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

diff --git a/docs/gtk/readme.txt b/docs/gtk/readme.txt
index c5553f36fb92dbef11b8292a229443dae5006f6b..34fcf18016c9ac41ed0a8f9f389f95a659d350d9 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/gtk/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/gtk/readme.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 
 

-  Welcome to wxWindows/Gtk 2.1 snapshot 5,
+  Welcome to wxWindows/Gtk 2.1 snapshot 9,

 
 you have downloaded version 2.1 of the GTK+ 1.2 port of 
 the wxWindows GUI library. This is a developers release
 and is it not suited for production development. Beware
 
 you have downloaded version 2.1 of the GTK+ 1.2 port of 
 the wxWindows GUI library. This is a developers release
 and is it not suited for production development. Beware

-that major changes can happen before a final release -
-Particularly the makefile system will change entirly.
- 
+that major changes can happen before a final release.
+
+Beginning with snapshot 9, wxWindows uses a completely
+new make file system on Unix which no longer uses the
+various GNU tools and I hope that I'll never again have
+to write any more makefiles.
+

 More information is available from my homepage at:
 
   http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt
 More information is available from my homepage at:
 
   http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt


@@ -19,7 +23,8 @@ at Julian Smart's homepage at:
   
 Information on how to install can be found in the file 
 INSTALL.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on
   
 Information on how to install can be found in the file 
 INSTALL.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on

-many systems (when using GTK 1.0 read the INSTALL.txt):
+many systems (when using GTK 1.0 or when not using Linux
+read the INSTALL.txt):

 
 ./configure
 make
 
 ./configure
 make


@@ -28,17 +33,6 @@ make install
 ldconfig
 exit
 
 ldconfig
 exit
 

-Type the following to make the samples
-
-make samples
-
-To start the samples, change into the directory that
-corresponds to the sample and your system, e.g on a
-linux-gnu machine the minimal sample would get started
-from the wxWindows base dir with
-
-./samples/minimal/linux-gnu/minimal
-

 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
 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


@@ -48,13 +42,13 @@ DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know
 this has no effect, but I tried...
 
 The library produced by the install process will be called 
 this has no effect, but I tried...
 
 The library produced by the install process will be called 

-libwx_gtk2.a (static) and libwx_gtk2.so.1.0 (shared) so that 
+libwx_gtk.a (static) and libwx_gtk-2.1.so.0.0.0 (shared) so that 

 once a binary incompatible version of wxWindows/Gtk comes out 
 we'll augment the library version number to avoid linking problems.
 
 Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests, 
 once a binary incompatible version of wxWindows/Gtk 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 Information on 
-how to subscribe is available from my homepage.
+bug reports or comments to the wxWindows users list. Information 
+on how to subscribe is available from my homepage.

 
 wxWindows/Gtk doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It might 
 crash your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't claim to be
 
 wxWindows/Gtk doesn't come with any guarantee whatsoever. It might 
 crash your harddisk or destroy your monitor. It doesn't claim to be