First steps
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-- Download wxX11-x.y.z.tgz, where x.y.z is the version number.
+- Download wxWindows-X-x.y.z.tgz, where x.y.z is the version number.
Download documentation in a preferred format, such as
wxWindows-HTML.zip or wxWindows-PDF.zip.
If you want to do some more serious cross-platform programming with wxWindows,
such as for GTK and X11, you can now build two complete libraries and use
-them concurretly. For this end, you have to create a directory for each build
+them concurrently. For this end, you have to create a directory for each build
of wxWindows - you may also want to create different versions of wxWindows
and test them concurrently. Most typically, this would be a version configured
with --enable-debug_flag and one without. Note, that only one build can currently
You get errors during compilation: The reason is that you probably have a broken
compiler, which includes almost everything that is called gcc. If you use gcc 2.8
-you have to disable optimsation as the compiler will give up with an internal
+you have to disable optimisation as the compiler will give up with an internal
compiler error.
If there is just any way for you to use egcs, use egcs. We cannot fix gcc.
i.e. if it says "--disable-threads" it means that threads
are enabled by default.
-Many of the confiugre options have been thoroughly tested
+Many of the configure options have been thoroughly tested
in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not).
You have to add --with-x11 on platforms, where X11 is
-not the default (on Linux, configure will deafult to GTK).
+not the default (on Linux, configure will default to GTK).
--without-gtk Don't use the GIMP ToolKit (GTK).
--enable-no_deps Enable compilation without creation of
dependency information.
- --enable-permissive Enable compilation without creation of
- giving erros as soon as you compile with
- Solaris ANSI-defying headers...
+ --enable-permissive Enable compilation without checking for strict
+ ANSI conformance. Useful to prevent the build
+ dying with errors as soon as you compile with
+ Solaris' ANSI-defying headers.
--enable-mem_tracing Add built-in memory tracing.
* Feature Options
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-Many of the confiugre options have been thoroughly tested
+Many of the configure options have been thoroughly tested
in wxWindows snapshot 6, but not yet all (ODBC not).
When producing an executable that is linked statically with wxGTK
--disable-clipboard Disables Clipboard.
- --disable-serial Disables object instance serialiasation.
+ --disable-serial Disables object instance serialisation.
--disable-streams Disables the wxStream classes.
warning messages depending in your compiler.
If you want to be more selective, you can change into a specific
-directiry and type "make" there.
+directory and type "make" there.
-Then you may install the library and it's header files under
+Then you may install the library and its header files under
/usr/local/include/wx and /usr/local/lib respectively. You
have to log in as root (i.e. run "su" and enter the root
password) and type
rm -f *.o minimal
This is certain to become the standard way unless we decide
-to sitch to tmake.
+to stick to tmake.
2) The other way creates a project within the source code
directories of wxWindows. For this endeavour, you'll need