-.TH wxWindows 1 "15 Feb 2000" "wxGTK 2.2"
+.TH wx-config 1 "15 Feb 2000" "Debian GNU/Linux" "wxWindows 2.2"
.SH NAME
-wx-config - script to get information about the installed version of wxGTK
+wx-config - generate compile time info for wxWindows
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nh
+.B wxbase-config
+.br
+.B wxgtk-config
.HP
.B wx-config
[\-\-version] [\-\-libs] [\-\-cflags] [\-\-cc] [\-\-cxx] [\-\-ld]
[\-\-prefix\fI[=DIR]\fP] [\-\-exec\-prefix\fI[=DIR]\fP]
-.hy
.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fIwx-config\fP is a tool to determine the compiler and linker
+flags required for applications using the \fIwxWindows\fP toolkit(s).
.PP
-\fIwx-config\fP is a tool used to determine the compiler and
-linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs
-that use \fIwxGTK\fP.
-.
+\fIwx-config\fP is normally a symlink to one of the port-specific
+versions like \fIwxbase-config\fP or \fIwxgtk-config\fP which
+designates the default port to compile applications with.
+You can override this default either by using one of the specific
+versions directly, or by changing which version the symlink points to.
+On Debian systems this can be done using the
+.BR update-alternatives (8)
+mechanism.
+.hy
.SH OPTIONS
.l
\fIwx-config\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B \-\-version
-Report the currently installed version of \fIwxGTK\fP.
+What to
+.B ALWAYS
+include in a bug report.
+.br
+( But of course you already knew that ... )
.TP 8
.B \-\-libs
-Output the linker flags necessary to link a \fIwxGTK\fP program.
+Generate linker flags for a \fIwxWindows\fP program.
.TP 8
.B \-\-cflags
-Output the compiler flags necessary to compile a \fIwxGTK\fP program.
+Generate compiler flags for the same.
.TP 8
.B \-\-cc
Output the name of the C compiler \fB$(CC)\fP.
Output the Linker command \fB$(LD)\fP.
.TP 8
.B \-\-prefix=PREFIX
-If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that \fIwxGTK\fP
+If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that \fIwxWindows\fP
was built with when computing the output for the \-\-cflags and
\-\-libs options. This option is also used for the exec prefix
if \-\-exec\-prefix was not specified. This option must be specified
before any \-\-libs or \-\-cflags options.
.br
-(Translation: this is the root path to the \fIwxGTK\fP headers -- [Ron])
+.nh
+.HP
+(Translation: this is the root path to the \fIwxWindows\fP headers -- [Ron])
+.hy
.TP 8
.B \-\-exec\-prefix=PREFIX
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation exec prefix that
-\fIwxGTK\fP was built with when computing the output for the \-\-cflags
+\fIwxWindows\fP was built with when computing the output for the \-\-cflags
and \-\-libs options. This option must be specified before any
\-\-libs or \-\-cflags options.
.br
-(Translation: this is the root path to the \fIwxGTK\fP library -- [Ron])
+.nh
+.HP
+(Translation: this is the root path to the \fIwxWindows\fP library -- [Ron])
+.hy
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR gtk-config (1)
+.BR gtk-config (1),
+.BR update-alternatives (8)
.SH COPYRIGHT
This manpage was copied whole-heartedly from the \fBgtk-config\fP(1) manpage
by Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution of
-wxGTK. It was then updated to include new options and otherwise kicked about
+wxGTK. It was then updated to include new options and otherwise bastardised
generally by Ron Lee <ron@debian.org>
The original gtk-config manpage copyright: