- Welcome to wxWindows/X11 2.3.2
+ Welcome to wxWidgets/X11
-You have downloaded version 2.3.2 of the X11 port of
-the wxWindows GUI library. This runs on X11 with no
-Motif, Xt, GTK+ or any other standard widget set --
-instead it uses the wxUniversal widgets. The intention
-is to have it run on NanoX as well as desktop X11.
+You have downloaded the X11 port of the wxWidgets GUI library.
+This runs on X11 with no Motif, Xt, GTK+ or any other standard
+widget set -- instead it uses the wxUniversal widgets. The
+intention is to have it run on NanoX as well as desktop X11.
-More information about the wxWindows project as a whole
+More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole
can be found at:
- http://www.wxwindows.org
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org
Information on how to install can be found in the file
install.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on
many systems:
-./configure --with-x11 --disable-shared --with-x11 --with-debug_flag --enable-log --with-debug_info --enable-debug --without-threads --without-sockets -without-odbc -with-libjpeg --enable-debug_cntxt --disable-no_rtti"
+./configure --with-x11 --disable-shared --enable-log --enable-debug -without-odbc --enable-debug_cntxt
make
su <type root password>
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 lists (see
-the wxWindows homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR SYSTEM AND
-YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF MOTIF, WXMOTIF, WHAT
-DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED.
-Alternatively, you may also use the bug reporting system
-linked from the wxWindows web page.
+the wxWidgets homepage) INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR SYSTEM AND
+YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF X, WHAT DISTRIBUTION YOU USE
+AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. Alternatively, you may also use the bug
+reporting system linked from the wxWidgets web page.
The library produced by the install process will be called
libwx_x11univ[d].a (static) and libwx_x11univ[d]-2.3.so.0.0.0
(shared) so that once a binary incompatible version of
-wxWindows/X11 comes out we'll augment the library version number
+wxWidgets/X11 comes out we'll augment the library version number
to avoid linking problems.
Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests,
-bug reports or comments to the wxWindows users list. Information
-on how to subscribe is available from www.wxwindows.org.
+bug reports or comments to the wxWidgets users list. Information
+on how to subscribe is available from www.wxwidgets.org.
-wxWindows/X11 doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It might
+wxWidgets/X11 doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It might
crash your hard disk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't claim to be
suitable for any special or general purpose.
Some remaining issues:
- some refresh efficiency issues
-- progress dialog not working (see dialogs sample)
- clipboard implementation missing
- drag and drop implementation missing
+- wxX11's wxTextCtrl (separate from wxUniv version)
+ needs some work, for example to remove vertical scrollbar,
+ and to provide wordwrap
- wxToggleButton implementation missing
- wxSpinCtrl implementation missing
- tooltips implementation missing
-- code common to the Motif and X11 ports needs to be
- merged
+- code common to the Motif and X11 ports needs to be merged
- need thread safety in event loop
Regards,
- The wxWindows team
+ The wxWidgets team