-wxWindows 2.1.11
+wxWindows 2.1.14
----------------
Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
Changes in this release
-----------------------
-These are some of the major improvements:
-
-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.
+Please see changes.txt for details.
+
+Note that there is a new contrib hierarchy for contributions,
+which mirrors the regular wxWindows hierarchy. The Object
+Graphics Library and MMedia library have been moved under
+contrib, so you may need to change your makefiles or project
+files, together with your source files. E.g. change #include "ogl.h"
+to #include <wx/ogl/ogl>.
+
+Also VC++ project files and makefiles have been made more
+consistent, so some paths and library names have changed.
Platforms supported
-------------------
- 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.
+Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
+file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
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)
+mmedia.zip Optional MMedia class library (Motif, GTK, MSW)
+stc.zip Optional wxStyledTextCtrl library (Motif, GTK, MSW)
tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool
wxWindows for GTK distribution
-- OR -- from the zip set (above).
wx2_x_y_gen.zip
-wx2_x_y_msw.zip
wx2_x_y_mot.zip
jpeg.zip
+tiff.zip
wxWindows for Windows distribution
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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
+the licence is LGPL 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.
+commercial applications using wxWindows.
+
+However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif) version
+of your application, don't forget that it is linked against
+GTK+ (or Lesstif) which is covered by LGPL *without* exception
+notice. Under Linux systems your app is probably linked
+against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefuly LGPL, section 6.
+which describes conditions for distribution of closed source applications
+linked against LGPL library. Basically you should link dynamicaly and
+include source code of LGPL libraries with your product (unless it is
+already present in user's system - like glibc usually is).
+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
+for libtiff license 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
+the Independent JPEG Group". See src/jpeg/README for details.
+
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).
+See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWindows 2.
+
+See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
Good luck!
-The wxWindows Team, November 1999
+The wxWindows Team, 19 March, 2000
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