Added context help stuff to wxPython

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / readme.txt

diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt
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--- a/docs/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/readme.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
-wxWindows 2.2.0
+wxWindows 2.3.2

 ---------------
 
 ---------------
 

+*** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT.
+*** Unless you need the new features and bug fixes, you may wish to
+*** use the official 2.2.x stable series.
+

 Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
 framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
 possible) the native controls.
 
 Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
 framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
 possible) the native controls.
 

-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. Where certain
+features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and tree
+controls on Unix, they are emulated.

 
 

-A detailed 1400-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
-Windows Help form: see the docs hierarchy.
+A detailed 1400-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.
+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
 -----------------------
 
 Changes in this release
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@@ -28,15 +33,14 @@ Platforms supported
 
 wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
 
 
 wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
 

-- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
+- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000

 - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+
 - Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
 - Most Unix variants with GTK+

-- Mac (not covered here: please see the wxWindows web site
-  for details)
+- MacOS

 
 Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the install.txt
 file for each platform (available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
 
 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.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/platform.html.
+See also http://www.wxwindows.org/platform.htm.

 
 Files
 -----
 
 Files
 -----


@@ -77,6 +81,12 @@ wxMSW-x.y.z.zip                    Zip archive containing all the
                                    files that are in the setup
                                    distribution
 
                                    files that are in the setup
                                    distribution
 

+wxWindows for MacOS distribution
+--------------------------------
+
+wxMac-x.y.z.zip                    Zip archive containing all
+                                   source files (excludes documentation)
+

 As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains:
 
 - Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp);
 As well as the core source, the wxMSW distribution contains:
 
 - Windows HTML Help versions of the documentation (docs/htmlhelp);


@@ -129,6 +139,7 @@ in the individual directories:
   docs/msw
   docs/gtk
   docs/motif
   docs/msw
   docs/gtk
   docs/motif

+  docs/mac

 
 Licence information
 -------------------
 
 Licence information
 -------------------


@@ -168,12 +179,13 @@ If you use JPEG image handler, documentation for your program should
 contain following sentence: "This software is based in part on the work of
 the Independent JPEG Group". See src/jpeg/README for details.
 
 contain following sentence: "This software is based in part on the work of
 the Independent JPEG Group". See src/jpeg/README for details.
 

+If you use wxRegEx class on a system without native regular expressions
+support (i.e. MS Windows), see src/regex/COPYRIGHT file for Henry Spencer's
+regular expression library copyright.
+

 Documentation
 -------------
 
 Documentation
 -------------
 

-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 summary of changes to wxWindows 2.
 See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
 
 See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWindows 2.


@@ -201,10 +213,10 @@ The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
 
 A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
 front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
 
 A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
 front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other

-material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page (see the wxWindows
-web site) or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
+material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page: see the wxWindows
+web site.

 
 

-Good luck!
+Have fun!

 
 

-The wxWindows Team, 9th July, 2000
+The wxWindows Team, 10th June, 2001