A fix for Python 2.2 which can sometimes call __wxCleanup before all

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / readme.txt

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@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
-wxWindows 2.3.0
+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.
 
-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 1400-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
 -----------------------
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ 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+
 - MacOS
@@ -174,12 +179,13 @@ 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.
 
+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.
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 
-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 summary of changes to wxWindows 2.
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ 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.
 
-Good luck!
+Have fun!
 
-The wxWindows Team, 8th May, 2001
+The wxWindows Team, 10th June, 2001