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-wxWindows 2.1.12
-----------------
+wxWindows 2.3.2
+---------------
+
+*** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT.
+*** Unless you need the new features and bug fixes, you may wish to
+*** use the official 2.2.x stable series.

 
 Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
 framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
 possible) the native controls.
 
 
 Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
 framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
 possible) the native controls.
 

-In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling
-windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, printing,
-splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common file operations,
-and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more.
-Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and
-tree controls on Unix, they are emulated.
+In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as
+frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons,
+device contexts, printing, splitter windows and so on, there are
+wrappers for common file operations, and facilities for writing
+TCP/IP applications, thread handling, and more. Where certain
+features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and tree
+controls on Unix, they are emulated.

 
 

-A detailed 1100-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
-Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.
+A detailed 1700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF
+and Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.

 
 

-For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a list of
-important documents and samples.
+For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm
+for a list of important documents and samples.

 
 Changes in this release
 -----------------------
 
 
 Changes in this release
 -----------------------
 

-These are some of the major improvements:
-
-wxWindows 2.1.12
-================
-
-- New wxDateTime class to replace millenium-uncompliant wxTime
-  and wxDate classes.
-- New wxCalendarCtrl class and sample.
-- New wxCmdLineParser class.
-- Further bug fixes.
-- TIFF support added to wxImage.
-
-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.

 
 Platforms supported
 -------------------
 
 wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
 
 
 Platforms supported
 -------------------
 
 wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
 

-- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
+- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP (see msw/winxp.txt)

 - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+
 - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+

-- Mac (not covered here: please see the wxWindows web site
-  for details)
+- MacOS

 
 

-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.
+See also http://www.wxwindows.org/platform.htm.

 
 Files
 -----
 
 
 Files
 -----
 

-The distribution is available in a number of formats.
-The most convenient is the platform-specific distribution,
-but the zip set forms a more complete distribution, for example if
-you wish to take part in wxWindows development. Also, add-ons
-such as OGL may only be available in zip form.
-
-Zip set
--------
-
-Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
-these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
-the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
-following, where x is the minor version and y the release number:
-
-wx2_x_y_gen.zip            Generic source code and samples (required)
-wx2_x_y_msw.zip            Windows-specific source code
-wx2_x_y_mot.zip            Motif-specific source code
-wx2_x_y_gtk.zip            GTK-specific source code
-wx2_x_y_stubs.zip          Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
-                           wx2_x_y_gen.zip/tgz.
-wx2_x_y_doc.zip            Documentation source code (not required)
-wx2_x_y_hlp.zip            WinHelp documentation
-wx2_x_y_pdf.zip            Acrobat PDF documentation
-wx2_x_y_htm.zip            HTML documentation
-wx2_x_y_vc.zip             MS VC++ 5/6 project 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)
-tex2rtf2.zip               Tex2RTF documentation tool
+The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the
+target system. Documentation is available mainly in zip format.
+Some add-on libraries (such as the Object Graphics Library) are
+available in zip form only. In the following, x.y.z represents
+the current version number.

 
 wxWindows for GTK distribution
 ------------------------------
 
 
 wxWindows for GTK distribution
 ------------------------------
 

-wxGTK-2.x.y.tgz            wxGTK source distribution. You will
-                           need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
-                           from the zip set (above).
+wxGTK-x.y.z.tgz                    wxGTK source distribution. You will
+                                   need the HTML, HTB and/or PDF documentation
+                                   (see below)
+wxGTK-demos-x.y.z.tgz              wxGTK demos source
+wxGTK-samples-x.y.z.tgz            wxGTK samples source
+wxGTK-x.y.z-0.src.rpm              wxGTK Linux source as an RPM, without manuals
+wxGTK-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm             wxGTK Linux binaries as an RPM, without manuals
+wxGTK-devel-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm       wxGTK Linux minimum development system as an RPM

 
 wxWindows for Motif distribution
 --------------------------------
 
 
 wxWindows for Motif distribution
 --------------------------------
 

-wxMotif-2.x.y.tgz          wxMotif source distribution. You will
-                           need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
-   -- OR --                from the zip set (above).
+wxMotif-x.y.z.tgz                  wxMotif source distribution. Contains
+                                   TIFF, JPEG, Tex2RTF source plus HTML
+                                   documentation.

