-wxWidgets 2.6.2
+wxWidgets 2.9.x
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Welcome to wxWidgets, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
Changes in this release
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-Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.4" in the manual
+Please see changes.txt and "Changes since 2.8" in the manual
for details.
Platforms supported
wxWidgets currently supports the following platforms:
-- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP,
- Pocket PC, Smartphone
+- 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)
- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
See also http://www.wxwidgets.org/platform.htm.
-The 2.6 series is the last to fully support GTK+ 1.2, and Mac OS
-9/Mac OS 10.2 and below. wxWidgets 2.7 and above will focus on
-GTK+ 2, and Mac OS 10.3 and above.
+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
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See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
-The wxWidgets bug database can be browsed at:
+The wxWidgets bug tracker can be browsed at:
- http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863
+ http://trac.wxwidgets.org/report
+
+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
+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.
Have fun!
-The wxWidgets Team, June 2005
+The wxWidgets Team, January 2007