-wxWindows 2.1
--------------
+wxWindows 2.1.12
+----------------
Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
Changes in this release
-----------------------
-These are the major improvements:
+These are some of the major improvements:
+
+wxWindows 2.1.12
+================
-wxWindows 2.1
-=============
+- New wxDateTime class to replace millenium-uncompliant wxTime
+ and wxDate classes.
+- New wxCalendarCtrl class and sample.
+- New wxCmdLineParser class.
+- Further bug fixes.
+- TIFF support added to wxImage.
+wxWindows 2.1.11
+================
+
+- Numerous bug fixes and consistency improvements.
+- Further samples.
+- Factoring out of some code into base classes, for easier
+ maintenance.
+- Ability to compile library in console (non-GUI) mode.
- Integration of wxHTML widget and help controller into
- wxWindows. wxHTML allows HTML viewing and printing.
+ wxWindows. wxHTML allows HTML viewing and printing (wxGTK
+ and wxMSW, partial support in wxMotif).
- New classes wxChrono, wxDialUpManager, wxFontEnumerator,
- TODO
+ wxWizard, wxStaticLine, etc.
+- wxShowTip for showing 'startup tips' to the user.
- wxSocket and wxThread classes rewritten.
+- New, consistent drag and drop API (not wxMotif).
+- Better-looking dialogs in wxGTK; native message box used
+ in wxMotif.
+- wxSizers reimplemented and used to specify window layout
+ for some generic dialogs.
+- New, more sophisticated wxGrid class (in beta). The old grid
+ class can still be used.
+- Text alignment options in wxStaticText.
+- wxImage class extended to read PCX and GIF files.
- Documentation improvements.
+- Revised configure system for wxGTK and wxMotif; tmake-based
+ system for generating wxMSW makefiles.
+- Installer for Windows as alternative to zip archives.
Platforms supported
-------------------
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
- Most Unix variants with GTK+
+- Mac (not covered here: please see the wxWindows web site
+ for details)
Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes
(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
-following:
-
-wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
-wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code
-wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
-wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
-wx200stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
- wx200gen.zip/tgz.
-wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
-wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
-wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
-wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
-wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files
-wx200bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files
-wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
-jpeg.zip Optional JPEG library
-ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library
-glcanvas.zip Optional wxGLCanvas class (Motif, GTK, MSW)
-tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool
+following, where x is the minor version and y the release number:
+
+wx2_x_y_gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
+wx2_x_y_msw.zip Windows-specific source code
+wx2_x_y_mot.zip Motif-specific source code
+wx2_x_y_gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
+wx2_x_y_stubs.zip Stubs ('empty port') source. Needs
+ wx2_x_y_gen.zip/tgz.
+wx2_x_y_doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
+wx2_x_y_hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
+wx2_x_y_pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
+wx2_x_y_htm.zip HTML documentation
+wx2_x_y_vc.zip MS VC++ 5/6 project files
+wx2_x_y_bc.zip Borland C++ 5 project files
+wx2_x_y_cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1 project files
+jpeg.zip Optional JPEG library
+tiff.zip Optional TIFF library
+ogl3.zip Optional Object Graphics Library
+glcanvas.zip Optional wxGLCanvas class (Motif, GTK, MSW)
+tex2rtf2.zip Tex2RTF documentation tool
wxWindows for GTK distribution
------------------------------
-wxGTK-2.x.x.tgz wxGTK source distribution. You will
- need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
- from the zip set (above).
+wxGTK-2.x.y.tgz wxGTK source distribution. You will
+ need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
+ from the zip set (above).
wxWindows for Motif distribution
--------------------------------
-wxMotif-2.x.x.tgz wxMotif source distribution. You will
- need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
- from the zip set (above).
+wxMotif-2.x.y.tgz wxMotif source distribution. You will
+ need the HTML and/or PDF documentation
+ -- OR -- from the zip set (above).
+
+wx2_x_y_gen.zip
+wx2_x_y_mot.zip
+jpeg.zip
wxWindows for Windows distribution
----------------------------------
setup.exe Setup file (Windows 95/98, NT)
setup.* Other setup files
-wxWindows for Mac distribution
-------------------------------
-
-TODO
-
Installation
------------
Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
-the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
+the licence is 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 wxWindows.
+commercial applications using wxWindows.
+
+However, if you distribute wxGTK or wxMotif (with Lesstif) version
+of your application, don't forget that it is linked against
+GTK+ (or Lesstif) which is covered by LGPL *without* exception
+notice. Under Linux systems your app is probably linked
+against LGPL glibc as well. Please read carefuly LGPL, section 6.
+which describes conditions for distribution of closed source applications
+linked against LGPL library. Basically you should link dynamicaly 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), wxWindows library will
+contain iODBC library which is covered by LGPL.
+
Documentation
-------------
-See docs/changes.txt for a detailed history of changes to wxWindows 2.
+See docs/release.txt for some notes about the current release.
+
+See docs/bugs.txt for a bug list: this file is new and will initially
+ be edited by hand, later generated from a web-based bug database.
+
See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
+See docs/changes.txt for a detailed history of changes to wxWindows 2
+ (not up-to-date).
+
The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
Good luck!
-The wxWindows Team, November 1999
+The wxWindows Team, Janurary 2000
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