be run at a time.

 
 Note that you can gain confidence in the WIN32/wxUniversal
 combination by compiling wxUniversal under Windows using VC++,
 
 Note that you can gain confidence in the WIN32/wxUniversal
 combination by compiling wxUniversal under Windows using VC++,

-using src/wxvc_universal.dsp. You can compile the minimal
+using src/wxUniv.dsp. You can compile the minimal

 and widgets samples in wxUniversal mode using the
 UnivDebug and UnivRelease targets. Most of the code is shared
 between this combination, and the wxMicroWindows port.
 and widgets samples in wxUniversal mode using the
 UnivDebug and UnivRelease targets. Most of the code is shared
 between this combination, and the wxMicroWindows port.


@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ MicroWindows:
 
   Note: these are already applied by the patch below.
 
 
   Note: these are already applied by the patch below.
 

-- apply microwindows.patches (from wxWindows:
+- apply microwindows.patches (from wxWidgets:

   docs/microwin/microwindows.patches) to fix PeekMessage
   and other issues. If the patch doesn't apply automatically,
   you may need to apply it by hand, and the relevant changed
   docs/microwin/microwindows.patches) to fix PeekMessage
   and other issues. If the patch doesn't apply automatically,
   you may need to apply it by hand, and the relevant changed


@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ MicroWindows:
 
 wxMicroWindows:
 
 
 wxMicroWindows:
 

-- Download wxMSW 2.3.2 or greater, or get it from CVS
+- Download wxMSW 2.3.4 or greater, or get it from CVS

 
 - Copy include/wx/msw/setup_microwin.h to include/wx/setup.h if
   include/wx/setup.h doesn't exist
 
 - Copy include/wx/msw/setup_microwin.h to include/wx/setup.h if
   include/wx/setup.h doesn't exist


@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ XPMs etc. Unfortunately the XPM routines are also #ifdefed
 for FILE_IO, even though for inline XPMs we don't need file I/O.
 (Embedded systems tend not to have file I/O, anyway.)
 
 for FILE_IO, even though for inline XPMs we don't need file I/O.
 (Embedded systems tend not to have file I/O, anyway.)
 

-Now, wxWindows has its own XPM decoder, src/common/xpmdecod.cpp,
+Now, wxWidgets has its own XPM decoder, src/common/xpmdecod.cpp,

 so in theory we don't need to use MicroWindows' code there.
 wxImage can load an inline XPM, _but_ we need to convert to
 a wxBitmap since this is what the widgets need.
 so in theory we don't need to use MicroWindows' code there.
 wxImage can load an inline XPM, _but_ we need to convert to
 a wxBitmap since this is what the widgets need.