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

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@@ -1,18 +1,37 @@
 
-  Welcome to wxWindows for GTK 1.0,
+  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
+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
+  
+and about the wxWindows project as a whole (and the
+Windows and Motif ports in particular) can be found
+at Julian Smart's homepage at:
+
+  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin
   
-you have downloaded the first beta version of the upcoming
-release 2.0 of the GTK+ 1.0 port of wxWindows library.
- 
 Information on how to install can be found in the file 
 INSTALL.txt, but if you cannot wait, this should work on
-all systems
+many systems (when using GTK 1.0 or when not using Linux
+read the INSTALL.txt):
 
-configure
+./configure
 make
-su (PASSWORD)
+su <type root password>
 make install
 ldconfig
+exit
 
 When you run into problems, please read the INSTALL.txt and
 follow those instructions. If you still don't have any success,
@@ -22,28 +41,18 @@ YOUR PROBLEM, SUCH AS YOUR VERSION OF GTK, WXGTK, WHAT
 DISTRIBUTION YOU USE AND WHAT ERROR WAS REPORTED. I know 
 this has no effect, but I tried...
 
-This is the beta release which means that we have a feature
-freeze. We'll move up to version 2.0 rather soon and from then
-on there will be no more binary incompatible changes. We might
-add more classes, but none that would alter the behaviour of
-the existing ones. The library produced by the install process
-of the final version will be called libwx_gtk_1_0.a (static)
-and libwx_gtk_1_0.so.2.0.0 (shared) so that once a version
-of wxWindows/Gtk for GTK 1.2 comes out we'll change the name
-of the library to avoid linking problems.
-
-More information is available from my homepage at
+The library produced by the install process will be called 
+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.
 
-  http://wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~wxxt
-  
 Please send problems concerning installation, feature requests, 
-bug reports or comments to either the wxGTK mailing list or to
-the wxWindows developers list. 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
-suitable for any special purpose.
+suitable for any special or general purpose.
 
   Regards,