-wxWidgets 2.9.x
----------------------------------------------------------
+ wxWidgets 2.9.1 Release Notes
+ =============================
-Welcome to wxWidgets, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
-framework for writing advanced GUI applications using
-native controls where possible.
+Welcome to the latest release of wxWidgets, a cross-platform C++
+framework for writing advanced GUI applications using native
+controls where possible.
-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.
+
+A detailed reference manual including in-depth overviews for various
+topics is supplied in various formats and can be accessed online at
+http://docs.wxwidgets.org/
+
+
+Note about naming: while 2.9.1 is called a "development" release,
+this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in
+the subsequent 2.9.x releases, unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch. We
+believe the current version is stable and suitable for use in
+production environment.
-A detailed 2000-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.
Changes in this release
-----------------------
-Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.8" in the manual
-for details.
+This release contains several years worth of improvements compared
+to 2.8 version. Notably, Unicode support has been completely
+overhauled and made much easier to use. Debugging support, including
+when using a release build of the library, was much improved making
+it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI
+and base classes have been added or improved.
+
+Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure
+to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade
+from a previous wxWidgets release.
+
+This release introduces many important changes and we are looking
+forward to your feedback about them. In particular please let us
+know about any regressions compared to the previous versions (see
+the section "Bug reporting" below) so that we could fix them before
+3.0 release.
+
Platforms supported
-------------------
-wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms:
+wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms:
-- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Pocket PC/Mobile, Smartphone
-- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1 and GTK+ 2
-- Most Unix variants with X11 (beta)
+- Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
+- Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.4 or newer)
+- Mac OS X (10.4 or newer) using either Carbon or Cocoa
+
+There is some support for the following platforms:
+
+- Most Unix variants with X11
- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
-- MacOS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon (10.3 and above preferred)
-- MacOS 10.x using Cocoa (beta)
-- OS/2 (beta)
-- PalmOS (alpha)
+- Most Unix variants with GTK+ 1.2
+- OS/2
+- Windows CE (Pocket PC)
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.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm.
+file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) and
+http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Supported_Platforms for the most up to
+date status.
-Note that 2.6 series were the last to fully support GTK+ 1.2, and Mac OS
-9/Mac OS 10.2 and below. wxWidgets 2.7 and above focuses on GTK+ 2 and Mac OS
-10.3 and above and compatibility with earlier systems is not guaranteed any
-more.
Files
-----
The distribution is available in archive formats appropriate to the
target system. See the download pages for details.
+
Installation
------------
wxWidgets needs to be compiled before you can test out the samples
or write your own applications. For installation information, please
-see the install.txt file in the individual directories:
-
- docs/msw
- docs/gtk
- docs/motif
- docs/mac
- docs/cocoa
- docs/x11
- docs/mgl
- docs/os2
- docs/palmos
+see the install.txt file in the docs subdirectory appropriate for
+the platform you use.
+
Licence information
-------------------
LGPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted distribution of
application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you don't have to
distribute any source if you wish to write commercial
-applications using wxWidgets.
+applications using wxWidgets.
However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif)
version of your application, don't forget that it is linked
applications linked against LGPL library. Basically you should
link dynamically 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), wxWidgets library will contain iODBC library which is
-covered by LGPL.
+like glibc usually is).
If you use TIFF image handler, please see src/tiff/COPYRIGHT
for libtiff licence details.
If you use wxXML classes or XRC, see src/expat/COPYING for licence details.
+
Documentation
-------------
-See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
+wxWidgets documentation is available online at
+http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.1/ and can also be downloaded in HTML
+format. To generate documentation in other formats (PDF, CHM, ...)
+please use the scripts in docs/doxygen directory.
-See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets.
-See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
+Bug reporting
+-------------
The wxWidgets bug tracker can be browsed at:
Please use the search function of our Trac installation to find
any possibly relevant bugs before reporting new ones. Also please
-notice that often correcting trying to correct the bug yourself is
-the quickest way to fix it. Even if you fail to do it, you may
+notice that often trying to correct the bug yourself is the
+quickest way to fix it. Even if you fail to do it, you may
discover valuable information allowing us to fix it while doing
it. We also give much higher priority to bug reports with patches
fixing the problems so this ensures that your report will be
addressed sooner.
-The Windows HTML Help files are located in docs/htmlhelp.
-The Windows Help files are located in docs/winhelp.
-The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
-The HTB (wxWidgets HTML Help) files are located in docs/htb.
Further information
-------------------
Have fun!
-The wxWidgets Team, January 2007
+The wxWidgets Team, July 2010
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