-Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.1: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
+Announcing wxWidgets 2.6.1: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
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-February 24th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
-a development snapshot release of the mature cross-platform C++
+June 5th, 2005 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
+a new official release of the mature cross-platform C++
application framework.
The following platforms are supported:
- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
-- Windows CE (partial port)
+- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003
- Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0
-- Linux/Unix with X11
+- Linux/Unix with X11 (beta)
- Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif
-- MacOS 9.x and 10.x
-- OS/2
-- MGL (Linux and DOS)
+- Mac OS 9.x and 10.2 and above using Carbon
+- Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta)
+- OS/2 (beta)
+- MGL for Linux and DOS
+- Palm OS (alpha)
A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported
on most of these platforms.
To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at:
- http://www.wxwindows.org
-
-This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as
-an 'unstable' release. Improvements include:
-numerous bug fixes, STL-like container classes,
-improved GTK+ 2 compatibility, new build system,
-improved Unicode compatibility, wxRenderer class,
-shaped frame and dialog windows on Windows and GTK+,
-more efficient UI update processing, print preview
-improvements, wxCrashReport class, OpenWatcom and
-Digital Mars compiler support, and more.
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org
+
+Since 2.4.2, we have added support for Windows Mobile devices,
+enhanced GTK+ 2 support, radically overhauled the Mac OS X port,
+replaced the build system with Bakefile, added better
+integration with STL, and added a CppUnit-based test suite.
+Other changes include sizer improvements, new Gnome printing
+features, ODBC enhancements such as BLOB support and Unicode
+support on Windows, wxTaskBarIcon support on Mac OS X and Linux
+as well as Windows, top-level windows can have arbitrary shapes,
+images can have alpha channels, plus many API enhancements and
+bug fixes to existing classes. New classes include
+wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, wxHtmlListbox,
+wxPropertySheetDialog, wxGridBagSizer, wxMediaCtrl,
+wxDatePickerCtrl, wxArchiveInputStream/wxArchiveOutputStream
+(including zip archive read/write support), wxListbook,
+wxChoicebook, wxDebugReport, and more.
*** About wxWidgets
As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced
features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing
-handlers for eading and writing many image types, resizeable panels
+handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels
and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,
-a styled text control, and much more. An 1800-page reference manual
+a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual
is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF
-formats, and there are over 80 samples and demos.
+formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos.
If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links:
- http://www.wxwindows.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
- http://www.wxwindows.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
- http://www.wxwindows.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our
; users
Have fun!
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