 
 

-wx2_x_y_gen.zip
-wx2_x_y_mot.zip
-jpeg.zip
+wxWindows for MS Windows distribution
+-------------------------------------

 
 

-wxWindows for Windows distribution
-----------------------------------
+setup.exe, setup.w*                Setup files (Windows 95/98, NT)
+                                   in floppy-disk-sized chunks
+wxMSW-x.y.z-setup.zip              Zip archive containing the
+                                   setup files
+wxMSW-x.y.z.zip                    Zip archive containing all the
+                                   files that are in the setup
+                                   distribution

 
 

-As well as the core source, the Windows setup contains:
+wxWindows for MacOS distribution
+--------------------------------

 
 

-- Windows Help versions of the documentation (docs/winhelp);
-- wxGLCanvas (OpenGL integration, in utils/glcanvas);
-- OGL 3 (Object Graphics Library, in utils/ogl);
-- wxTreeLayout (for tree drawing, in utils/wxtree);
+wxMac-x.y.z.zip                    Zip archive containing all
+                                   source files (excludes documentation)
+
+As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains:
+
+- Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp);
+- Object Graphics Library, in contrib/src/ogl;

 - a Dialog Editor binary;
 - a Dialog Editor binary;

-- the JPEG library.
+- a Tex2RTF binary;
+- Life! sample binary;
+- the JPEG library source;
+- the TIFF library source.

 
 

-setup.exe               Setup file (Windows 95/98, NT)
-setup.*                 Other setup files
+Documentation files
+-------------------
+
+wxWindows-x.y.z-WinHelp.zip        WinHelp documentation
+wxWindows-x.y.z-PDF.zip            Acrobat PDF documentation
+wxWindows-x.y.z-HTML.zip           HTML documentation
+wxWindows-x.y.z-HTMLHelp.zip       Windows HTML Help documentation
+wxWindows-x.y.z-HTB.zip            wxHTML documentation (for
+                                   use with the helpview utility)
+wxWindows-x.y.z-Word.zip           MS Word documentation (currently,
+                                   database class documentation only)
+wxWindows-x.y.z-DocSource.zip      Documentation source code (not required)
+
+Add-ons
+-------
+
+wxWindows-x.y.z-cw.zip             Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
+wxWindows-x.y.z-wat.zip            Watcom C++ project files
+wxWindows-x.y.z-vc.zip             Visual C++ project files (in wxMSW distr.)
+wxWindows-x.y.z-bc.zip             Borland C++ project files (in wxMSW distr.)
+jpeg.zip                           JPEG library (already included
+                                   in most distributions)
+tiff.zip                           TIFF library (already included
+                                   in most distributions)
+ogl3.zip                           Optional Object Graphics Library
+mmedia.zip                         Optional MMedia library (Motif, GTK, MSW)
+stc.zip                            Optional wxStyledTextCtrl library
+                                   (Motif, GTK, MSW)
+tex2rtf2.zip                       Tex2RTF documentation tool
+wxGTK-gl-x.y.z-0.i386.rpm          add-on OpenGL binary as an RPM

 
 Installation
 ------------
 
 Installation
 ------------


@@ -156,6 +139,7 @@ in the individual directories:
   docs/msw
   docs/gtk
   docs/motif
   docs/msw
   docs/gtk
   docs/motif

+  docs/mac

 
 Licence information
 -------------------
 
 Licence information
 -------------------


@@ -185,23 +169,28 @@ 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).
 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 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.

 
 

-Documentation
--------------
+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.

 
 

-See docs/release.txt for some notes about the current release.
+If you use wxRegEx class on a system without native regular expressions
+support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT file for Henry Spencer's
+regular expression library copyright.

 
 

-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.
+Documentation
+-------------

 
 See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
 
 
 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.
 
 The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
 The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.


@@ -224,10 +213,10 @@ The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
 
 A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
 front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
 
 A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
 front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other

-material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page (see the wxWindows
-web site) or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
+material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWindows
+web site.

 
 

-Good luck!
+Have fun!

 
 

-The wxWindows Team, Janurary 2000
+The wxWindows Team, 10th June, 2001