- wxWidgets 2.9.2 Release Notes
+ wxWidgets 2.9.5 Release Notes
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Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a free cross-platform C++
wxWidgets sources are available for download from
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.2/
+ https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.5/
or
- ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.2/
+ ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.5/
Please see the "Files" section below for the description of various
files available at these locations.
A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for various
topics is supplied in various formats and can be accessed online at
- http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.2/
+ http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.5/
-Note about naming: while 2.9.2 is called a "development" release,
+Note about naming: while 2.9.5 is called a "development" release,
this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in the
subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is still likely that it will),
unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We believe the current version is
it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI
and base classes have been added or improved.
+Compared to the previous 2.9.4 release the most important change at
+the API level is the introduction of new, shorter constants for the
+event types making code using Bind() for dynamic event handling easier
+to both write and read. But the main focus of this release is on
+incremental improvements and fixing defects in preparation for 3.0
+release. In particular, wxOSX/Cocoa port has been significantly
+improved. And there were fixes to the still exprimental wxGTK3 port
+which now also support GTK+ Broadway (HTML5-based) backend.
+
Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure
to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade
from a previous wxWidgets release.
wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms:
- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
-- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.4 or newer)
-- Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa
+- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.6 or newer)
+- Mac OS X (10.5 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa
There is some support for the following platforms:
- Most Unix variants with X11
- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1.2
+- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 3 (still in development)
- OS/2
- Windows CE (Pocket PC)
for Microsoft Windows. Notice that you will still need to compile
wxWidgets even when using the installer.
+Experimentally, we also supply binaries of wxMSW libraries built
+with several versions of Microsoft Visual C++ compiler for this
+release. They are available in the "binaries" subdirectory, see
+the description of the files in the README file there.
+
Installation
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docs/licendoc.txt
docs/gpl.txt
docs/lgpl.txt
+ docs/xserver.txt
Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWidgets in addition
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wxWidgets documentation is available online at
-http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.2/ and can also be downloaded in HTML
+http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.5/ and can also be downloaded in HTML
format. To generate documentation in other formats (PDF, CHM, ...)
please use the scripts in docs/doxygen directory.
Have fun!
-The wxWidgets Team, July 2011
+The wxWidgets Team, July 2013